Index: /trunk/Nebulous/bin/neb-stat
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--- /trunk/Nebulous/bin/neb-stat	(revision 31871)
+++ /trunk/Nebulous/bin/neb-stat	(revision 31872)
@@ -48,5 +48,8 @@
 die "no instances found" unless $instances;   
 
-my $user_copies = $neb->getxattr($key, "user.copies");
+my $user_copies;
+eval {
+    $user_copies = $neb->getxattr($key, "user.copies");
+};
 unless(defined($user_copies)) {
     $user_copies = 1;