diff --git a/lib/i3ipcpp b/lib/i3ipcpp
index 85b444c0..b361f1e0 160000
--- a/lib/i3ipcpp
+++ b/lib/i3ipcpp
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 85b444c06267fbae8e9e06877cae6f03b42acbfb
+Subproject commit b361f1e074e21f7b43e57f7545c3e2d1ca3e1658
diff --git a/src/modules/i3.cpp b/src/modules/i3.cpp
index 15185477..f8b26f39 100644
--- a/src/modules/i3.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/i3.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #include "modules/meta/base.inl"
 #include "utils/file.hpp"
 
+#include <i3ipc++/ipc-util.hpp>
+
 POLYBAR_NS
 
 namespace modules {
@@ -18,10 +20,15 @@ namespace modules {
     m_router->register_action(EVENT_NEXT, [this]() { action_next(); });
     m_router->register_action(EVENT_PREV, [this]() { action_prev(); });
 
-    auto socket_path = i3ipc::get_socketpath();
-
-    if (!file_util::exists(socket_path)) {
-      throw module_error("Could not find socket: " + (socket_path.empty() ? "<empty>" : socket_path));
+    try {
+      auto socket_path = i3ipc::get_socketpath();
+      if (!file_util::exists(socket_path)) {
+        throw module_error("i3 socket does not exist: " + (socket_path.empty() ? "<empty>" : socket_path));
+      } else {
+        m_log.info("%s: Found i3 socket at '%s'", name(), socket_path);
+      }
+    } catch (const i3ipc::ipc_error& e) {
+      throw module_error("Could not find i3 socket: " + string(e.what()));
     }
 
     m_ipc = std::make_unique<i3ipc::connection>();