diff --git a/rowers/views/workoutviews.py b/rowers/views/workoutviews.py
index ca151864..7d5a55c1 100644
--- a/rowers/views/workoutviews.py
+++ b/rowers/views/workoutviews.py
@@ -4980,7 +4980,10 @@ def workout_upload_view(request,
                 copyfile(f2,f3)
                 f3 = f3[6:]
                 a = MessageAttachment(message=msg,document=f3)
-                a.save()
+                try:
+                    a.save()
+                except DataError:
+                    pass
                 os.remove(f2)
 
                 messages.info(