diff --git a/zephyr/management/commands/dump_passwords.py b/zephyr/management/commands/dump_passwords.py
index 0b00c01f23..62f97da726 100644
--- a/zephyr/management/commands/dump_passwords.py
+++ b/zephyr/management/commands/dump_passwords.py
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ def dump():
 
 def restore(change):
     for (email, password) in simplejson.loads(file("dumped-passwords").read()):
-        user = User.objects.get(email__iexact=email)
+        try:
+            user = User.objects.get(email__iexact=email)
+        except User.DoesNotExist:
+            print "Skipping...", email
+            continue
         if change:
             user.password = password
             user.save()
diff --git a/zephyr/management/commands/dump_pointers.py b/zephyr/management/commands/dump_pointers.py
index c3fa090b42..0fe1f25cdc 100755
--- a/zephyr/management/commands/dump_pointers.py
+++ b/zephyr/management/commands/dump_pointers.py
@@ -17,13 +17,20 @@ def dump():
 
 def restore(change):
     for (email, timestamp) in simplejson.loads(file("dumped-pointers").read()):
-        u = UserProfile.objects.get(user__email__iexact=email)
+        try:
+            u = UserProfile.objects.get(user__email__iexact=email)
+        except UserProfile.DoesNotExist:
+            print "Skipping...", email
+            continue
         if timestamp == -1:
             pointer = -1
         else:
-            pointer = Message.objects.filter(
-                pub_date__gte=timestamp_to_datetime(timestamp)).order_by("id")[0].id
-        print "%s: pointer %s => %s" % (email, u.pointer, pointer)
+            try:
+                pointer = Message.objects.filter(
+                    pub_date__gte=timestamp_to_datetime(timestamp - 1)).order_by("id")[0].id
+            except IndexError:
+                print "Alert...", email, timestamp
+                continue
         if change:
             u.pointer = pointer
             u.save()