diff --git a/dpdata/lammps/dump.py b/dpdata/lammps/dump.py
index 0d29828a..c82b01c7 100644
--- a/dpdata/lammps/dump.py
+++ b/dpdata/lammps/dump.py
@@ -196,29 +196,31 @@ def load_file(fname: FileType, begin=0, step=1):
             if cc >= begin and (cc - begin) % step == 0:
                 buff.append(line)
 
-
 def get_spin_keys(inputfile):
-    # raed input file and get the keys for spin info in dump
-    # 1. find the index of "compute X X X sp spx spy spz ..." in the input file
-    # 2. construct the keys for spin info: c_X[idx],...
-    if inputfile is not None and os.path.isfile(inputfile):
-        with open(inputfile) as f:
-            lines = f.readlines()
-        for line in lines:
+    """
+    Read input file and get the keys for spin info in dump.
+
+    Parameters:
+    -----------
+    inputfile : str
+        Path to the input file.
+
+    Returns:
+    --------
+    list or None
+        List of spin info keys if found, None otherwise.
+    """
+    if inputfile is None or not os.path.isfile(inputfile):
+        return None
+
+    with open(inputfile) as f:
+        for line in f.readlines():
             ls = line.split()
-            if (
-                len(ls) > 7
-                and ls[0] == "compute"
-                and "sp" in ls
-                and "spx" in ls
-                and "spy" in ls
-                and "spz" in ls
-            ):
-                idx_sp = "c_" + ls[1] + "[" + str(ls.index("sp") - 3) + "]"
-                idx_spx = "c_" + ls[1] + "[" + str(ls.index("spx") - 3) + "]"
-                idx_spy = "c_" + ls[1] + "[" + str(ls.index("spy") - 3) + "]"
-                idx_spz = "c_" + ls[1] + "[" + str(ls.index("spz") - 3) + "]"
-                return [idx_sp, idx_spx, idx_spy, idx_spz]
+            if (len(ls) > 7 and ls[0] == "compute" and
+                all(key in ls for key in ["sp", "spx", "spy", "spz"])):
+                compute_name = ls[1]
+                return [f"c_{compute_name}[{ls.index(key) - 3}]" for key in ["sp", "spx", "spy", "spz"]]
+
     return None
 
 
@@ -235,39 +237,38 @@ def get_spin(lines, spin_keys):
     the spin info is stored in sp, spx, spy, spz or spin_keys, which is the spin norm and the spin vector
     1 1 0.00141160 5.64868599 0.01005602 1.54706291 0.00000000 0.00000000 1.00000000 -1.40772100 -2.03739417 -1522.64797384 -0.00397809 -0.00190426 -0.00743976
     """
+
     blk, head = _get_block(lines, "ATOMS")
     heads = head.split()
 
     key1 = ["sp", "spx", "spy", "spz"]
 
-    # check if head contains spin info
     if all(i in heads for i in key1):
         key = key1
     elif spin_keys is not None and all(i in heads for i in spin_keys):
         key = spin_keys
     else:
         return None
-    idx_id = heads.index("id") - 2
-    idx_sp = heads.index(key[0]) - 2
-    idx_spx = heads.index(key[1]) - 2
-    idx_spy = heads.index(key[2]) - 2
-    idx_spz = heads.index(key[3]) - 2
-
-    norm = []
-    vec = []
-    id = []
-    for ii in blk:
-        words = ii.split()
-        norm.append([float(words[idx_sp])])
-        vec.append(
-            [float(words[idx_spx]), float(words[idx_spy]), float(words[idx_spz])]
-        )
-        id.append(int(words[idx_id]))
-
-    spin = np.array(norm) * np.array(vec)
-    id, spin = zip(*sorted(zip(id, spin)))
-    return np.array(spin)
 
+    try:
+        idx_id = heads.index("id") - 2
+        idx_sp, idx_spx, idx_spy, idx_spz = [heads.index(k) - 2 for k in key]
+
+        norm = []
+        vec = []
+        atom_ids = []
+        for line in blk:
+            words = line.split()
+            norm.append([float(words[idx_sp])])
+            vec.append([float(words[idx_spx]), float(words[idx_spy]), float(words[idx_spz])])
+            atom_ids.append(int(words[idx_id]))
+
+        spin = np.array(norm) * np.array(vec)
+        atom_ids, spin = zip(*sorted(zip(atom_ids, spin)))
+        return np.array(spin)
+    except (ValueError, IndexError) as e:
+        warnings.warn(f"Error processing spin data: {str(e)}")
+        return None
 
 def system_data(
     lines, type_map=None, type_idx_zero=True, unwrap=False, input_name=None