diff --git a/rowers/tasks.py b/rowers/tasks.py
index 8739e307..ea427590 100644
--- a/rowers/tasks.py
+++ b/rowers/tasks.py
@@ -235,6 +235,11 @@ def handle_check_race_course(self,
     
     rowdata = row.df
 
+    try:
+        s = rowdata[' latitude']
+    except KeyError:
+        return 0
+
     rowdata.rename(columns = {
         ' latitude':'latitude',
         ' longitude':'longitude',