diff --git a/services/dynamic-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dynamic_sidecar/api/rest/containers.py b/services/dynamic-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dynamic_sidecar/api/rest/containers.py
index 43dc75c75f54..8f6fb1d4da32 100644
--- a/services/dynamic-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dynamic_sidecar/api/rest/containers.py
+++ b/services/dynamic-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dynamic_sidecar/api/rest/containers.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from asyncio import Lock
 from typing import Annotated, Any, Final
 
+from aiodocker import DockerError
 from common_library.json_serialization import json_loads
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, HTTPException
 from fastapi import Path as PathParam
@@ -166,6 +167,7 @@ async def get_containers_activity(
         ContainerExecContainerNotFoundError,
         ContainerExecCommandFailedError,
         ContainerExecTimeoutError,
+        DockerError,
     ):
         _logger.warning(
             "Could not run inactivity command '%s' in container '%s'",
diff --git a/services/dynamic-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dynamic_sidecar/modules/long_running_tasks_utils.py b/services/dynamic-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dynamic_sidecar/modules/long_running_tasks_utils.py
index 21d9adaebbb5..2134f9defb37 100644
--- a/services/dynamic-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dynamic_sidecar/modules/long_running_tasks_utils.py
+++ b/services/dynamic-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dynamic_sidecar/modules/long_running_tasks_utils.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from datetime import timedelta
 from typing import Final
 
+from aiodocker import DockerError
 from models_library.callbacks_mapping import UserServiceCommand
 from servicelib.logging_utils import log_context
 
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ async def run_before_shutdown_actions(
                 ContainerExecContainerNotFoundError,
                 ContainerExecCommandFailedError,
                 ContainerExecTimeoutError,
+                DockerError,
             ):
                 _logger.warning(
                     "Could not run before_shutdown command %s in container %s",