diff --git a/rome-modules/src/main/java/com/rometools/modules/itunes/io/ITunesParser.java b/rome-modules/src/main/java/com/rometools/modules/itunes/io/ITunesParser.java
index 1986df7..3a8381a 100644
--- a/rome-modules/src/main/java/com/rometools/modules/itunes/io/ITunesParser.java
+++ b/rome-modules/src/main/java/com/rometools/modules/itunes/io/ITunesParser.java
@@ -147,8 +147,12 @@ public class ITunesParser implements ModuleParser {
             final Element duration = element.getChild("duration", ns);
 
             if (duration != null && duration.getValue() != null) {
-                final Duration dur = new Duration(duration.getValue().trim());
-                entryInfo.setDuration(dur);
+                try {
+                    final Duration dur = new Duration(duration.getValue().trim());
+                    entryInfo.setDuration(dur);
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    LOG.warn("Failed to parse duration: {}", duration.getValue());
+                }
             }
 
             final Element closedCaptioned = element.getChild("isClosedCaptioned", ns);
@@ -216,7 +220,7 @@ public class ITunesParser implements ModuleParser {
                     final URL imageURL = new URL(image.getAttributeValue("href").trim());
                     module.setImage(imageURL);
                 } catch (final MalformedURLException e) {
-                    LOG.debug("Malformed URL Exception reading itunes:image tag: {}", image.getAttributeValue("href"));
+                    LOG.warn("Malformed URL Exception reading itunes:image tag: {}", image.getAttributeValue("href"));
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/rome-modules/src/test/java/com/rometools/modules/itunes/ITunesParserTest.java b/rome-modules/src/test/java/com/rometools/modules/itunes/ITunesParserTest.java
index 1ded481..8460563 100644
--- a/rome-modules/src/test/java/com/rometools/modules/itunes/ITunesParserTest.java
+++ b/rome-modules/src/test/java/com/rometools/modules/itunes/ITunesParserTest.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import com.rometools.modules.itunes.AbstractITunesObject;
 import com.rometools.modules.itunes.EntryInformationImpl;
 import com.rometools.modules.itunes.FeedInformationImpl;
 import com.rometools.modules.itunes.io.ITunesGenerator;
+import com.rometools.modules.itunes.types.Duration;
 import com.rometools.rome.feed.module.Module;
 import com.rometools.rome.feed.synd.SyndEntry;
 import com.rometools.rome.feed.synd.SyndFeed;
@@ -133,4 +134,28 @@ public class ITunesParserTest extends AbstractTestCase {
         assertEquals(Integer.valueOf(2), entryInfo.getOrder());
         assertEquals("http://example.org/image.png", entryInfo.getImage().toString());
     }
+
+    public void testDuration() throws Exception {
+        SyndFeed feed = new SyndFeedInput().build(new XmlReader(getClass().getResource("duration.xml")));
+        SyndEntry entry = feed.getEntries().get(0);
+        EntryInformationImpl module = (EntryInformationImpl) entry.getModule(AbstractITunesObject.URI);
+
+        assertEquals(1000, module.getDuration().getMilliseconds());
+    }
+
+    public void testDurationEmpty() throws Exception {
+        SyndFeed feed = new SyndFeedInput().build(new XmlReader(getClass().getResource("duration-empty.xml")));
+        SyndEntry entry = feed.getEntries().get(0);
+        EntryInformationImpl module = (EntryInformationImpl) entry.getModule(AbstractITunesObject.URI);
+
+        assertNull(module.getDuration());
+    }
+
+    public void testDurationBad() throws Exception {
+        SyndFeed feed = new SyndFeedInput().build(new XmlReader(getClass().getResource("duration-bad.xml")));
+        SyndEntry entry = feed.getEntries().get(0);
+        EntryInformationImpl module = (EntryInformationImpl) entry.getModule(AbstractITunesObject.URI);
+
+        assertNull(module.getDuration());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/rome-modules/src/test/resources/com/rometools/modules/itunes/duration-bad.xml b/rome-modules/src/test/resources/com/rometools/modules/itunes/duration-bad.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8b8a33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rome-modules/src/test/resources/com/rometools/modules/itunes/duration-bad.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<rss version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">
+    <channel>
+        <item>
+            <itunes:duration>00:00:00:01</itunes:duration>
+        </item>
+    </channel>
+</rss>
diff --git a/rome-modules/src/test/resources/com/rometools/modules/itunes/duration-empty.xml b/rome-modules/src/test/resources/com/rometools/modules/itunes/duration-empty.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85bde04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rome-modules/src/test/resources/com/rometools/modules/itunes/duration-empty.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<rss version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">
+    <channel>
+        <item>
+            <itunes:duration/>
+        </item>
+    </channel>
+</rss>
diff --git a/rome-modules/src/test/resources/com/rometools/modules/itunes/duration.xml b/rome-modules/src/test/resources/com/rometools/modules/itunes/duration.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fcbaa88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rome-modules/src/test/resources/com/rometools/modules/itunes/duration.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<rss version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">
+    <channel>
+        <item>
+            <itunes:duration>00:00:01</itunes:duration>
+        </item>
+    </channel>
+</rss>