diff --git a/funcake_dags/scripts/transform.sh b/funcake_dags/scripts/transform.sh
index 44233161..6dca8c1b 100755
--- a/funcake_dags/scripts/transform.sh
+++ b/funcake_dags/scripts/transform.sh
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ do
 	echo "</collection>" >> $SOURCE_XML-2.xml
 
 	java -jar $SAXON_CP -xsl:$SCRIPTS_PATH/batch-transform.xsl -s:$SOURCE_XML-2.xml -o:$SOURCE_XML-transformed.xml -t
-	COUNT=$(cat $SOURCE_XML-transformed.xml | grep -o "<oai_dc:dc" | wc -l)
+	COUNT=$(cat $SOURCE_XML-transformed.xml | grep -o "<oai_dc:dc" | wc -l || echo 0)
 	TOTAL_TRANSFORMED=$(expr $TOTAL_TRANSFORMED + $COUNT)
 	aws s3 cp $SOURCE_XML-transformed.xml s3://$BUCKET/$TRANSFORM_XML
 
 	TEMPFILE=$(mktemp /tmp/identifier-output-$DAG_ID.XXXXXX)
-	cat $SOURCE_XML-transformed.xml | grep "^<dcterms:identifier>\|</dcterms:identifier>$" >> $TEMPFILE
+	cat $SOURCE_XML-transformed.xml | grep "^<dcterms:identifier>\|</dcterms:identifier>$" >> $TEMPFILE || true
 done
 
 IDENTIFIER_FILE=$(mktemp /tmp/all-identifiers-$DAG_ID.XXXXXX)