diff --git a/test/web_server.py b/test/web_server.py
index 02590423b..26316e88d 100644
--- a/test/web_server.py
+++ b/test/web_server.py
@@ -7,11 +7,14 @@ import gzip
 
 chunked_encoding = False
 
-fin = open('test_file', 'rb')
-f = gzip.open('test_file.gz', 'wb')
-f.writelines(fin)
-f.close()
-fin.close()
+try:
+	fin = open('test_file', 'rb')
+	f = gzip.open('test_file.gz', 'wb')
+	f.writelines(fin)
+	f.close()
+	fin.close()
+except:
+	pass
 
 class http_server_with_timeout(BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer):
 	allow_reuse_address = True