diff --git a/src/main/java/org/rundeck/api/parser/AbortParser.java b/src/main/java/org/rundeck/api/parser/AbortParser.java
index 32ce0cd..d940ba0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/rundeck/api/parser/AbortParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/rundeck/api/parser/AbortParser.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ public class AbortParser implements XmlNodeParser<RundeckAbort> {
         try {
             abort.setStatus(AbortStatus.valueOf(StringUtils.upperCase(abortNode.valueOf("@status"))));
         } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            abort.setStatus(null);
         }
 
         Node execNode = abortNode.selectSingleNode("execution");
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/rundeck/api/parser/ExecutionParser.java b/src/main/java/org/rundeck/api/parser/ExecutionParser.java
index 2af8fdf..a57319d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/rundeck/api/parser/ExecutionParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/rundeck/api/parser/ExecutionParser.java
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ public class ExecutionParser implements XmlNodeParser<RundeckExecution> {
         try {
             execution.setStatus(ExecutionStatus.valueOf(StringUtils.upperCase(execNode.valueOf("@status"))));
         } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            execution.setStatus(null);
         }
         execution.setDescription(StringUtils.trimToNull(execNode.valueOf("description")));
         execution.setStartedBy(StringUtils.trimToNull(execNode.valueOf("user")));