diff --git a/rowers/dataprep.py b/rowers/dataprep.py
index c648468d..ea252e89 100644
--- a/rowers/dataprep.py
+++ b/rowers/dataprep.py
@@ -783,6 +783,8 @@ def rdata(file,rower=rrower()):
             res = rrdata(csvfile=file+'.gz',rower=rower)
         except IOError,IndexError:
 	    res = 0
+        except:
+            res = 0
 
     return res