diff --git a/scripts/expandlinks.rb b/scripts/expandlinks.rb
index 431a63b8..9c39b3c9 100644
--- a/scripts/expandlinks.rb
+++ b/scripts/expandlinks.rb
@@ -57,7 +57,11 @@ CSV.open(ARGV[1], 'wb') do |out|
       newlink = follow_url(link)
       if (newlink!=link)
         # puts "#{link} --> #{newlink}"
-        tweet.gsub!(link, newlink)
+        begin
+          tweet.gsub!(link, newlink)
+        rescue
+          puts "Encoding fsckup in #{newlink}"
+        end
       end
     }
     row[3] = tweet