diff --git a/py-scripts/tools/lf_check.py b/py-scripts/tools/lf_check.py
index 268881e9..f19cc282 100755
--- a/py-scripts/tools/lf_check.py
+++ b/py-scripts/tools/lf_check.py
@@ -994,52 +994,58 @@ QA Report Dashboard: lf_qa.py was not run as last script of test suite"""
                                     break
                         stdout_log_fd.close()
                     if meta_data_path != "":
-                        meta_data_fd = open(meta_data_path, 'w+')
-                        meta_data_fd.write(
-                            '$ Generated by Candela Technologies LANforge network testing tool\n')
-                        meta_data_fd.write(
-                            "test_run {test_run}\n".format(
-                                test_run=self.report_path))
-                        meta_data_fd.write(
-                            "file_meta {path}\n".format(
-                                path=meta_data_path))
-                        meta_data_fd.write(
-                            'lanforge_gui_version: {gui_version} \n'.format(
-                                gui_version=self.lanforge_gui_version))
-                        meta_data_fd.write(
-                            'lanforge_server_version: {server_version} \n'.format(
-                                server_version=self.lanforge_server_version))
-                        meta_data_fd.write('$ LANforge command\n')
-                        meta_data_fd.write(
-                            "command {command}\n".format(
-                                command=command))
-                        # split command at test-tag , at rest of string once at
-                        # the actual test-tag value
-                        test_tag = command.split(
-                            'test_tag', maxsplit=1)[-1].split(maxsplit=1)[0]
-                        test_tag = test_tag.replace("'", "")
-                        meta_data_fd.write('$ LANforge test tag\n')
-                        meta_data_fd.write(
-                            "test_tag {test_tag}\n".format(
-                                test_tag=test_tag))
-                        # LANforge information is a list thus [0]
-                        meta_data_fd.write('$ LANforge Information\n')
-                        meta_data_fd.write(
-                            "lanforge_system_node {lanforge_system_node}\n".format(
-                                lanforge_system_node=self.lanforge_system_node_version[0]))
-                        meta_data_fd.write(
-                            "lanforge_kernel_version {lanforge_kernel_version}\n".format(
-                                lanforge_kernel_version=self.lanforge_kernel_version[0]))
-                        meta_data_fd.write(
-                            "lanforge_fedora_version {lanforge_fedora_version}\n".format(
-                                lanforge_fedora_version=self.lanforge_fedora_version[0]))
-                        meta_data_fd.write(
-                            "lanforge_gui_version_full {lanforge_gui_version_full}\n".format(
-                                lanforge_gui_version_full=self.lanforge_gui_version_full))
-                        meta_data_fd.write(
-                            "lanforge_server_version_full {lanforge_server_version_full}\n".format(
-                                lanforge_server_version_full=self.lanforge_server_version_full[0]))
-                        meta_data_fd.close()
+                        try:
+                            meta_data_fd = open(meta_data_path, 'w+')
+                            meta_data_fd.write(
+                                '$ Generated by Candela Technologies LANforge network testing tool\n')
+                            meta_data_fd.write(
+                                "test_run {test_run}\n".format(
+                                    test_run=self.report_path))
+                            meta_data_fd.write(
+                                "file_meta {path}\n".format(
+                                    path=meta_data_path))
+                            meta_data_fd.write(
+                                'lanforge_gui_version: {gui_version} \n'.format(
+                                    gui_version=self.lanforge_gui_version))
+                            meta_data_fd.write(
+                                'lanforge_server_version: {server_version} \n'.format(
+                                    server_version=self.lanforge_server_version))
+                            meta_data_fd.write('$ LANforge command\n')
+                            meta_data_fd.write(
+                                "command {command}\n".format(
+                                    command=command))
+                            # split command at test-tag , at rest of string once at
+                            # the actual test-tag value
+                            test_tag = command.split(
+                                'test_tag', maxsplit=1)[-1].split(maxsplit=1)[0]
+                            test_tag = test_tag.replace("'", "")
+                            meta_data_fd.write('$ LANforge test tag\n')
+                            meta_data_fd.write(
+                                "test_tag {test_tag}\n".format(
+                                    test_tag=test_tag))
+                            # LANforge information is a list thus [0]
+                            meta_data_fd.write('$ LANforge Information\n')
+                            meta_data_fd.write(
+                                "lanforge_system_node {lanforge_system_node}\n".format(
+                                    lanforge_system_node=self.lanforge_system_node_version[0]))
+                            meta_data_fd.write(
+                                "lanforge_kernel_version {lanforge_kernel_version}\n".format(
+                                    lanforge_kernel_version=self.lanforge_kernel_version[0]))
+                            meta_data_fd.write(
+                                "lanforge_fedora_version {lanforge_fedora_version}\n".format(
+                                    lanforge_fedora_version=self.lanforge_fedora_version[0]))
+                            meta_data_fd.write(
+                                "lanforge_gui_version_full {lanforge_gui_version_full}\n".format(
+                                    lanforge_gui_version_full=self.lanforge_gui_version_full))
+                            meta_data_fd.write(
+                                "lanforge_server_version_full {lanforge_server_version_full}\n".format(
+                                    lanforge_server_version_full=self.lanforge_server_version_full[0]))
+                            meta_data_fd.close()
+                        except ValueError as err:
+                            logg.critical("unable to write meta {meta_data_path} : {msg}}".format(meta_data_path=meta_data_path,msg=err))
+                        except BaseException as err:
+                            logg.critical("BaseException unable to write meta {meta_data_path} : {msg}".format(meta_data_path=meta_data_path,msg=err))
+                        
                     # Timeout needs to be reported and not overwriten
                     if self.test_result == "TIMEOUT":
                         self.logger.info(