diff --git a/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.subscriptions.ip2tor.py b/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.subscriptions.ip2tor.py
index 2c6514ae1..c64471c76 100644
--- a/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.subscriptions.ip2tor.py
+++ b/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.subscriptions.ip2tor.py
@@ -417,12 +417,8 @@ def shopOrder(shopUrl, hostid, servicename, torTarget, duration, msatsFirst, msa
         else:
             print("# new toml file")
             subscriptions = {}
-        try:
-            subscriptions['subscriptions_ip2tor']
-            print("# section exists")
-        except IndexError:
+        if "subscriptions_ip2tor" not in subs:
             subscriptions['subscriptions_ip2tor'] = []
-            print("# section created")
         subscriptions['subscriptions_ip2tor'].append(subscription)
         subscriptions['shop_ip2tor'] = shopUrl
         with open(SUBSCRIPTIONS_FILE, 'w') as writer:
@@ -821,9 +817,7 @@ if sys.argv[1] == "subscriptions-list":
             subs = toml.load(SUBSCRIPTIONS_FILE)
         else:
             subs = {}
-        try:
-            subs['subscriptions_ip2tor']
-        except IndexError:
+        if "subscriptions_ip2tor" not in subs:
             subs['subscriptions_ip2tor'] = []
         print(json.dumps(subs['subscriptions_ip2tor'], indent=2))
     
diff --git a/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.subscriptions.letsencrypt.py b/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.subscriptions.letsencrypt.py
index a97a0eb41..249fd3b82 100644
--- a/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.subscriptions.letsencrypt.py
+++ b/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.subscriptions.letsencrypt.py
@@ -113,12 +113,8 @@ def subscriptionsNew(ip, dnsservice, id, token):
         else:
             print("# new toml file")
             subscriptions = {}
-        try:
-            subscriptions['subscriptions_letsencrypt']
-            print("# section exists")
-        except IndexError:
+        if "subscriptions_letsencrypt" not in subs:
             subscriptions['subscriptions_letsencrypt'] = []
-            print("# section created")
         subscriptions['subscriptions_letsencrypt'].append(subscription)
         with open(SUBSCRIPTIONS_FILE, 'w') as writer:
             writer.write(toml.dumps(subscriptions))