diff --git a/openbsd b/openbsd
index aa05d6f..fc7c8b7 100755
--- a/openbsd
+++ b/openbsd
@@ -1857,7 +1857,7 @@ class AWS:
 
     def ami_cmd(self, args):
         aws = Spec.from_args(args, "aws")
-        ami_spec = aws["ami"]
+        ami_spec = aws.get("ami", {})
 
         salt = fresh_salt()
         timestamp = datetime.datetime.utcnow().strftime("%Y%M%dT%H%M%SZ")