diff --git a/converter-sbml/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/converter/model/sbml/SbmlExporter.java b/converter-sbml/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/converter/model/sbml/SbmlExporter.java
index c86d28e26e932207c290bbd8d111af44ffdd79a5..784fefebd28dce33bfc08452315acb0f5e7317d7 100644
--- a/converter-sbml/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/converter/model/sbml/SbmlExporter.java
+++ b/converter-sbml/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/converter/model/sbml/SbmlExporter.java
@@ -73,7 +73,12 @@ public class SbmlExporter {
    */
   protected SBMLDocument toSbmlDocument(lcsb.mapviewer.model.map.model.Model model) throws InconsistentModelException {
     SBMLDocument doc = new SBMLDocument(3, 2);
-    Model result = doc.createModel(model.getIdModel());
+    Model result = doc.createModel();
+    try {
+      result.setId(model.getIdModel());
+    } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+      logger.warn("Invalid model identifier: \"" + model.getIdModel() + "\". Ignoring.");
+    }
     result.setName(model.getName());
     try {
       result.setNotes(NotesUtility.prepareEscapedXmlNotes(model.getNotes()));
diff --git a/converter-sbml/src/test/java/lcsb/mapviewer/converter/model/sbml/SbmlExporterTest.java b/converter-sbml/src/test/java/lcsb/mapviewer/converter/model/sbml/SbmlExporterTest.java
index fa51cb45c2dc7a7bada81d675e9ad111293f09ac..e7b920f08d6f283b84a8e7fd4d88f89b0344a76f 100644
--- a/converter-sbml/src/test/java/lcsb/mapviewer/converter/model/sbml/SbmlExporterTest.java
+++ b/converter-sbml/src/test/java/lcsb/mapviewer/converter/model/sbml/SbmlExporterTest.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import lcsb.mapviewer.model.map.species.*;
 import lcsb.mapviewer.model.map.species.field.*;
 
 public class SbmlExporterTest extends SbmlTestFunctions {
-  Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(SbmlExporterTest.class);
+  Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger();
 
   ModelComparator comparator = new ModelComparator();
 
@@ -612,4 +612,12 @@ public class SbmlExporterTest extends SbmlTestFunctions {
     assertEquals(0, comparator.compare(model, originalModel));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testExportInvalidMapId() throws Exception {
+    Model originalModel = createEmptyModel();
+    originalModel.setIdModel("F006-ACLY-SBGNv02.sbgn");
+    String result = exporter.toXml(originalModel);
+    assertNotNull(result);
+  }
+
 }