diff --git a/mdcomp.py b/mdcomp.py
index a70fee13ddd7c0e0fb9252832d240a7ecdac18a4..bc8cbc09170ae2f81a34706732d2f2d1afb4a97e 100644
--- a/mdcomp.py
+++ b/mdcomp.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ try:
     def convert_text(input_text):
         return pypandoc.convert_text(input_text, "html", format="md")
 
-except OSError:
+except (OSError, ModuleNotFoundError) as e:
     print("Pandoc not found on your system. Using mistune (python-only)")
     import mistune