diff --git a/deployer/__init__.py b/deployer/__init__.py
index 10abd1a..e996709 100644
--- a/deployer/__init__.py
+++ b/deployer/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from celery.signals import setup_logging
 
 
-__version__ = '0.3.9'
+__version__ = '0.3.10'
 __author__ = 'sukrit'
 
 deployer.logger.init_logging()
diff --git a/deployer/tasks/deployment.py b/deployer/tasks/deployment.py
index 87a7d83..7780a3a 100644
--- a/deployer/tasks/deployment.py
+++ b/deployer/tasks/deployment.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 """
 import copy
 import datetime
+from httplib import HTTPException
 import json
 import socket
 import logging
@@ -919,10 +920,10 @@ def _check_node(self, node, path, attempts, timeout):
     timeout_ms = to_milliseconds(timeout)
     try:
         urllib2.urlopen(check_url, None, timeout_ms/1000)
-    except IOError as exc:
+    except (IOError, HTTPException) as exc:
         # Clear the current exception so that celery does not raise original
         # exception
-        reason = exc.reason if hasattr(exc, 'reason') else str(exc)
+        reason = exc.reason if hasattr(exc, 'reason') else repr(exc)
         kwargs = {}
         if hasattr(exc, 'read'):
             kwargs.update(response={'raw': exc.read()}, status=exc.code)
diff --git a/tests/unit/tasks/test_deployment.py b/tests/unit/tasks/test_deployment.py
index 0a3da3c..b6eac21 100644
--- a/tests/unit/tasks/test_deployment.py
+++ b/tests/unit/tasks/test_deployment.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import datetime
+import httplib
 import urllib2
 
 from freezegun import freeze_time
@@ -746,6 +747,33 @@ def retry(*args, **kwargs):
         response={'raw': 'MockResponse'}))
 
 
+@patch('urllib2.urlopen')
+def test_check_node_for_unhealthy_node_returning_bad_status_line(m_urlopen):
+    """
+    Should fail node check for unhealthy node.
+    """
+
+    # Given: Unhealthy node
+    m_urlopen.side_effect = httplib.BadStatusLine('')
+
+    # And: Mock Implementation for retry
+    _check_node.retry = MagicMock()
+
+    def retry(*args, **kwargs):
+        raise kwargs.get('exc')
+
+    _check_node.retry.side_effect = retry
+
+    # When: I call check node with a given path
+    with nose.tools.assert_raises(NodeCheckFailed) as cm:
+        _check_node('localhost:8080', 'mock', 5, '5s')
+
+    # Then: NodeCheckFailed exception is raised
+    eq_(cm.exception, NodeCheckFailed(
+        'http://localhost:8080/mock', 'BadStatusLine("\'\'",)', status=None,
+        response=None))
+
+
 @patch('deployer.tasks.deployment._check_node')
 @patch('deployer.tasks.deployment.chord')
 def test_check_deployment(m_chord, m_check_node):