diff --git a/openvidu-server/src/main/java/io/openvidu/server/OpenViduServer.java b/openvidu-server/src/main/java/io/openvidu/server/OpenViduServer.java
index 755d9824..d83cb892 100644
--- a/openvidu-server/src/main/java/io/openvidu/server/OpenViduServer.java
+++ b/openvidu-server/src/main/java/io/openvidu/server/OpenViduServer.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import javax.ws.rs.ProcessingException;
+
 import org.kurento.jsonrpc.JsonUtils;
 import org.kurento.jsonrpc.internal.server.config.JsonRpcConfiguration;
 import org.kurento.jsonrpc.server.JsonRpcConfigurer;
@@ -199,7 +201,15 @@ public class OpenViduServer implements JsonRpcConfigurer {
 			RecordingService recordingService = context.getBean(RecordingService.class);
 			System.out.println("Recording module required: Downloading openvidu/openvidu-recording Docker image (800 MB aprox)");
 			
-			if (recordingService.recordingImageExistsLocally()) {
+			boolean imageExists = false;
+            try {
+                imageExists = recordingService.recordingImageExistsLocally();
+            } catch (ProcessingException exception) {
+                log.error("Exception connecting to Docker daemon: you need Docker installed in this machine to enable OpenVidu recorder service");
+                throw new RuntimeException("Exception connecting to Docker daemon: you need Docker installed in this machine to enable OpenVidu recorder service");
+            }
+            
+            if (imageExists) {
 				System.out.println("Docker image already exists locally");
 			} else {
 				Thread t = new Thread(() -> {
diff --git a/openvidu-server/src/main/java/io/openvidu/server/recording/RecordingService.java b/openvidu-server/src/main/java/io/openvidu/server/recording/RecordingService.java
index 10acac9f..d632afdb 100644
--- a/openvidu-server/src/main/java/io/openvidu/server/recording/RecordingService.java
+++ b/openvidu-server/src/main/java/io/openvidu/server/recording/RecordingService.java
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import javax.ws.rs.ProcessingException;
+
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
@@ -104,6 +106,8 @@ public class RecordingService {
 			imageExists = true;
 		} catch (NotFoundException nfe) {
 			imageExists = false;
+		} catch (ProcessingException e) {
+            throw e;
 		}
 		return imageExists;
 	}
diff --git a/openvidu-test-e2e/pom.xml b/openvidu-test-e2e/pom.xml
index 20d8f0c4..945e6a34 100644
--- a/openvidu-test-e2e/pom.xml
+++ b/openvidu-test-e2e/pom.xml
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.openvidu</groupId>
 			<artifactId>openvidu-java-client</artifactId>
-			<version>1.1.0</version>
+			<version>1.7.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
diff --git a/openvidu-test-e2e/src/test/java/io/openvidu/test/e2e/OpenViduTestAppE2eTest.java b/openvidu-test-e2e/src/test/java/io/openvidu/test/e2e/OpenViduTestAppE2eTest.java
index 6bfda505..50a2054c 100644
--- a/openvidu-test-e2e/src/test/java/io/openvidu/test/e2e/OpenViduTestAppE2eTest.java
+++ b/openvidu-test-e2e/src/test/java/io/openvidu/test/e2e/OpenViduTestAppE2eTest.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package io.openvidu.test.e2e;
 
 import static java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.lookup;
 import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
-import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
 import static org.openqa.selenium.OutputType.BASE64;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.*;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.junit.platform.runner.JUnitPlatform;
-import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 
 import org.openqa.selenium.By;