diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/management/commands/delete_course.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/management/commands/delete_course.py
index 4d8c4eda55..3e0ecfb8d9 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/management/commands/delete_course.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/management/commands/delete_course.py
@@ -48,4 +48,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                     print 'removing User permissions from course....'
                     # in the django layer, we need to remove all the user permissions groups associated with this course
                     if commit:
-                        _delete_course_group(loc)
+                        try:
+                            _delete_course_group(loc)
+                        except Exception as err:
+                            print("Error in deleting course groups for {0}: {1}".format(loc, err))