diff --git a/system-test/testnet-performance/testnet-automation-json-parser.py b/system-test/testnet-performance/testnet-automation-json-parser.py
index 128071612b..c1d005c82b 100755
--- a/system-test/testnet-performance/testnet-automation-json-parser.py
+++ b/system-test/testnet-performance/testnet-automation-json-parser.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ data=json.load(sys.stdin)
 
 if 'results' in data:
    for result in data['results']:
-      print result['series'][0]['columns'][1].encode() + ': ' + str(result['series'][0]['values'][0][1])
+      if 'series' in result:
+         print result['series'][0]['columns'][1].encode() + ': ' + str(result['series'][0]['values'][0][1])
 else:
    print "No results returned from CURL request"