diff --git a/scripts/make_older.py b/scripts/make_older.py
index 2405ebd..ecbdfd4 100644
--- a/scripts/make_older.py
+++ b/scripts/make_older.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
     string_time = datetime.datetime.strftime(t2, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
 except IOError:
     string_time = "2017-01-01 00:00:00"
+except ValueError:
+    string_time = "2017-01-01 00:00:00"
 
 f = open("last_time", "w")
 print string_time