diff --git a/src/BackgroundProcess.php b/src/BackgroundProcess.php
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/BackgroundProcess.php
+++ b/src/BackgroundProcess.php
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class BackgroundProcess
             if(count(preg_split("/\n/", $result)) > 2) {
                 return true;
             }
-        } catch(Exception $e) {}
+        } catch(\Exception $e) {}
 
         return false;
     }
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class BackgroundProcess
             if (!preg_match('/No such process/', $result)) {
                 return true;
             }
-        } catch (Exception $e) {}
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {}
 
         return false;
     }
Fix for calling Exception from within a namespace

Calling the Exception class from within a namespace has php assuming Exception is a class belonging to the namespace, can be fixed by prepending the class name with "\".