diff --git a/PROMS/DataLoader/Transitions.cs b/PROMS/DataLoader/Transitions.cs
index 1892385a..d0093799 100644
--- a/PROMS/DataLoader/Transitions.cs
+++ b/PROMS/DataLoader/Transitions.cs
@@ -85,8 +85,11 @@ namespace DataLoader
 					toItem = tmp.Get();
 				else
 				{
-					toItem = Item.New(null, TransDummyCont, DateTime.Now, "Migration");
-					migrationErrors.Add("Transition Error: Missing Data - "+_OutTran.GetDescription(thekey));
+					//toItem = Item.New(null, TransDummyCont, DateTime.Now, "Migration");
+					fromCon.Save();
+					migrationErrors.Add("Transition Error: Missing Data - " + _OutTran.GetDescription(thekey) + ".  Converted to text");
+					_ContentMigrationErrors.Add(fromCon.ContentID, migrationErrors);
+					return _OutTran.GetTransitionText(thekey);
 				}
 				toItem2 = toItem;
 				// the 32-bit program will no longer have a special type for outside transitions - make it a
@@ -98,12 +101,16 @@ namespace DataLoader
 				if (dicTrans_ItemDone.ContainsKey(thekey))
 				{
 					toItem = dicTrans_ItemDone[thekey];
+					if (toItem.ContentID == TransDummyCont.ContentID)
+						_TransitionMigrationErrors.Add(thekey);
 				}
 				else
 				{
 					if (dicTrans_ItemIds.ContainsKey(thekey))
 					{
 						toItem = dicTrans_ItemIds[thekey];
+						if (toItem.ContentID == TransDummyCont.ContentID)
+							_TransitionMigrationErrors.Add(thekey);
 					}
 					else
 					{
@@ -124,17 +131,22 @@ namespace DataLoader
 					if (dicTrans_ItemDone.ContainsKey(thekey2))
 					{
 						toItem2 = dicTrans_ItemDone[thekey2];
+						if (toItem2.ContentID == TransDummyCont.ContentID)
+							_TransitionMigrationErrors.Add(thekey2);
 					}
 					else
 					{
 						if (dicTrans_ItemIds.ContainsKey(thekey2))
 						{
 							toItem2 = dicTrans_ItemIds[thekey2];
+							if (toItem2.ContentID == TransDummyCont.ContentID)
+								_TransitionMigrationErrors.Add(thekey2);
 						}
 						else
 						{
 							toItem2 = Item.MakeItem(null, TransDummyCont, DateTime.Now, "Migration");
 							dicTrans_ItemIds.Add(thekey2, toItem2);
+							_TransitionMigrationErrors.Add(thekey2);
 						}
 					}
 				}