diff --git a/forecasts/views.py b/forecasts/views.py
index f8f8f9aeb0a69176a50483595b9e8f3d7c129ef3..d1edf5083527ffa38aae36a770e788667adaf9cc 100755
--- a/forecasts/views.py
+++ b/forecasts/views.py
@@ -30,10 +30,7 @@ from forecasts.models import ForecastConfiguration, ForecastResult, ResultParame
 def index(request):
     
     season_range = range(2016, datetime.now().year + 1)
-    try:
-        season = int(request.GET.get("season", (datetime.now() + relativedelta(months = settings.SYSTEM_TIME_OFFSET_MONTHS)).year))
-    except ValueError:
-        season = (datetime.now() + relativedelta(months = settings.SYSTEM_TIME_OFFSET_MONTHS)).year
+    season = int(request.GET.get("season", (datetime.now() + relativedelta(months = settings.SYSTEM_TIME_OFFSET_MONTHS)).year))
     forecast_configurations = ForecastConfiguration.get_forecast_configurations_from_vipslogic(None, season).text
     #print forecast_configurations
     private_forecast_configurations = None