diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/solr/documentBuilding/ExcludeNonFlagVitro.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/solr/documentBuilding/ExcludeNonFlagVitro.java
index 3381423d0..fdd2df365 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/solr/documentBuilding/ExcludeNonFlagVitro.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/solr/documentBuilding/ExcludeNonFlagVitro.java
@@ -1,44 +1,57 @@
 /* $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ */
 package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.search.solr.documentBuilding;
 
+import static edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.search.solr.documentBuilding.IndividualToSolrDocument.DONT_EXCLUDE;
+
 import java.util.List;
 
-import org.apache.solr.common.SolrInputDocument;
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.Individual;
-import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.VClass;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.VitroVocabulary;
 
 /**
- * Exclude individuals with types from the Vitro namespace from the
- * search index. (Other than old vitro Flag types).
+ * Exclude individuals with most specific types from the Vitro namespace from
+ * the search index. (Other than old vitro Flag types).
  */
 public class ExcludeNonFlagVitro implements SearchIndexExcluder {
+	private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(ExcludeNonFlagVitro.class);
 
-    @Override
-    public String checkForExclusion(Individual ind) {            
-        if( ind != null && ind.getVClasses() != null ) {                                
-            String excludeMsg = skipIfVitro(ind,  ind.getVClasses() );
-            if( excludeMsg != null)
-                return excludeMsg;
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
+	@Override
+	public String checkForExclusion(Individual ind) {
+		if (ind == null) {
+			return DONT_EXCLUDE;
+		}
+
+		List<String> mostSpecificTypeUris = ind.getMostSpecificTypeURIs();
+		if (mostSpecificTypeUris == null) {
+			return DONT_EXCLUDE;
+		}
+
+		String message = skipIfVitro(ind, mostSpecificTypeUris);
+		if (!StringUtils.equals(DONT_EXCLUDE, message)) {
+			log.debug("msg=" + message + ", individual=" + ind.getURI() + " ("
+					+ ind.getLabel() + "), types=" + mostSpecificTypeUris);
+		}
+		return message;
+	}
+
+	String skipIfVitro(Individual ind, List<String> mostSpecificTypeUris) {
+		for (String typeUri : mostSpecificTypeUris) {
+			if (typeUri == null) {
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (typeUri.startsWith(VitroVocabulary.vitroURI + "Flag")) {
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (typeUri.startsWith(VitroVocabulary.vitroURI)) {
+				return "Skipped " + ind.getURI() + " because in "
+						+ VitroVocabulary.vitroURI + " namespace";
+			}
+		}
+		return DONT_EXCLUDE;
+	}
 
-    String skipIfVitro(Individual ind, List<VClass> vclasses) {
-        for( VClass type: vclasses ){
-            if( type != null && type.getURI() != null ){                
-                String typeURI = type.getURI();
-                
-                if(typeURI.startsWith( VitroVocabulary.vitroURI ) 
-                   && ! typeURI.startsWith(VitroVocabulary.vitroURI + "Flag") ){
-                    
-                    return "Skipped " + ind.getURI()+" because in " 
-                            + VitroVocabulary.vitroURI + " namespace";
-                }
-            }
-        }   
-        return null;
-    }
-    
 }
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/solr/documentBuilding/IndividualToSolrDocument.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/solr/documentBuilding/IndividualToSolrDocument.java
index c32bb2503..a2f62782c 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/solr/documentBuilding/IndividualToSolrDocument.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/solr/documentBuilding/IndividualToSolrDocument.java
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ public class IndividualToSolrDocument {
         for( SearchIndexExcluder excluder : excludes){
             try{
                 String msg = excluder.checkForExclusion(ind);
+				log.debug("individual=" + ind.getURI() + " (" + ind.getLabel()
+						+ "), excluder=" + excluder + ", types="
+						+ ind.getMostSpecificTypeURIs() + ", msg=" + msg);
                 if( msg != DONT_EXCLUDE)
                     return msg;
             }catch (Exception e) {