diff --git a/pomodoro_to_harvest.py b/pomodoro_to_harvest.py
index 807789e..88fda11 100644
--- a/pomodoro_to_harvest.py
+++ b/pomodoro_to_harvest.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ timelog = timelog.explode("description").reset_index()
 if debug:
     mess = copy.deepcopy(timelog)
 
-timelog["started"] = pd.to_datetime(timelog["started"]).dt.tz_convert("US/Eastern")
+timelog["started"] = pd.to_datetime(timelog["started"], errors='coerce').dt.tz_convert("US/Eastern")
 timelog["recorded"] = pd.to_datetime(timelog["recorded"]).dt.tz_convert("US/Eastern")
 
 latest_recorded = settings.pomodoro_latest_recorded()
diff --git a/settings.py b/settings.py
index 8629ebf..fc85a5e 100644
--- a/settings.py
+++ b/settings.py
@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@ def write():
 
 if not os.path.isfile('settings.ini'):
     # Set some essential initial values.
-    pomodoro['logfile'] = '~/Projects/agaric/python/pomodoroprompt/log/timelog.csv'
-    # This path must be absolute, for some reason using ~ for home isn  t wor::
+
+    # pomodoro['logfile'] = '~/Projects/agaric/python/pomodoroprompt/log/timelog.csv'
+    pomodoro['logfile'] = ''
+
+    # This path must be absolute, for some reason using ~ for home isn't working:
     pomodoro['logpath'] = '/home/mlncn/Projects/agaric/python/pomodoroprompt/log/'
     write()