diff --git a/src/com/sheepit/client/Error.java b/src/com/sheepit/client/Error.java
index c18e3af..b4ab5c4 100644
--- a/src/com/sheepit/client/Error.java
+++ b/src/com/sheepit/client/Error.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public class Error {
 		CAN_NOT_CREATE_DIRECTORY(10),
 		NETWORK_ISSUE(11),
 		RENDERER_CRASHED(12),
+		RENDERER_CRASHED_PYTHON_ERROR(24),
 		RENDERER_OUT_OF_VIDEO_MEMORY(13),
 		RENDERER_OUT_OF_MEMORY(21),
 		RENDERER_KILLED(14),
@@ -160,6 +161,8 @@ public class Error {
 				return "Renderer has generated no output file, possibly a wrong project configuration or you are missing required libraries. Will try another project in a few minutes.";
 			case RENDERER_CRASHED:
 				return "Renderer has crashed. It's usually due to a bad project or not enough memory. There is nothing you can do about it. Will try another project in a few minutes.";
+			case RENDERER_CRASHED_PYTHON_ERROR:
+				return "Renderer has crashed due to Python error. Will try another project in a few minutes.";
 			case RENDERER_OUT_OF_VIDEO_MEMORY:
 				return "Renderer has crashed, due to not enough video memory (vram). There is nothing you can do about it. Will try another project in a few minutes.";
 			case RENDERER_OUT_OF_MEMORY:
diff --git a/src/com/sheepit/client/Job.java b/src/com/sheepit/client/Job.java
index 962aa71..948ab4e 100644
--- a/src/com/sheepit/client/Job.java
+++ b/src/com/sheepit/client/Job.java
@@ -752,6 +752,12 @@ public class Job {
 			// Error: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION
 			return Error.Type.RENDERER_CRASHED;
 		}
+		else if (line.indexOf("Fatal Python error: Py_Initialize") != -1) {
+			// Fatal Python error: Py_Initialize: unable to load the file system codec
+			// ImportError: No module named 'encodings'
+			// Current thread 0x0000388c (most recent call first):
+			return Error.Type.RENDERER_CRASHED_PYTHON_ERROR;
+		}
 		else if (line.indexOf("Calloc returns null") != -1) {
 			// Fra:1 Mem:976.60M (0.00M, Peak 1000.54M) | Time:00:01.34 | Mem:0.00M, Peak:0.00M | Scene, RenderLayer | Synchronizing object | Left
 			// Calloc returns null: len=7186416 in CDMLoopUV, total 2145859048