diff --git a/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/DictComs.py b/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/DictComs.py
index 9c0904a..6fdc357 100644
--- a/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/DictComs.py
+++ b/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/DictComs.py
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ class BotJSONCommands():
 
         for dict_from_file in list(self.valid_dictcom_dict.keys()):
 
-            dict_from_file["comtype"] = "prefix"
+            try:
+                dict_from_file["comtype"] = "prefix"
+            except Exception as e:
+                sys.stderr(str(dict_from_file))
 
             # default command to filename
             if "validcoms" not in list(dict_from_file.keys()):