diff --git a/app/management/commands/import.py b/app/management/commands/import.py
index fa3817d..ed6305c 100644
--- a/app/management/commands/import.py
+++ b/app/management/commands/import.py
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ def handle_object_dict(object_dict, model_name, debug=False):
         if 'country_lookup' in object_dict:
             if debug:
                 print('Getting country of %s' % object_dict['country_lookup'])
-            if object_dict['country_lookup'] == '':
+            if object_dict['country_lookup'].strip() == '' or object_dict['country_lookup'] is None:
                 object_dict['country_lookup'] = 0
             object_dict['country'] = Country.objects.get(id=int(object_dict['country_lookup']))
             object_dict.pop('country_lookup')