diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/communications/relationships/CorrelationCaseChildNodeFactory.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/communications/relationships/CorrelationCaseChildNodeFactory.java
index 588e474303..d34c607796 100755
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/communications/relationships/CorrelationCaseChildNodeFactory.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/communications/relationships/CorrelationCaseChildNodeFactory.java
@@ -108,14 +108,18 @@ final class CorrelationCaseChildNodeFactory extends ChildFactory<CorrelationCase
      *
      * @throws CentralRepoException
      */
-    private CorrelationAttributeInstance.Type getCorrelationType(Account.Type accountType) throws CentralRepoException {        
-        String accountTypeStr = accountType.getTypeName();
-        if (Account.Type.DEVICE.getTypeName().equalsIgnoreCase(accountTypeStr) == false) {
-            CentralRepoAccount.CentralRepoAccountType crAccountType = CentralRepository.getInstance().getAccountTypeByName(accountTypeStr);
-            int corrTypeId = crAccountType.getCorrelationTypeId();
-            return CentralRepository.getInstance().getCorrelationTypeById(corrTypeId);
+    private CorrelationAttributeInstance.Type getCorrelationType(Account.Type accountType) { 
+        try {
+            String accountTypeStr = accountType.getTypeName();
+            if (Account.Type.DEVICE.getTypeName().equalsIgnoreCase(accountTypeStr) == false) {
+                CentralRepoAccount.CentralRepoAccountType crAccountType = CentralRepository.getInstance().getAccountTypeByName(accountTypeStr);
+                int corrTypeId = crAccountType.getCorrelationTypeId();
+                return CentralRepository.getInstance().getCorrelationTypeById(corrTypeId);
+            }
+        } catch (CentralRepoException ex) {
+            // The excpetion most likely just means we didn't find a matching account
+            // type - no need to log it.
         }
-       
         return null;
     }
 
diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/communications/relationships/SummaryPanelWorker.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/communications/relationships/SummaryPanelWorker.java
index bc6157f4cf..a930e62e8f 100755
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/communications/relationships/SummaryPanelWorker.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/communications/relationships/SummaryPanelWorker.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import java.util.logging.Level;
 import javax.swing.SwingWorker;
 import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.casemodule.Case;
 import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.centralrepository.datamodel.CentralRepoAccount;
+import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.centralrepository.datamodel.CentralRepoException;
 import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.centralrepository.datamodel.CentralRepository;
 import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.centralrepository.datamodel.Persona;
 import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.centralrepository.datamodel.PersonaAccount;
@@ -74,12 +75,22 @@ class SummaryPanelWorker extends SwingWorker<SummaryPanelWorker.SummaryWorkerRes
                 personaList.add(pAccount.getPersona());
             }
 
+            CentralRepoAccount.CentralRepoAccountType crAccountType;
             try {
-                crAccount = CentralRepository.getInstance().getAccount(CentralRepository.getInstance().getAccountTypeByName(account.getAccountType().getTypeName()), account.getTypeSpecificID());
-            } catch (InvalidAccountIDException unused) {
-                // This was probably caused to a phone number not making
-                // threw the normalization.
-                logger.log(Level.WARNING, String.format("Exception thrown from CR getAccount for account %s (%d)", account.getTypeSpecificID(), account.getAccountID()));
+                crAccountType = CentralRepository.getInstance().getAccountTypeByName(account.getAccountType().getTypeName());
+            } catch (CentralRepoException ex) {
+                // The error most likely means that there is no corresponding account type in the central repo.
+                crAccountType = null;
+            }
+            
+            if (crAccountType != null) {
+                try {
+                    crAccount = CentralRepository.getInstance().getAccount(crAccountType, account.getTypeSpecificID());
+                } catch (InvalidAccountIDException unused) {
+                    // This was probably caused to a phone number not making
+                    // threw the normalization.
+                    logger.log(Level.WARNING, String.format("Exception thrown from CR getAccount for account %s (%d)", account.getTypeSpecificID(), account.getAccountID()));
+                }
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/contentviewers/artifactviewers/ContactArtifactViewer.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/contentviewers/artifactviewers/ContactArtifactViewer.java
index 2bd3d90875..2be84beb9e 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/contentviewers/artifactviewers/ContactArtifactViewer.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/contentviewers/artifactviewers/ContactArtifactViewer.java
@@ -631,10 +631,12 @@ public class ContactArtifactViewer extends javax.swing.JPanel implements Artifac
                 // make a list of all unique accounts for this contact
                 if (!account.getAccountType().equals(Account.Type.DEVICE)) {
                     CentralRepoAccount.CentralRepoAccountType crAccountType = CentralRepository.getInstance().getAccountTypeByName(account.getAccountType().getTypeName());
-                    CentralRepoAccount crAccount = CentralRepository.getInstance().getAccount(crAccountType, account.getTypeSpecificID());
+                    if (crAccountType != null) {
+                        CentralRepoAccount crAccount = CentralRepository.getInstance().getAccount(crAccountType, account.getTypeSpecificID());
 
-                    if (crAccount != null && uniqueAccountsList.contains(crAccount) == false) {
-                        uniqueAccountsList.add(crAccount);
+                        if (crAccount != null && uniqueAccountsList.contains(crAccount) == false) {
+                            uniqueAccountsList.add(crAccount);
+                        }
                     }
                 }