diff --git a/vnc/vnckill b/vnc/vnckill
index 1a47186..eb5d8ca 100755
--- a/vnc/vnckill
+++ b/vnc/vnckill
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ function helpexit() {
 
 dn=$( echo  $UID | sed 's/.*\(....\)$/\1/' )
 
-vncserver -kill :$dn
+vncserver -kill :$dn || echo "vnc may have not been running"
 rm -f /tmp/.X${dn}-lock
 rm -f  /tmp/.X11-unix/X${dn}