diff --git a/rowers/rows.py b/rowers/rows.py
index 720fd710..6aa7401a 100644
--- a/rowers/rows.py
+++ b/rowers/rows.py
@@ -90,15 +90,9 @@ def handle_uploaded_image(i):
                                 break
                 exif=dict(image._getexif().items())
 
-                if exif[orientation] == 3:
-                        image=image.rotate(180, expand=True)
-                elif exif[orientation] == 6:
-                        image=image.rotate(270, expand=True)
-                elif exif[orientation] == 8:
-                        image=image.rotate(90, expand=True)
         except (AttributeError, KeyError, IndexError):
                 # cases: image don't have getexif
-                pass
+                exif = {'orientation':0}
         
         if image.mode not in ("L", "RGB"):
                 image = image.convert("RGB")
@@ -108,6 +102,12 @@ def handle_uploaded_image(i):
         hsize = int((float(image.size[1])*float(wpercent)))
         image = image.resize((basewidth,hsize), Image.ANTIALIAS)
 
+        if exif[orientation] == 3:
+                image=image.rotate(180, expand=True)
+        elif exif[orientation] == 6:
+                image=image.rotate(270, expand=True)
+        elif exif[orientation] == 8:
+                image=image.rotate(90, expand=True)
 
         filename = hashlib.md5(imagefile.getvalue()).hexdigest()+'.jpg'