diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1875429..2dc9383 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ def readme():
         return f.read()
 
 setup(name='uropa',
-      version='3.0.0',
+      version='3.0.1',
       description='UROPA is a command line based tool, intended for genomic region annotation',
       long_description=readme(),
       url='https://github.molgen.mpg.de/loosolab/UROPA',
diff --git a/uropa/annotation.py b/uropa/annotation.py
index aa9b4fb..57a70bb 100644
--- a/uropa/annotation.py
+++ b/uropa/annotation.py
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ def annotate_peaks(peaks, gtf_gz, gtf_index, cfg_dict, logger=None):
 		try:
 			hits = tabix_obj.fetch(peak["peak_chr"], extend_start, extend_end, parser=pysam.asGTF())
 		except ValueError:
-			logger.error()
+			print("Could not fetch any hits for tabix {0}:{1}-{2}. Continueing.".format(peak["gtf_chr"], extend_start, extend_end))
+			continue
 		
 		#Go through each hit from tabix and establish whether they are valid for queries
 		valid_annotations = []
diff --git a/uropa/uropa.py b/uropa/uropa.py
index 15a96da..f83e450 100644
--- a/uropa/uropa.py
+++ b/uropa/uropa.py
@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@ def main():
 	additional.add_argument("-o", "--outdir", metavar="", help="Output directory for output files (default: current dir)", default=".")
 	#additional.add_argument("-r","--reformat", help="create an additional compact and line-reduced table as result file", action="store_true")
 	additional.add_argument("-s","--summary", help="Filename of additional visualisation of results in graphical format", action="store_true")
-	additional.add_argument("-t","--threads", help="Multiprocessed run: n = number of threads to run annotation process", type=int, action="store",metavar="n",default=1)
+	additional.add_argument("-t","--threads", help="Multiprocessed run: n = number of threads to run annotation process", type=int, action="store", metavar="n", default=1)
 	#additional.add_argument("--add-comments",help="add comment lines to output files", action="store_true")
 	additional.add_argument("-l","--log", help="Log file name for messages and warnings (default: log is written to stdout)", action="store", metavar="uropa.log")
 	additional.add_argument("-d","--debug",help="Print verbose messages (for debugging)", action="store_true")
-	additional.add_argument("-v","--version",help="Prints the version and exits", action="version",version="%(prog)s 3.0.0")
+	additional.add_argument("-v","--version",help="Prints the version and exits", action="version",version="%(prog)s 3.0.1")
 	args = parser.parse_args()
 
 	#Write help if no input was given
@@ -264,12 +264,18 @@ def main():
 	gtf_feat_count = {}
 	with open(cfg_dict["gtf"]) as f:
 		for line in f:
-			columns = line.rstrip().split("\t")
-			feature = columns[2]
-
-			if feature not in gtf_feat_count:
-				gtf_feat_count[feature] = 0
-			gtf_feat_count[feature] += 1
+			if not line.startswith("#"):
+				columns = line.rstrip().split("\t")
+				
+				if len(columns) < 9:
+					logger.error("Input GTF ({0}) has less than 9 columns - please check that the file has the correct GTF format.".format(cfg_dict["gtf"]))
+					sys.exit()
+
+				feature = columns[2]
+
+				if feature not in gtf_feat_count:
+					gtf_feat_count[feature] = 0
+				gtf_feat_count[feature] += 1
 	gtf_feat = list(gtf_feat_count.keys())
 	logger.debug("Features in gtf: {0}".format(gtf_feat_count))
 
@@ -304,7 +310,6 @@ def main():
 
 	#Compress and index using gzip/tabix
 	logger.debug("Tabix compress")
-
 	anno_gtf_gz = output_prefix + ".gtf.gz"
 	anno_gtf_index = anno_gtf_gz + ".tbi"
 	pysam.tabix_compress(anno_gtf, anno_gtf_gz, force=True)