diff --git a/rowers/interactiveplots.py b/rowers/interactiveplots.py
index 5be7da74..c90db316 100644
--- a/rowers/interactiveplots.py
+++ b/rowers/interactiveplots.py
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ from rowers.utils import lbstoN
 from rowers.datautils import p0
 import rowers.datautils as datautils
 
+from pandas.core.groupby.groupby import DataError
 
 def errorbar(fig, x, y, source=ColumnDataSource(),
              xerr=False, yerr=False, color='black',
@@ -343,8 +344,11 @@ def interactive_boxchart(datadf,fieldname,extratitle='',
 
     hv.extension('bokeh')
 
-    boxwhiskers = hv.BoxWhisker(datadf,'date',fieldname)
-    boxwhiskers.opts(tools=TOOLS,outlier_color='white')
+    try:
+        boxwhiskers = hv.BoxWhisker(datadf,'date',fieldname)
+        boxwhiskers.opts(tools=TOOLS,outlier_color='white')
+    except DataError:
+        return "","Invalid Data"
 
 
     plot = hv.render(boxwhiskers)