diff --git a/record.py b/record.py
index f3bf52f..e57ddaa 100644
--- a/record.py
+++ b/record.py
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ class RecordCollection():
                     raise FileParsingError(f"error parsing '{i}'")
 
             else:
-                if i[-1] != ":":
-                    raise FileParsingError(f"colon must be on last character of '{i}'")
                 try:
+                    if i[-1] != ":":
+                        raise FileParsingError(f"colon must be on last character of '{i}'")
                     name = i.split(' ')[1][0:-1]
                 except IndexError:
                     current = Record()