diff --git a/lib/browse/columnregistry.inc.php b/lib/browse/columnregistry.inc.php
index e434aff..b532a49 100644
--- a/lib/browse/columnregistry.inc.php
+++ b/lib/browse/columnregistry.inc.php
@@ -6,32 +6,32 @@
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@@ -93,8 +93,13 @@ class KTColumnRegistry {
         $view_columns = array();
         foreach ($view_column_entries as $oEntry) {
             $res = $this->getColumn($oEntry->getColumnNamespace());
-            if (PEAR::isError($res)) { return $res; }
-
+            if (PEAR::isError($res))
+            {
+            	// this was returning before, but the function calling this is just doing
+            	// an array merge, so the error propogation is not great.
+            	// if this is an unexpected column, lets just skip it for now.
+            	continue;
+            }
             $aOptions = $oEntry->getConfigArray();
             $aOptions['column_id'] = $oEntry->getId();
             $aOptions['required_in_view'] = $oEntry->getRequired();