diff --git a/logreader/logreader.py b/logreader/logreader.py
index b1acf74a..37fe23a9 100644
--- a/logreader/logreader.py
+++ b/logreader/logreader.py
@@ -134,11 +134,13 @@ class LogReader:
 		logSys.debug(self.logPath)
 		logFile = self.openLogFile()
 		self.setFilePos(logFile)
-		lastLine = ''
+		lastLine = None
 		for line in logFile:
+			if not self.hasTime(line):
+				# There is no valid time in this line
+				continue
 			lastLine = line
-			failList = self.findFailure(line)
-			for element in failList:
+			for element in self.findFailure(line):
 				ip = element[0]
 				unixTime = element[1]
 				if unixTime < time.time()-self.findTime:
@@ -152,7 +154,8 @@ class LogReader:
 				else:
 					ipList[ip] = (1, unixTime)
 		self.lastPos = logFile.tell()
-		self.lastDate = self.getTime(lastLine)
+		if lastLine:
+			self.lastDate = self.getTime(lastLine)
 		logFile.close()
 		return ipList
 
@@ -175,6 +178,15 @@ class LogReader:
 						failList.append([ip, date])
 		return failList
 	
+	def hasTime(self, line):
+		""" Return true if the line contains a date
+		"""
+		timeMatch = re.search(self.timeregex, line)
+		if timeMatch:
+			return True
+		else:
+			return False
+	
 	def getTime(self, line):
 		""" Gets the time of a log message.
 		"""