diff --git a/desktop/CurseTheWeather/CurseTheWeather-0.6-patch b/desktop/CurseTheWeather/CurseTheWeather-0.6-patch
index a2166a8ff9..71bd29087b 100644
--- a/desktop/CurseTheWeather/CurseTheWeather-0.6-patch
+++ b/desktop/CurseTheWeather/CurseTheWeather-0.6-patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 diff -Naur CurseTheWeather-0.6-orig/ctw CurseTheWeather-0.6/ctw
 --- CurseTheWeather-0.6-orig/ctw	2009-10-05 10:46:02.000000000 -0400
-+++ CurseTheWeather-0.6/ctw	2013-11-08 18:46:54.747612989 -0500
++++ CurseTheWeather-0.6/ctw	2014-11-22 16:29:05.803956562 -0500
 @@ -183,19 +183,19 @@
      forecastWindowsCreated = True
      day = 0
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ diff -Naur CurseTheWeather-0.6-orig/ctw CurseTheWeather-0.6/ctw
    win.box()
 diff -Naur CurseTheWeather-0.6-orig/weatherfeed.py CurseTheWeather-0.6/weatherfeed.py
 --- CurseTheWeather-0.6-orig/weatherfeed.py	2009-07-14 08:17:40.000000000 -0400
-+++ CurseTheWeather-0.6/weatherfeed.py	2013-11-08 18:54:08.193597004 -0500
++++ CurseTheWeather-0.6/weatherfeed.py	2014-11-22 17:26:07.789830359 -0500
 @@ -48,11 +48,11 @@
    
    def _getData(self):
@@ -62,7 +62,20 @@ diff -Naur CurseTheWeather-0.6-orig/weatherfeed.py CurseTheWeather-0.6/weatherfe
  
    def _setCurrentConditions(self, node):
      for elem in node.childNodes:
-@@ -234,10 +240,6 @@
+@@ -183,7 +189,11 @@
+           self.forecast[index]["day"] = {}
+           for subelem in elem.childNodes:
+             if subelem.nodeName == 't':
+-              self.forecast[index]["day"]["type"] = subelem.firstChild.data
++	      # type may be blank
++	      if subelem.firstChild:
++                self.forecast[index]["day"]["type"] = subelem.firstChild.data
++	      else:
++                self.forecast[index]["day"]["type"] = " "
+ 
+             if subelem.nodeName == 'ppcp':
+               self.forecast[index]["day"]["pop"] = subelem.firstChild.data
+@@ -234,10 +244,6 @@
                    self.forecast[index]["night"]["wind"]["direction"] = windelem.firstChild.data
  
  
diff --git a/desktop/CurseTheWeather/CurseTheWeather.SlackBuild b/desktop/CurseTheWeather/CurseTheWeather.SlackBuild
index dabaa2f468..e848c7b377 100644
--- a/desktop/CurseTheWeather/CurseTheWeather.SlackBuild
+++ b/desktop/CurseTheWeather/CurseTheWeather.SlackBuild
@@ -24,9 +24,12 @@
 
 # Modified by the SlackBuilds.org project.
 
+# Build 3 contains updated patch to fix upstream errors due to day type having no data in XML
+# Better error checking or exception handling should probably be implemented in the source
+
 PRGNAM=CurseTheWeather
 VERSION=0.6
-BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-3}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then