1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/bin/convwatch.py b/bin/convwatch.py
index 78802343077b..e0fb05d4c8e2 100755
--- a/bin/convwatch.py
+++ b/bin/convwatch.py
@@ -336,7 +336,10 @@ def mkAllImages(dirs, suffix, resolution, reference):
 
 def identify(imagefile):
     argv = ["identify", "-format", "%k", imagefile]
-    result = subprocess.check_output(argv)
+    process = subprocess.Popen(argv, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    result, _ = process.communicate()
+    if process.wait() != 0:
+        raise Exception("identify failed")
     if result.partition("\n")[0] != "1":
         print("identify result: " + result)
         print("DIFFERENCE in " + imagefile)