diff --git a/modules/util/viirs.py b/modules/util/viirs.py
index f371926ffcd42aae0dd1ee05362c3e52d1124b2d..9791ffbf2262a106cc9f013c21e47e4c403adfcc 100644
--- a/modules/util/viirs.py
+++ b/modules/util/viirs.py
@@ -75,8 +75,12 @@ def run_test(directory):
 
     for file in files:
         h5f = h5py.File(file, 'r')
-        opd_nl = get_grid_values_all(h5f, 'cld_opd_nlcomp')
-        reff_nl = get_grid_values_all(h5f, 'cld_reff_nlcomp')
+        try:
+            opd_nl = get_grid_values_all(h5f, 'cld_opd_nlcomp')
+            reff_nl = get_grid_values_all(h5f, 'cld_reff_nlcomp')
+        except:
+            print('PROBLEM with: ', file)
+            continue
 
         if np.sum(np.isnan(opd_nl)) < opd_nl.size and np.sum(np.isnan(reff_nl)) < reff_nl.size:
             print(file)