diff --git a/bin/app-json.py b/bin/app-json.py
index f4e1964..0f62e4f 100755
--- a/bin/app-json.py
+++ b/bin/app-json.py
@@ -164,9 +164,13 @@ def get_app_metadata(app_path):
 
     chdir(app_path)
 
-    with open(f"{app_path}/README.md", "r") as handle:
-        log.info(f"{app_path}/README.md")
-        contents = handle.read()
+    try:
+        with open(f"{app_path}/README.md", "r") as handle:
+            log.info(f"{app_path}/README.md")
+            contents = handle.read()
+    except Exception:
+        log.info(f"No {app_path}/README.md discovered, moving on")
+        return {}
 
     try:
         for match in findall(r"\*\*.*\s\*", contents):