diff --git a/rowers/views/apiviews.py b/rowers/views/apiviews.py
index cb5bf487..883cb847 100644
--- a/rowers/views/apiviews.py
+++ b/rowers/views/apiviews.py
@@ -21,7 +21,13 @@ class XMLParser(BaseParser):
     media_type = "application/xml"
 
     def parse(self, stream, media_type=None, parser_context=None):
-        return ET.parse(stream).getroot()
+        dologging("apilog.log", "XML Parser")
+        try:
+            s = ET.parse(stream).getroot()
+        except Exception as e:
+            dologging("apilog.log",e)
+            return HttpResponse(status=500)
+        return s
 
 # Stroke data form to test API upload
 
@@ -269,7 +275,7 @@ def strokedata_tcx(request):
             total_duration += lap_duration_seconds
 
     except Exception as e:
-        dologgin('apilog.log','TCX')
+        dologging('apilog.log','TCX')
         dologging('apilog.log',e)
         return HttpResponseNotAllowed("Could not parse TCX data")