diff --git a/element_interface/suite2p_loader.py b/element_interface/suite2p_loader.py
index 2e6884b..e16fd3f 100644
--- a/element_interface/suite2p_loader.py
+++ b/element_interface/suite2p_loader.py
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ def max_proj_image(self):
 
     @property
     def correlation_map(self):
-        return self.ops["Vcorr"]
+        return self.ops.get("VCorr", np.full_like(self.mean_image, np.nan))
 
     @property
     def alignment_channel(self):