diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/CalDAVHandler.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/CalDAVHandler.kt
index 4eec22f77..94157f78f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/CalDAVHandler.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/CalDAVHandler.kt
@@ -182,8 +182,6 @@ class CalDAVHandler(val context: Context) {
                     colors.put(colorKey, color)
                 } while (cursor.moveToNext())
             }
-        } catch (e: Exception) {
-            Log.e("DEBUG", "exc $e")
         } finally {
             cursor?.close()
         }
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/Constants.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/Constants.kt
index 969626802..c48763cf1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/Constants.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/Constants.kt
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ const val STATUS = "STATUS:"
 const val EXDATE = "EXDATE"
 const val BYDAY = "BYDAY"
 const val BYMONTHDAY = "BYMONTHDAY"
-const val LOCATION = "LOCATION:"
+const val LOCATION = "LOCATION"
 
 // this tag isn't a standard ICS tag, but there's no official way of adding a category color in an ics file
 const val CATEGORY_COLOR = "CATEGORY_COLOR:"
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/IcsImporter.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/IcsImporter.kt
index 222faffc0..1df27de0e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/IcsImporter.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/IcsImporter.kt
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class IcsImporter(val activity: SimpleActivity) {
 
                         curRepeatExceptions.add(getTimestamp(value))
                     } else if (line.startsWith(LOCATION)) {
-                        curLocation = line.substring(LOCATION.length).replace("\\,", ",")
+                        curLocation = getLocation(line.substring(LOCATION.length).replace("\\,", ","))
                     } else if (line == END_ALARM) {
                         if (isProperReminderAction && curReminderTriggerMinutes != -1) {
                             curReminderMinutes.add(curReminderTriggerMinutes)
@@ -203,6 +203,14 @@ class IcsImporter(val activity: SimpleActivity) {
         }
     }
 
+    private fun getLocation(fullString: String): String {
+        return if (fullString.startsWith(":")) {
+            fullString.trimStart(':')
+        } else {
+            fullString.substringAfter(':').trim()
+        }
+    }
+
     private fun tryAddCategories(categories: String, context: Context) {
         val eventTypeTitle = if (categories.contains(",")) {
             categories.split(",")[0]