diff --git a/rowers/dataroutines.py b/rowers/dataroutines.py
index 17579249..d5f1e168 100644
--- a/rowers/dataroutines.py
+++ b/rowers/dataroutines.py
@@ -1604,7 +1604,7 @@ def read_data(columns, ids=[], doclean=True, workstrokesonly=True, debug=False,
         datadf = pl.concat(data)
         existing_columns = [col for col in columns if col in datadf.columns]
         datadf = datadf.select(existing_columns)
-    except (ShapeError, SchemaError):
+    except (ShapeError, SchemaError, ColumnNotFoundError):
         data = [
             df.select(columns)
             for df in data]