diff --git a/indexer.py b/indexer.py
index ee516d5..0e9fa39 100644
--- a/indexer.py
+++ b/indexer.py
@@ -135,7 +135,10 @@ def createNewTorrent(reuqest):
 	try:
 		announce = bcoded[b'announce-list']
 	except KeyError:
-		announce = (bcoded[b'announce'], )
+		try:
+			announce = (bcoded[b'announce'], )
+		except KeyError:
+			announce = []
 
 	is_ours = False
 	for a in announce: