to pull a section name that doesn't exist
         parts = path.split('/')
 
         if parts[0] == "section":
-            # Just need to add the section title to the breadcrumb
-            section = BlogSection.objects.get(slug__exact=parts[1])
-            breadcrumb.append({'url': section.get_absolute_url(), 'title': section.title})
+            # Just need to add the section title to the breadcrumb *if* we
+            # actually have a section
+            if len(parts) > 1:
+                try:
+                    section = BlogSection.objects.get(slug__exact=parts[1])
+                    breadcrumb.append({'url': section.get_absolute_url(), 'title': section.title})
+                except:
+                    pass
 
         if len(parts) == 5 and  \
             parts[0].isdigit() and \