Index: trunk/pstamp/scripts/pstamp_finish.pl
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--- trunk/pstamp/scripts/pstamp_finish.pl	(revision 25065)
+++ trunk/pstamp/scripts/pstamp_finish.pl	(revision 25066)
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@
 use Getopt::Long qw( GetOptions :config auto_help auto_version gnu_getopt );
 use Pod::Usage qw( pod2usage );
+use Carp;
 
 use Time::Local;
@@ -187,5 +188,7 @@
         if (!$image_db) {
             carp("failed to find imagedb for project: $project");
-            stop_request($req_id, $PS_EXIT_CONFIG_ERROR);
+            if (!$fault) {
+                stop_request($req_id, $PS_EXIT_CONFIG_ERROR);
+            }
         }
 
@@ -319,5 +322,5 @@
     my $exp_id = shift;
 
-    if (!$exp_id) {
+    if (!$exp_id or !$image_db) {
         # no exposure id just return zeros
         # XXX: we could put a value in for filter, but we don't have a good place to find it