diff --git a/lib/facter/rabbitmq_nodename.rb b/lib/facter/rabbitmq_nodename.rb
index 8dee93c..e931696 100644
--- a/lib/facter/rabbitmq_nodename.rb
+++ b/lib/facter/rabbitmq_nodename.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 Facter.add(:rabbitmq_nodename) do
   setcode do
     if Facter::Util::Resolution.which('rabbitmqctl')
       rabbitmq_nodename = Facter::Core::Execution.execute('rabbitmqctl status 2>&1')
-      %r{^Status of node '?([\w\.\-]+@[\w\.\-]+)'?}.match(rabbitmq_nodename)[1]
+      begin
+        %r{^Status of node '?([\w\.\-]+@[\w\.\-]+)'?}.match(rabbitmq_nodename)[1]
+      rescue
+        Facter.debug("Error: rabbitmq_nodename facter failed. Output was #{rabbitmq_nodename}")
+      end
     end
   end
 end