diff --git a/src/avatar.rs b/src/avatar.rs
index 3357ec4..a4c3939 100644
--- a/src/avatar.rs
+++ b/src/avatar.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::{from_base36, optional_data_line, AnimationFrames, Image, Position, ToBase36};
+use crate::{from_base36, optional_data_line, AnimationFrames, Image, Position, ToBase36, is_string_numeric};
 use std::error::Error;
 
 /// avatar is a "sprite" in the game data but with a specific id
@@ -51,8 +51,14 @@ impl Avatar {
             } else if last_line.starts_with("NAME") {
                 name = Some(last_line.replace("NAME ", ""));
             } else if last_line.starts_with("COL") {
-                colour_id = Some(last_line.replace("COL ", "").parse().unwrap());
-            } else {
+                let last_line = last_line.replace("COL ", "");
+                let result = last_line.parse();
+                if result.is_ok() {
+                    colour_id = Some(result.unwrap());
+                } else {
+                    println!("Bad colour id: {}", last_line)
+                }
+            } else if is_string_numeric(last_line.to_string()) {
                 lines.push(last_line);
                 break;
             }