diff --git a/html2text.py b/html2text.py
index 17528901..0d32f9c8 100755
--- a/html2text.py
+++ b/html2text.py
@@ -174,9 +174,12 @@ def google_fixed_width_font(style):
def list_numbering_start(attrs):
"""extract numbering from list element attributes"""
if 'start' in attrs:
- return int(attrs['start']) - 1
- else:
- return 0
+ try:
+ return int(attrs['start']) - 1
+ except ValueError:
+ pass
+
+ return 0
class HTML2Text(HTMLParser.HTMLParser):
def __init__(self, out=None, baseurl=''):
diff --git a/test/invalid_start.html b/test/invalid_start.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0e49fe53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/invalid_start.html
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+
+
+ - The ol has an invalid start
+ - This should just be ignored
+
+
+
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/invalid_start.md b/test/invalid_start.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bed039c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/invalid_start.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+ 1. The ol has an invalid start
+ 2. This should just be ignored
+