diff --git a/rowers/dataprep.py b/rowers/dataprep.py
index 3e262d77..48d0793f 100644
--- a/rowers/dataprep.py
+++ b/rowers/dataprep.py
@@ -1599,14 +1599,18 @@ def get_workouttype_from_fit(filename,workouttype='water'):
 import rowingdata.tcxtools as tcxtools
 
 def get_workouttype_from_tcx(filename,workouttype='water'):
-    d = tcxtools.tcx_getdict(filename)
     tcxtype = 'rowing'
     try:
-        tcxtype = d['Activities']['Activity']['@Sport'].lower()
-        if tcxtype == 'other':
-            tcxtype = 'rowing'
-    except KeyError:
-        return workouttype
+        d = tcxtools.tcx_getdict(filename)
+        try:
+            tcxtype = d['Activities']['Activity']['@Sport'].lower()
+            if tcxtype == 'other':
+                tcxtype = 'rowing'
+        except KeyError:
+            return workouttype
+
+    except TypeError:
+        pass
 
     try:
         workouttype = mytypes.garminmappinginv[tcxtype.upper()]