diff --git a/deluge/ui/webui/webui_plugin/pages.py b/deluge/ui/webui/webui_plugin/pages.py
index 81890fe47..926fdefee 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/webui/webui_plugin/pages.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/webui/webui_plugin/pages.py
@@ -144,7 +144,11 @@ class index:
 
         #sorting:
         if vars.sort:
-            torrent_list.sort(key=attrgetter(vars.sort))
+            try:
+                torrent_list.sort(key=attrgetter(vars.sort))
+            except:
+                log.debug('Sorting Failed')
+
             if vars.order == 'up':
                 torrent_list = reversed(torrent_list)