diff --git a/sigal/image.py b/sigal/image.py
index 728a1e1..5bee48a 100644
--- a/sigal/image.py
+++ b/sigal/image.py
@@ -235,18 +235,23 @@ def get_exif_data(filename):
 def get_iptc_data(filename):
     """Return a dict with the raw IPTC data."""
 
-    img = _read_image(filename)
-    raw_iptc = IptcImagePlugin.getiptcinfo(img)
-    # IPTC fields are catalogued in:
-    # https://www.iptc.org/std/photometadata/specification/IPTC-PhotoMetadata
     iptc_data = {}
-    # 2:05 is the IPTC title property
-    if raw_iptc and (2, 5) in raw_iptc:
-        iptc_data["title"] = raw_iptc[(2, 5)].decode('utf-8')
 
-    # 2:120 is the IPTC description property
-    if raw_iptc and (2, 120) in raw_iptc:
-        iptc_data["description"] = raw_iptc[(2, 120)].decode('utf-8')
+    try:
+        img = _read_image(filename)
+        raw_iptc = IptcImagePlugin.getiptcinfo(img)
+        # IPTC fields are catalogued in:
+        # https://www.iptc.org/std/photometadata/specification/IPTC-PhotoMetadata
+        # 2:05 is the IPTC title property
+        if raw_iptc and (2, 5) in raw_iptc:
+            iptc_data["title"] = raw_iptc[(2, 5)].decode('utf-8')
+
+        # 2:120 is the IPTC description property
+        if raw_iptc and (2, 120) in raw_iptc:
+            iptc_data["description"] = raw_iptc[(2, 120)].decode('utf-8')
+    except SyntaxError:
+        print("IPTC Error in %s\n"%filename)
+        iptc_data = {}
 
     return iptc_data