diff --git a/bin/postprocessing/extractlinedata.py b/bin/postprocessing/extractlinedata.py
index 56fc07e34f96911150e133798f3622bc3dae957a..51dc8619250772d7b483825379d0c91a768b394f 100644
--- a/bin/postprocessing/extractlinedata.py
+++ b/bin/postprocessing/extractlinedata.py
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ args = vars(parser.parse_args())
 
 try:
     from paraview.simple import *
-except ImportError:
-    print("`paraview.simple` not found. Make sure using pvpython instead of python.")
+except:
+    raise ImportError("`paraview.simple` not found. Make sure using pvpython instead of python.")
 
 # import locations
 outDirectory = args['outputDirectory']