diff --git a/api/ECNQueue.py b/api/ECNQueue.py
index 8eb109c..77c688e 100644
--- a/api/ECNQueue.py
+++ b/api/ECNQueue.py
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 currentFileDirectory = os.path.dirname(currentFilePath)
 currentFileDirectoryParent = os.path.dirname(currentFileDirectory)
 queueDirectory = os.path.join(currentFileDirectoryParent, "q-snapshot")
+queueDirectory = "/home/pier/e/queue/Mail"
 
 # Queues to not load in getQueues()
 queuesToIgnore = ["archives", "drafts", "inbox", "coral"]
@@ -1200,7 +1201,18 @@ def __getUserAlias(self) -> str:
         Returns:
                 str: User's Career Account alias if present or empty string
         """
-        emailUser, emailDomain = self.userEmail.split("@")
+
+        # Returns an error parse if the useremail isn't valid
+        try:
+            emailUser, emailDomain = self.userEmail.split("@")
+
+        except:
+            # Parses through the self.headers list to find the "From" header and its line number
+            for lineNum, header in enumerate(self.headers):
+                if header["type"] == "From":
+                    headerString = header["type"] + ": " + header["content"]
+                    return self.__errorParsing(headerString, lineNum + 1, "Expected valid email Address")
+
         return emailUser if emailDomain.endswith("purdue.edu") else ""
 
     def __getFormattedDate(self, date: str) -> str:
@@ -1355,4 +1367,8 @@ def loadQueues() -> list:
     for queue in getValidQueues():
         queues.append(Queue(queue))
 
-    return queues
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+    return queues
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    item = Item("me", 105)
+    print()
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