diff --git a/rattail_corepos/importing/corepos/api.py b/rattail_corepos/importing/corepos/api.py
index 80e276c..35d719b 100644
--- a/rattail_corepos/importing/corepos/api.py
+++ b/rattail_corepos/importing/corepos/api.py
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ class VendorImporter(FromCOREPOSAPI, corepos_importing.model.VendorImporter):
         return {
             'corepos_id': int(vendor['vendorID']),
             'name': vendor['vendorName'],
-            'abbreviation': vendor['vendorAbbreviation'] or None,
+            'abbreviation': vendor.get('vendorAbbreviation') or None,
             'special_discount': decimal.Decimal(vendor['discountRate']),
             'phone_number': vendor.get('phone') or None,
             'fax_number': vendor.get('fax') or None,