diff --git a/src/preprocess_abaqus_reader.jl b/src/preprocess_abaqus_reader.jl
index ea5a8b4..90c8af2 100644
--- a/src/preprocess_abaqus_reader.jl
+++ b/src/preprocess_abaqus_reader.jl
@@ -145,7 +145,13 @@ function parse_section(model, lines, key, idx_start, idx_end, ::Union{Type{Val{:
             if !(empty_or_comment_line(line))
                 m = matchall(r"[0-9]+", line)
                 set_ids = map(s -> parse(Int, s), m)
-                push!(data, set_ids...)
+                try
+                    push!(data, set_ids...)
+                catch err
+                    if isa(err, MethodError)
+                        warn("Problems with element set creation")
+                    end
+                end
             end
         end
     end
diff --git a/test/testdata/nx_export_problem.inp b/test/testdata/nx_export_problem.inp
index 8c01c6e..a152930 100644
--- a/test/testdata/nx_export_problem.inp
+++ b/test/testdata/nx_export_problem.inp
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@
         1, 2.448719E+00,-5.781690E+01,-5.904056E+00
         2, 1.812015E+00,-6.871083E+01, 9.743510E+00
 **
+*ELSET, ELSET=EALL
+ conrod,
+**