diff --git a/expobanner/views.py b/expobanner/views.py
index 0c5a0438..1b6f069b 100644
--- a/expobanner/views.py
+++ b/expobanner/views.py
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ def get_banners(request):
     good_urls = []
     for u in urls:
         if u.regex:
-            url_re = re.compile(u.url)
+            try:
+                url_re = re.compile(u.url)
+            except:
+                continue
             if url_re.findall(url):
                 good_urls.append(u)
         elif url == u.url: