diff --git a/trans.py b/trans.py
index e0ddd8665694112750ebc328305598f7d6047cf8..62e5e7ce079fbd6872415af8c416fdb13d5ce150 100644
--- a/trans.py
+++ b/trans.py
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ def cert_to_xml(cert_doc):
       'release':version \
     }
     cert_doc['DCC']['administrativeData']['dccSoftware'].append(s)
-           
-    xml = render_template(dcc_template, doc=cert_doc['DCC'], utils=utils)  
-    try:
+    try: 
+        xml = render_template(dcc_template, doc=cert_doc['DCC'], utils=utils) 
         xml = etree.canonicalize(prettify_xml(xml, indent=2, debug=False))
+        
     except Exception as error:
         xml = '<error>' + str(error) + '</error>\n'