diff --git a/pcmdi_metrics/pcmdi/scripts/pcmdi_compute_climatologies.py b/pcmdi_metrics/pcmdi/scripts/pcmdi_compute_climatologies.py
index 28e56647c..33721d436 100644
--- a/pcmdi_metrics/pcmdi/scripts/pcmdi_compute_climatologies.py
+++ b/pcmdi_metrics/pcmdi/scripts/pcmdi_compute_climatologies.py
@@ -611,7 +611,10 @@ def runClim(A):
         s.setAxis(0, t)
         # copy orignal attributes
         for att, value in store_attributes(V).items():
-            setattr(s, att, value)
+            try:
+                setattr(s, att, value)
+            except Exception:
+                pass
         f.write(s, dtype=data.dtype)
         f.close()
         if A.verbose:
diff --git a/pcmdi_metrics/version.py b/pcmdi_metrics/version.py
index ef79a1511..5f611c370 100644
--- a/pcmdi_metrics/version.py
+++ b/pcmdi_metrics/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 __version__ = 'v1.2'
-__git_tag_describe__ = 'v1.2-58-gec93e57'
-__git_sha1__ = 'ec93e57248be0ad4b6c81d860e30714717f82c6b'
+__git_tag_describe__ = 'v1.2-59-g85056c0'
+__git_sha1__ = '85056c0355c3b396cd759aa7432482506698b891'