diff --git a/portia_server/portia_api/utils/download.py b/portia_server/portia_api/utils/download.py
index 7983ca399..ee5726696 100644
--- a/portia_server/portia_api/utils/download.py
+++ b/portia_server/portia_api/utils/download.py
@@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ def read_file(self, filename, deserialize=False):
         except IOError as e:
             if filename in ('items.json', 'extractors.json'):
                 return {} if deserialize else '{}'
+            elif filename in FILE_TEMPLATES:
+                return FILE_TEMPLATES[filename]
             raise e
         if deserialize and contents is not None:
             return json.loads(contents)
diff --git a/portia_server/requirements.txt b/portia_server/requirements.txt
index 7b64a13c2..12daf9b6a 100644
--- a/portia_server/requirements.txt
+++ b/portia_server/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ dj-database-url==0.4.2
 drf-nested-routers==0.11.1
 dulwich==0.18.4
 marshmallow==2.8.0
-marshmallow_jsonapi==0.10.2
+marshmallow_jsonapi==0.10.0
 MySQL-python==1.2.5
 requests==2.18.4
 toposort==1.5