diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 49ade1e7..ffd29178 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 * `redcapUserRoleStructure` allows new `alerts`, `api_modules`, and `data_quality_resolution` attributes.
 * `exportUsers` properly handles the columns random_setup, random_dashboard and random_perform.
 * `importUsers` and `exportUsers` weren't handling data_access_group assignment properly.
+* Avoid errors when user role access columns are missing from export responses.
 
 ## DEPRECATION NOTICES
 
diff --git a/R/exportUserRoles.R b/R/exportUserRoles.R
index 11e8d495..6b9dc314 100644
--- a/R/exportUserRoles.R
+++ b/R/exportUserRoles.R
@@ -61,8 +61,9 @@ exportUserRoles.redcapApiConnection <- function(rcon,
   # Format UserRole properties                                   ####
   
   if (labels){
-    UserRole[REDCAP_USER_ROLE_TABLE_ACCESS_VARIABLES] <- 
-      lapply(UserRole[REDCAP_USER_ROLE_TABLE_ACCESS_VARIABLES], 
+    existing_vars <- intersect(REDCAP_USER_ROLE_TABLE_ACCESS_VARIABLES, names(UserRole))
+    UserRole[existing_vars] <- 
+      lapply(UserRole[existing_vars], 
              factor, 
              levels = 0:1, 
              labels = c("No Access", "Access"))
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-102-userRoleMethods-ArgumentValidation.R b/tests/testthat/test-102-userRoleMethods-ArgumentValidation.R
index 0f5be8c4..c1e4b15b 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-102-userRoleMethods-ArgumentValidation.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-102-userRoleMethods-ArgumentValidation.R
@@ -148,3 +148,26 @@ test_that(
   }
 )
 
+test_that(
+  "exportUserRoles handles missing access columns",
+  {
+    mock_roles <- data.frame(unique_role_name = "role_1",
+                             role_label = "Role 1",
+                             user_rights = 1,
+                             forms_export = "form_1:0",
+                             stringsAsFactors = FALSE)
+
+    mockery::stub(exportUserRoles.redcapApiConnection,
+                  "makeApiCall",
+                  function(...) mock_roles)
+
+    UserRoles <- exportUserRoles(rcon,
+                                 labels = TRUE,
+                                 form_rights = FALSE)
+
+    expect_equal(UserRoles$user_rights,
+                 factor("Access", levels = c("No Access", "Access")))
+    expect_false("design" %in% names(UserRoles))
+  }
+)
+