diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bc91829f9910827407f6c7529aeef4cf5f94e80b..c69f6bed0ff1147b88e5db72f7335c7143befbd4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ release.
 - Fixed <i>findfeatures</i> use of projected mosaics with correct check for <b>TargetName</b> in the Mapping labels. [#4772](https://github.com/DOI-USGS/ISIS3/issues/4772)
 - Fixed a bug in the <i>cnetwinnow</i> test that did not clean/remove it during test runs.
 - Fixed <i>findfeatures</i> instantiation and use of projection classes to correctly return geometry data from projected images and mosaics. [#4772](https://github.com/DOI-USGS/ISIS3/issues/4772)
+- Fixed `cubeit` attribute error to allow attribute specification on the output cube filename [#5234](https://github.com/DOI-USGS/ISIS3/issues/5234)
 
 ## [8.0.0] - 2023-04-19
 
diff --git a/isis/src/base/objs/Cube/Cube.cpp b/isis/src/base/objs/Cube/Cube.cpp
index 4cd3594f75e6488dd9d43d1e6c9dcb7ed54ae96f..b55507cd510fd894c2f0292a5a0c3cf423161198 100644
--- a/isis/src/base/objs/Cube/Cube.cpp
+++ b/isis/src/base/objs/Cube/Cube.cpp
@@ -629,10 +629,15 @@ namespace Isis {
 
     initLabelFromFile(cubeFileName, (access == "rw"));
 
-    Isis::CubeAttributeInput att(cubeFileName);
-    if(att.bands().size() != 0) {
-      vector<QString> bands = att.bands();
-      setVirtualBands(bands);
+    try {
+      Isis::CubeAttributeInput att(cubeFileName);
+      if(att.bands().size() != 0) {
+        vector<QString> bands = att.bands();
+        setVirtualBands(bands);
+      }
+    } catch(IException& e) {
+      // Either the cube is an output cube that has already been opened or 
+      // there is an exception parsing and adding an attribute
     }
 
     // Figure out the name of the data file