diff --git a/scripts/make-folklist.py b/scripts/make-folklist.py
index feccb5def..9cf900deb 100644
--- a/scripts/make-folklist.py
+++ b/scripts/make-folklist.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ recordholders = []
 output = {} 
 surnames = {}
 n = 0
+years_begin = 6
 
 lines = sys.stdin.readlines()
 headcounts_byyear = [0]*(len(lines[0].split(","))-5)
@@ -59,8 +60,8 @@ for r in lines[1:]:
         r = r.replace("\n","")
         r = r.replace("\r", "")
         cells = r.split(",") # chomp newline
-        (name, surname, guest, vfho, mug) = cells[:5]
-        years = cells[5:]
+        (name, surname, guest, vfho, mug, blurb) = cells[:years_begin]
+        years = cells[years_begin:]
     except:
         print(f'Exception in line {n}: {r}')