diff --git a/lib/deserialize.py b/lib/deserialize.py
index 96972ce3..0dd0a515 100644
--- a/lib/deserialize.py
+++ b/lib/deserialize.py
@@ -323,7 +323,11 @@ def match_decoded(decoded, to_match):
     return True
 
 def get_address_from_input_script(bytes):
-    decoded = [ x for x in script_GetOp(bytes) ]
+    try:
+        decoded = [ x for x in script_GetOp(bytes) ]
+    except:
+        print_error("cannot find address in input script", bytes.encode('hex'))
+        return [], [], "(None)"
 
     # non-generated TxIn transactions push a signature
     # (seventy-something bytes) and then their public key