diff --git a/modoboa/extensions/webmail/lib/imapheader.py b/modoboa/extensions/webmail/lib/imapheader.py
index 2106ef8e3..ffc8cafb6 100644
--- a/modoboa/extensions/webmail/lib/imapheader.py
+++ b/modoboa/extensions/webmail/lib/imapheader.py
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ def parse_date(value, **kwargs):
     tmp = email.utils.parsedate_tz(value)
     if not tmp:
         return value
-    ndate = datetime.datetime(*(tmp)[:7])
-    now = datetime.datetime.now()
     try:
+        ndate = datetime.datetime(*(tmp)[:7])
+        now = datetime.datetime.now()
         if now - ndate > datetime.timedelta(7):
             return ndate.strftime("%d.%m.%Y %H:%M")
         return ndate.strftime("%a %H:%M")