diff --git a/jass/models/inittable.py b/jass/models/inittable.py
index f49fef2e3ad05c98ac271895238e8d7da3eb4232..292d7311fc57e45bf38c3c96fc2802bc89b3c798 100644
--- a/jass/models/inittable.py
+++ b/jass/models/inittable.py
@@ -32,11 +32,15 @@ def get_inittable_meta(file_name):
     nb_snps = init_store.get_storer("SumStatTab").nrows
     init_store.close()
     nb_phenotypes = read_hdf(file_name, "PhenoList").shape[0]
-    
-    f = h5py.File(file_name, mode='r')
-    name=f.attrs['title']
-    desc=f.attrs["description"]
-    f.close()
+
+    try:
+        f = h5py.File(file_name, mode='r')
+        name=f.attrs['title']
+        desc=f.attrs["description"]
+        f.close()
+    except KeyError:
+        name = f"Filename: {file_name.split('/')[-1]}"
+        desc = "No description"
     return dict(
         nb_snps=int(nb_snps),
         nb_phenotypes=int(nb_phenotypes),