diff --git a/rowers/mailprocessing.py b/rowers/mailprocessing.py
index 3d540645..647f25e6 100644
--- a/rowers/mailprocessing.py
+++ b/rowers/mailprocessing.py
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ def make_new_workout_from_email(rr,f2,name,cntr=0):
     except IOError:
         f2 = f2.name+'.gz'
         fileformat = get_file_type('media/'+f2)
+    except AttributeError:
+        fileformat = get_file_type('media/'+f2)
 
     if len(fileformat)==3 and fileformat[0]=='zip':
         f_to_be_deleted = f2
diff --git a/rowers/management/commands/processemail.py b/rowers/management/commands/processemail.py
index a6ef9d8b..4bbb56a4 100644
--- a/rowers/management/commands/processemail.py
+++ b/rowers/management/commands/processemail.py
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
 	attachments = MessageAttachment.objects.all()
 	cntr = 0
 	for a in attachments:
-            extension = a.document[-3:].lower()
+            extension = a.document.name[-3:].lower()
+            print "aap ",extension
 	    donotdelete = 0
 	    m = Message.objects.get(id=a.message_id)
 	    from_address = m.from_address[0]
@@ -61,18 +62,16 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                     if extension == 'zip':
                         z = zipfile.ZipFile(a.document)
                         for f in z.namelist():
-                            f2 = z.extract(f)
+                            f2 = z.extract(f,path='media/')
                             try:
                                 wid = [
-                                    make_new_workout_from_email(rr,f2,name)
+                                    make_new_workout_from_email(rr,f2[6:],name)
                                 ]
                                 res += wid
                                 link = 'http://rowsandall.com/rowers/workout/'+str(wid)+'/edit'
                                 dd = send_confirm(u,name,link)
                             except:
-                                res += ['fail: '+f]
-                                donotdelete = 1
-                            os.remove(f2)
+                                pass
                     else:
 		    # move attachment and make workout
 		        try: