diff --git a/boot/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/boot/Bootstrap.java b/boot/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/boot/Bootstrap.java
index e1c340479..bc8a91f16 100644
--- a/boot/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/boot/Bootstrap.java
+++ b/boot/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/boot/Bootstrap.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.InputMismatchException;
 
 import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
 
@@ -250,7 +251,12 @@ public class Bootstrap {
         int pid = bootStrap.getPid();
         // select pid
         if (pid < 0) {
-            pid = ProcessUtils.select(bootStrap.isVerbose());
+            try {
+                pid = ProcessUtils.select(bootStrap.isVerbose());
+            } catch (InputMismatchException e) {
+                System.out.println("Please input an integer to select pid.");
+                System.exit(1);
+            }
             if (pid < 0) {
                 System.out.println("Please select an avaliable pid.");
                 System.exit(1);
diff --git a/boot/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/boot/ProcessUtils.java b/boot/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/boot/ProcessUtils.java
index a76157523..400d7dcce 100644
--- a/boot/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/boot/ProcessUtils.java
+++ b/boot/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/boot/ProcessUtils.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Scanner;
+import java.util.InputMismatchException;
 
 import com.taobao.arthas.common.AnsiLog;
 import com.taobao.arthas.common.ExecutingCommand;
@@ -45,7 +46,8 @@ public class ProcessUtils {
         return PID;
     }
 
-    public static int select(boolean v) {
+    @SuppressWarnings("resource")
+    public static int select(boolean v) throws InputMismatchException {
         Map<Integer, String> processMap = listProcessByJps(v);
 
         if (processMap.isEmpty()) {