diff --git a/CPAC/pipeline/utils.py b/CPAC/pipeline/utils.py
index 5da1868a40..48a535280c 100644
--- a/CPAC/pipeline/utils.py
+++ b/CPAC/pipeline/utils.py
@@ -67,11 +67,11 @@ def name_fork(resource_idx, cfg, json_info, out_dct):
     if cfg.switch_is_on(['nuisance_corrections',
                          '2-nuisance_regression', 'run']):
         variants = [variant.split('_')[-1] for variant in
-                    chain.from_iterable(json_info['CpacVariant'].values()) if
+                    chain.from_iterable(json_info.get('CpacVariant', {}).values()) if
                     variant.startswith('nuisance_regressors_generation')]
         if cfg.switch_is_off(['nuisance_corrections', '2-nuisance_regression',
                               'run']):
-            variants.append['Off']
+            variants.append('Off')
         reg_value = variants[0] if variants else None
         resource_idx, out_dct = _update_resource_idx(resource_idx, out_dct,
                                                      'reg', reg_value)