diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index df61e8fe..0bf95ce9 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 2.0.6
+  - bugfix: invalid values for idle timeout in profile.py would cause an error
   - bugfix: ASCII colly diz with extended chars was causing an error
   - deprecation: the "extras" subfolder of default script has been
     moved to https://github.com/x84-extras
diff --git a/x84/default/profile.py b/x84/default/profile.py
index 8f830d7e..0ec4f3a3 100644
--- a/x84/default/profile.py
+++ b/x84/default/profile.py
@@ -362,7 +362,10 @@ def do_command(term, session, inp, fields, tgt_user, point):
             if field_name == 'timeout':
                 # coerce to integer, set, and if tgt_user is our current
                 # user, then send new value for as engine event
-                timeout_val = int(inp)
+                try:
+                    timeout_val = int(inp)
+                except ValueError:
+                    return True
                 if tgt_user.handle != 'anonymous':
                     tgt_user[field_name] = timeout_val
                 if tgt_user.handle == session.user.handle: