diff --git a/application/models/Logbook_model.php b/application/models/Logbook_model.php
index 50a1108c5..78a6c99fb 100644
--- a/application/models/Logbook_model.php
+++ b/application/models/Logbook_model.php
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class Logbook_model extends CI_Model {
 			$dxcc = $dxccobj->dxcc_lookup(strtoupper(trim($callsign)), $datetime);
 		}
 
-		$country = $qso_data['country'] ?? ucwords(strtolower($dxcc[1]), "- (/");
+		$country = $qso_data['country'] ?? ucwords(strtolower($dxcc[1] ?? ''), "- (/");
 		$cqz = $qso_data['cqz'] ?? ($dxcc[2] ?? NULL);
 		$dxcc_id = $qso_data['dxcc_id'] ?? ($dxcc[0] ?? NULL);
 		$continent = $qso_data['continent'] ?? ($dxcc[3] ?? NULL);