diff --git a/rowers/mailprocessing.py b/rowers/mailprocessing.py
index 340d5230..0618edb4 100644
--- a/rowers/mailprocessing.py
+++ b/rowers/mailprocessing.py
@@ -70,6 +70,14 @@ def rdata(file, rower=rrower()):
             result = rrdata(file + '.gz', rower=rower)
         except IOError:
             result = 0
+    except TypeError:
+        try:
+            result = rrdata(file)
+        except IOError:
+            try:
+                result = rrdata(file+'.gz', rower=rower)
+            except IOError:
+                result = 0
 
     return result
 
diff --git a/rowers/tests/testdata/testdata.csv.gz b/rowers/tests/testdata/testdata.csv.gz
index b1313d48..e1c71d93 100644
Binary files a/rowers/tests/testdata/testdata.csv.gz and b/rowers/tests/testdata/testdata.csv.gz differ