diff --git a/backend/app/assumptions.py b/backend/app/assumptions.py
index 37d9164e..0a7daf22 100644
--- a/backend/app/assumptions.py
+++ b/backend/app/assumptions.py
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ DESCRIPTIONS_TO_FUEL_TYPES = {
         "fuel": "Electricity", "cop": AVERAGE_ASHP_EFFICIENCY / 100
     },
     "Electric heat pump for water heating only": {"fuel": "Electricity", "cop": 1},
+    "Ground source heat pump, warm air, electric": {"fueld": "Electricity", "cop": AVERAGE_ASHP_EFFICIENCY / 100},
 }
 
 # These are the measure types where if there is a ventilation recommendation, we force the inclusion of it
diff --git a/recommendations/Recommendations.py b/recommendations/Recommendations.py
index fa8fe256..4bdcd739 100644
--- a/recommendations/Recommendations.py
+++ b/recommendations/Recommendations.py
@@ -688,7 +688,11 @@ class Recommendations:
                 }
             raise NotImplementedError("Handle this case")
 
-        mapped = descriptions_to_fuel_types[heating_description]
+        mapped = descriptions_to_fuel_types.get(heating_description, None)
+        if mapped is None:
+            # TODO: This is a non-ideal placeholder but we put something in place for a process that falls over
+            #       fairly regularly. A task has been added to planner to refactor this
+            mapped = {"fuel": 'Unmapped', "cop": 0.9}
         heating_fuel = mapped["fuel"]
 
         if hotwater_description in [