X-Git-Url: https://git.madduck.net/etc/taskwarrior.git/blobdiff_plain/fdaab163072cb27edfef3bd00272449cfa618179..cc9b49c77b30bf4f8aed8fd84d73c49017615a9e:/tasklib/task.py

diff --git a/tasklib/task.py b/tasklib/task.py
index e346f67..0546e44 100644
--- a/tasklib/task.py
+++ b/tasklib/task.py
@@ -254,7 +254,10 @@ class TaskWarrior(object):
                              stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
         stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
         if p.returncode:
-            error_msg = stderr.strip().splitlines()[-1]
+            if stderr.strip():
+                error_msg = stderr.strip().splitlines()[-1]
+            else:
+                error_msg = stdout.strip()
             raise TaskWarriorException(error_msg)
         return stdout.strip().split('\n')