diff --git a/client/core/servercontroller.cpp b/client/core/servercontroller.cpp
index 398b46b34..029fa499e 100644
--- a/client/core/servercontroller.cpp
+++ b/client/core/servercontroller.cpp
@@ -368,6 +368,8 @@ ErrorCode ServerController::installDockerWorker(const ServerCredentials &credent
         return ErrorCode::ServerPacketManagerError;
     if (stdOut.contains("command not found"))
         return ErrorCode::ServerDockerFailedError;
+    if (stdOut.contains("Docker status is not active"))
+        return ErrorCode::ServerDockerFailedError;
 
     return error;
 }
diff --git a/client/server_scripts/install_docker.sh b/client/server_scripts/install_docker.sh
index 58f925407..b8ebd3785 100644
--- a/client/server_scripts/install_docker.sh
+++ b/client/server_scripts/install_docker.sh
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ if [ "$dist" = "debian" ]; then \
   if [ -z "$docker_service" ]; then sudo $pm update -yq; sudo $pm install -yq curl $docker_pkg; fi;\
   sleep 3 && sudo systemctl start docker && sleep 3;\
 fi;\
-if ! command -v sudo > /dev/null 2>&1; then echo "Failed to install Docker";exit 1;fi;\
+if [ "$(systemctl is-active docker)" != "active" ]; then echo "Docker status is not active"; fi;\
 docker --version