diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4573fba..194edff 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 [![Test Coverage](https://codeclimate.com/github/tobi-wan-kenobi/bumblebee-status/badges/coverage.svg)](https://codeclimate.com/github/tobi-wan-kenobi/bumblebee-status/coverage)
 [![Issue Count](https://codeclimate.com/github/tobi-wan-kenobi/bumblebee-status/badges/issue_count.svg)](https://codeclimate.com/github/tobi-wan-kenobi/bumblebee-status)
 
-**Many, many thanks to all contributors! As of now, 32 of the modules are from various contributors (!), and only 16 from myself.**
+**Many, many thanks to all contributors! As of now, 33 of the modules are from various contributors (!), and only 16 from myself.**
 
 ![Solarized Powerline](https://github.com/tobi-wan-kenobi/bumblebee-status/blob/master/screenshots/themes/powerline-solarized.png)
 
diff --git a/bumblebee/modules/docker_ps.py b/bumblebee/modules/docker_ps.py
index 5c1e031..c36c0e7 100644
--- a/bumblebee/modules/docker_ps.py
+++ b/bumblebee/modules/docker_ps.py
@@ -29,9 +29,11 @@ class Module(bumblebee.engine.Module):
         self._status = self.status
 
     def status(self, _):
-        cli = docker.DockerClient(base_url='unix://var/run/docker.sock')
         try:
+            cli = docker.DockerClient(base_url='unix://var/run/docker.sock')
             cli.ping()
         except ConnectionError:
             return "Daemon off"
+        except Exception:
+            return "n/a"
         return "OK - {}".format(len(cli.containers.list(filters={'status': "running"})))