diff --git a/Simulation/SimuJobTransforms/share/skeleton.FilterHit.py b/Simulation/SimuJobTransforms/share/skeleton.FilterHit.py
index 9ed07af610a7e501f6bb888e3392a7ac897ee785..ba7dea1c79fe31ec910c5954251d9a6d70e64ce2 100644
--- a/Simulation/SimuJobTransforms/share/skeleton.FilterHit.py
+++ b/Simulation/SimuJobTransforms/share/skeleton.FilterHit.py
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ else:
 ServiceMgr.EventSelector.InputCollections = athenaCommonFlags.PoolHitsInput()
 theApp.EvtSel = "EventSelector"
 # Number of input events to be skipped
-ServiceMgr.EventSelector.SkipEvents = athenaCommonFlags.SkipEvents()
+if hasattr(runArgs,"skipEvents"):
+    ServiceMgr.EventSelector.SkipEvents = athenaCommonFlags.SkipEvents()
 
 #--------------------------------------------------------------
 # Setup Output