diff --git a/docs/courier-to-mailman3.md b/docs/courier-to-mailman3.md
index d068fa5..5fbe6c1 100644
--- a/docs/courier-to-mailman3.md
+++ b/docs/courier-to-mailman3.md
@@ -34,4 +34,5 @@ This is our current version trying to communicate between courier and mailman3.
   * Catch exception, log based on that?
   * Hm, go with bare "Exception"...  The catch wasn't what was failing.
   * Let's try that instead?
-* Oh man...  Variable not properly defined (or more derferenced.)
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+* Oh man...  Variable not properly defined (or more derferenced.)
+* OK, it's failing further along, so maybe this works?
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diff --git a/source/courier-to-mailman3.py b/source/courier-to-mailman3.py
index f0f74ac..58a0eac 100644
--- a/source/courier-to-mailman3.py
+++ b/source/courier-to-mailman3.py
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ try:
         # for qmail command docs and supplied environment variables.
         # We need to replace "1" with an empty string, as qmail only supports EXT,
         # EXT2, EXT3, EXT4.
-        arg_ext = sys.argv[2] if sys.argv[2] != "1" else ""
+        arg_ext_tmp = sys.argv[2] if len(sys.argv) > 2 else "1"
+        arg_ext = arg_ext_tmp if arg_ext_tmp != "1" else ""
         lmtp.sendmail(
             os.environ['SENDER'],
             os.environ['EXT' + arg_ext] + "@" + os.environ['HOST'],