diff --git a/apps/rss_feeds/text_importer.py b/apps/rss_feeds/text_importer.py
index 727afde2d..605ed868c 100644
--- a/apps/rss_feeds/text_importer.py
+++ b/apps/rss_feeds/text_importer.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class TextImporter:
             ))
         else:
             logging.user(self.request, "~SN~FRFailed~FY to fetch ~FGoriginal text~FY: was ~SB%s bytes" % (
-                len(zlib.decompress(self.story.story_content_z))
+                self.story.story_content_z and len(zlib.decompress(self.story.story_content_z))
             ))
         
         return content
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