diff --git a/bob/bio/base/tools/grid.py b/bob/bio/base/tools/grid.py
index cb04d88a12530adae3e7aad7fb9d458583097245..3a3218a42c22f0aa116f117d13c7fd1cd60c669e 100644
--- a/bob/bio/base/tools/grid.py
+++ b/bob/bio/base/tools/grid.py
@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@ class GridSubmission:
     if args.grid is not None:
       assert isinstance(args.grid, grid.Grid)
       
-      self.env = args.env #Fetching the enviroment variable
+      if(hasattr(args,'env')):
+        self.env = args.env #Fetching the enviroment variable
+      else:
+        self.env = None
 
       # find, where jman is installed
       jmans = bob.extension.find_executable('jman', prefixes = ['bin'])