diff --git a/recOrder/io/zarr_converter.py b/recOrder/io/zarr_converter.py
index 92b72bdb..dca70214 100644
--- a/recOrder/io/zarr_converter.py
+++ b/recOrder/io/zarr_converter.py
@@ -250,7 +250,10 @@ def _get_position_names(self):
 
         for p in range(self.p):
             if self.p > 1:
-                name = self.summary_metadata['StagePositions'][p]['Label']
+                try:
+                    name = self.summary_metadata['StagePositions'][p]['Label']
+                except KeyError:
+                    name = ''
             else:
                 name = ''
             self.pos_names.append(name)
@@ -331,7 +334,6 @@ def init_zarr_structure(self):
 
         chan_names = self._get_channel_names()
         self._get_position_names()
-
         for pos in range(self.p):
 
             clims = self.get_channel_clims(pos)