diff --git a/scripts/ErrorReporter/errorreport.py b/scripts/ErrorReporter/errorreport.py
index 70cfe3243a160e7f972d8dc5dbf5e90c8b8b2ba0..8acec4d2be133de0ecb8f80b242b3d2456eeb1d3 100644
--- a/scripts/ErrorReporter/errorreport.py
+++ b/scripts/ErrorReporter/errorreport.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from qtpy.QtCore import Signal
 
 try:
     from ErrorReporter import resources_qt5 # noqa
-except ImportError:
+except (ImportError, RuntimeError):
     from ErrorReporter import resources_qt4 # noqa
 
 from mantidqt.utils.qt import load_ui