diff --git a/ldm/data/laion.py b/ldm/data/laion.py
index ddba0bb..d80434b 100644
--- a/ldm/data/laion.py
+++ b/ldm/data/laion.py
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ def dict_collation_fn(samples, combine_tensors=True, combine_scalars=True):
     :returns: single sample consisting of a batch
     :rtype: dict
     """
-    batched = {key: [] for key in samples[0]}
+    keys = set.intersection(*[set(sample.keys()) for sample in samples])
+    batched = {key: [] for key in keys}
 
     for s in samples:
         [batched[key].append(s[key]) for key in batched]
@@ -150,6 +151,7 @@ class WebDataModuleFromConfig(pl.LightningDataModule):
         print(f'Loading webdataset with {len(dset.pipeline[0].urls)} shards.')
 
         dset = (dset
+                .select(self.filter_keys)
                 .decode('pil', handler=wds.warn_and_continue)
                 .map_dict(**transform_dict, handler=wds.warn_and_continue)
                 .batched(self.batch_size, partial=False,
@@ -161,6 +163,12 @@ class WebDataModuleFromConfig(pl.LightningDataModule):
 
         return loader
 
+    def filter_keys(self, x):
+        try:
+            return ("jpg" in x) and ("txt" in x)
+        except Exception:
+            return False
+
     def train_dataloader(self):
         return self.make_loader(self.train)