diff --git a/modules/textual_inversion/learn_schedule.py b/modules/textual_inversion/learn_schedule.py
index 3a736065..dd0c0ad1 100644
--- a/modules/textual_inversion/learn_schedule.py
+++ b/modules/textual_inversion/learn_schedule.py
@@ -4,30 +4,37 @@ import tqdm
 class LearnScheduleIterator:
     def __init__(self, learn_rate, max_steps, cur_step=0):
         """
-        specify learn_rate as "0.001:100, 0.00001:1000, 1e-5:10000" to have lr of 0.001 until step 100, 0.00001 until 1000, 1e-5:10000 until 10000
+        specify learn_rate as "0.001:100, 0.00001:1000, 1e-5:10000" to have lr of 0.001 until step 100, 0.00001 until 1000, and 1e-5 until 10000
         """
 
         pairs = learn_rate.split(',')
         self.rates = []
         self.it = 0
         self.maxit = 0
-        for i, pair in enumerate(pairs):
-            tmp = pair.split(':')
-            if len(tmp) == 2:
-                step = int(tmp[1])
-                if step > cur_step:
-                    self.rates.append((float(tmp[0]), min(step, max_steps)))
-                    self.maxit += 1
-                    if step > max_steps:
+        try:
+            for i, pair in enumerate(pairs):
+                if not pair.strip():
+                    continue
+                tmp = pair.split(':')
+                if len(tmp) == 2:
+                    step = int(tmp[1])
+                    if step > cur_step:
+                        self.rates.append((float(tmp[0]), min(step, max_steps)))
+                        self.maxit += 1
+                        if step > max_steps:
+                            return
+                    elif step == -1:
+                        self.rates.append((float(tmp[0]), max_steps))
+                        self.maxit += 1
                         return
-                elif step == -1:
+                else:
                     self.rates.append((float(tmp[0]), max_steps))
                     self.maxit += 1
                     return
-            else:
-                self.rates.append((float(tmp[0]), max_steps))
-                self.maxit += 1
-                return
+            assert self.rates
+        except (ValueError, AssertionError):
+            raise Exception('Invalid learning rate schedule. It should be a number or, for example, like "0.001:100, 0.00001:1000, 1e-5:10000" to have lr of 0.001 until step 100, 0.00001 until 1000, and 1e-5 until 10000.')
+
 
     def __iter__(self):
         return self