diff --git a/PyStand.cpp b/PyStand.cpp
index 9cd4bd9..6400f8f 100644
--- a/PyStand.cpp
+++ b/PyStand.cpp
@@ -345,10 +345,13 @@ const char *init_script =
 "    sys.stderr = fp\n"
 "    attached = True\n"
 "except Exception as e:\n"
-"    fp = open(os.devnull, 'w', errors='ignore')\n"
-"    sys.stdout = fp\n"
-"    sys.stderr = fp\n"
-"    attached = False\n"
+"    try:\n"
+"        fp = open(os.devnull, 'w', errors='ignore')\n"
+"        sys.stdout = fp\n"
+"        sys.stderr = fp\n"
+"        attached = False\n"
+"    except:\n"
+"        pass\n"
 #endif
 "for n in ['.', 'lib', 'site-packages', 'runtime']:\n"
 "    test = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(PYSTAND_HOME, n))\n"