diff --git a/src/documents/consumer.py b/src/documents/consumer.py
index 4bcb6d1d9..5a06194b7 100755
--- a/src/documents/consumer.py
+++ b/src/documents/consumer.py
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ class Consumer(LoggingMixin):
         try:
             classifier = DocumentClassifier()
             classifier.reload()
-        except (FileNotFoundError, IncompatibleClassifierVersionError) as e:
+        except (OSError, EOFError, IncompatibleClassifierVersionError) as e:
             self.log(
                 "warning",
                 f"Cannot classify documents: {e}.")
diff --git a/src/documents/management/commands/document_retagger.py b/src/documents/management/commands/document_retagger.py
index cf014dc6f..0fb9782c1 100755
--- a/src/documents/management/commands/document_retagger.py
+++ b/src/documents/management/commands/document_retagger.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class Command(Renderable, BaseCommand):
         classifier = DocumentClassifier()
         try:
             classifier.reload()
-        except (FileNotFoundError, IncompatibleClassifierVersionError) as e:
+        except (OSError, EOFError, IncompatibleClassifierVersionError) as e:
             logging.getLogger(__name__).warning(
                 f"Cannot classify documents: {e}.")
             classifier = None
diff --git a/src/documents/tasks.py b/src/documents/tasks.py
index ba7010ea9..38ff532b5 100644
--- a/src/documents/tasks.py
+++ b/src/documents/tasks.py
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ def train_classifier():
     try:
         # load the classifier, since we might not have to train it again.
         classifier.reload()
-    except (FileNotFoundError, IncompatibleClassifierVersionError):
+    except (OSError, EOFError, IncompatibleClassifierVersionError):
         # This is what we're going to fix here.
-        pass
+        classifier = DocumentClassifier()
 
     try:
         if classifier.train():