diff --git a/ceurws/ceur_ws.py b/ceurws/ceur_ws.py
index eb7a5f0..5f97b0a 100644
--- a/ceurws/ceur_ws.py
+++ b/ceurws/ceur_ws.py
@@ -404,11 +404,12 @@ def recreate(self, progress: bool = False, limit=None):
                 invalid += 1
             else:
                 loctime=volume.get_loctime()
-                loc_time_dict=loctime_parser.parse(loctime)
-                for key,value in loc_time_dict.items():
-                    attr=f"loc_{key}"
-                    setattr(volume,attr,value)
-                volume.resolveLoctime()
+                if loctime:
+                    loc_time_dict=loctime_parser.parse(loctime)
+                    for key,value in loc_time_dict.items():
+                        attr=f"loc_{key}"
+                        setattr(volume,attr,value)
+                    volume.resolveLoctime()
             # update progress bar
             if t is not None and volume.valid:
                 # print(f"{volume.url}:{volume.acronym}:{volume.desc}:{volume.h1}:{volume.title}")
diff --git a/ceurws/indexparser.py b/ceurws/indexparser.py
index 15243d0..46305c2 100644
--- a/ceurws/indexparser.py
+++ b/ceurws/indexparser.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def findVolume(self, volCount: int, startLine: int, expectedTr: int = 3, progres
                     if trCount == expectedTr:
                         trEndLine = self.find(lineNo + 1, self.trEndPattern)
                         if volCount % progress == 0:
-                            print(f"Volume {volCount+1:4}: lines {trStartLine:6}-{trEndLine:6}")
+                            print(f"volume count {volCount+1:4}: lines {trStartLine:6}-{trEndLine:6}")
                         return trStartLine, trEndLine
         return None, None