diff --git a/LTA/LTAIngest/LTAIngestCommon/job.py b/LTA/LTAIngest/LTAIngestCommon/job.py
index f634718bba66e38ffc7ebc5d9033a06aa4518776..f7e8b106462a3644c4a64710cfdf3f1f48ed982b 100755
--- a/LTA/LTAIngest/LTAIngestCommon/job.py
+++ b/LTA/LTAIngest/LTAIngestCommon/job.py
@@ -85,8 +85,11 @@ def parseJobXml(job_xml):
 
             #try to extract a job_group_id
             job_dict['job_group_id'] = 'unknown_group'
-            if 'ExportID' in job_dict:
-                job_dict['job_group_id'] = int(job_dict['ExportID'].split('_')[1])
+            try:
+                if 'ExportID' in job_dict:
+                    job_dict['job_group_id'] = job_dict['ExportID'].split('_')[1]
+            except:
+                pass
             if 'IngestGroupId' in job_dict:
                 job_dict['job_group_id'] = job_dict['IngestGroupId']