diff --git a/renderlib.py b/renderlib.py
index 9e4531a..3c55f5e 100644
--- a/renderlib.py
+++ b/renderlib.py
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ def events(scheduleUrl, titlemap={}):
 				# yield a tupel with the event-id, event-title and person-names
 				yield {
 					'id': int(event.get('id')),
-					'title': titlemap[id] if id in titlemap else event.find('title').text.strip(),
+					'title': titlemap[id] if id in titlemap else (event.find('title').text.strip() if event.find('title') is not None and event.find('title').text is not None else ''),
 					'subtitle': event.find('subtitle').text.strip() if event.find('subtitle') is not None and event.find('subtitle').text is not None else '',
 					'persons': personnames,
 					'personnames': ', '.join(personnames)