diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 17606531..257dc204 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ Bugs corrected:
     * Glances crash with extended process stats #1283
     * Terminal window stuck at the last accessed *protected* server #1275
     * Glances shows mdadm RAID0 as degraded when chunksize=128k and the array isn't degraded. #1299
+    * Never starts in a server on Google Cloud and FreeBSD #1292
 
 Backward-incompatible changes:
 
diff --git a/glances/plugins/glances_hddtemp.py b/glances/plugins/glances_hddtemp.py
index 6e24f0cb..2894e68b 100644
--- a/glances/plugins/glances_hddtemp.py
+++ b/glances/plugins/glances_hddtemp.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class GlancesGrabHDDTemp(object):
                 if not received:
                     break
                 data += received
-        except socket.error as e:
+        except Exception as e:
             logger.debug("Cannot connect to an HDDtemp server ({}:{} => {})".format(self.host, self.port, e))
             logger.debug("Disable the HDDtemp module. Use the --disable-hddtemp to hide the previous message.")
             if self.args is not None: