diff --git a/solr/homeDirectoryTemplate/conf/solrconfig.xml b/solr/homeDirectoryTemplate/conf/solrconfig.xml
index bfe0ae889..acec3cc17 100644
--- a/solr/homeDirectoryTemplate/conf/solrconfig.xml
+++ b/solr/homeDirectoryTemplate/conf/solrconfig.xml
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@
                   class="solr.XmlUpdateRequestHandler">
     <!-- Run the etag processor on each update request. -->
        <lst name="defaults">
-         <str name="update.processor">etag</str>
+         <str name="update.chain">etag</str>
        </lst>
   </requestHandler>
   
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/filtering/IndividualFiltering.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/filtering/IndividualFiltering.java
index bb4b902ee..dcae6f6e2 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/filtering/IndividualFiltering.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/filtering/IndividualFiltering.java
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.filtering;
 
-import static edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.requestedAction.ifaces.RequestActionConstants.SOME_LITERAL;
+import static edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.requestedAction.ifaces.RequestActionConstants.*;
 
 import java.sql.Timestamp;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ public class IndividualFiltering implements Individual {
 	public List<DataProperty> getDataPropertyList() {
         List<DataProperty> dprops =  _innerIndividual.getDataPropertyList();
         LinkedList<DataProperty> outdProps = new LinkedList<DataProperty>();
+        if( dprops == null ) 
+            return outdProps;
         Filter.filter(dprops,_filters.getDataPropertyFilter(), outdProps);
         
         ListIterator<DataProperty> it = outdProps.listIterator();
@@ -83,6 +85,8 @@ public class IndividualFiltering implements Individual {
 		// the DataProperty with statements. - jblake
         List<DataProperty> outdProps = new ArrayList<DataProperty>();
         List<DataProperty> dprops = _innerIndividual.getPopulatedDataPropertyList();
+        if( dprops == null ) 
+            return outdProps;
 		for (DataProperty dp: dprops) {
 			if (_filters.getDataPropertyStatementFilter().fn(
 					new DataPropertyStatementImpl(this._innerIndividual.getURI(), dp.getURI(), SOME_LITERAL))) {
@@ -106,6 +110,8 @@ public class IndividualFiltering implements Individual {
     
     private List<DataPropertyStatement> filterDataPropertyStatements(List<DataPropertyStatement> dStmts) {
         List<DataPropertyStatement> outDstmts = new LinkedList<DataPropertyStatement>();
+        if( dStmts == null ) 
+            return outDstmts;
         Filter.filter(dStmts,_filters.getDataPropertyStatementFilter(), outDstmts);
         return outDstmts;          
     }    
@@ -114,7 +120,7 @@ public class IndividualFiltering implements Individual {
     public Map<String, DataProperty> getDataPropertyMap() {
         Map<String,DataProperty> innerMap = _innerIndividual.getDataPropertyMap();
         if( innerMap == null )
-            return null;
+            return Collections.emptyMap();
                 
         Map<String,DataProperty> returnMap = new HashMap<String,DataProperty>();
         for( String key : innerMap.keySet() ){
@@ -136,8 +142,6 @@ public class IndividualFiltering implements Individual {
     @Override
     public List<ObjectProperty> getObjectPropertyList() {
         List <ObjectProperty> oprops = _innerIndividual.getObjectPropertyList();
-//        List<ObjectProperty> outOProps = new LinkedList<ObjectProperty>();
-//        Filter.filter(oprops, _filters.getObjectPropertyFilter(), outOProps);
         return ObjectPropertyDaoFiltering.filterAndWrap(oprops, _filters);
     }
     
@@ -463,6 +467,9 @@ public class IndividualFiltering implements Individual {
     @Override
     public List<String> getDataValues(String propertyUri) {
         List<DataPropertyStatement> stmts = getDataPropertyStatements(propertyUri);
+        if( stmts == null )
+            return Collections.emptyList();
+
         // Since the statements have been filtered, we can just take the data values without filtering.
         List<String> dataValues = new ArrayList<String>(stmts.size());
         for (DataPropertyStatement stmt : stmts) {
@@ -474,6 +481,9 @@ public class IndividualFiltering implements Individual {
     @Override
     public String getDataValue(String propertyUri) {
         List<DataPropertyStatement> stmts = getDataPropertyStatements(propertyUri);
+        if( stmts == null)
+            return null;
+
         // Since the statements have been filtered, we can just take the first data value without filtering.
         return stmts.isEmpty() ? null : stmts.get(0).getData();
     }
@@ -481,6 +491,9 @@ public class IndividualFiltering implements Individual {
     @Override
     public DataPropertyStatement getDataPropertyStatement(String propertyUri) {
         List<DataPropertyStatement> stmts = getDataPropertyStatements(propertyUri);
+        if( stmts == null )
+            return null;
+
         // Since the statements have been filtered, we can just take the first data value without filtering.
         return stmts.isEmpty() ? null : stmts.get(0);       
     }
@@ -488,6 +501,9 @@ public class IndividualFiltering implements Individual {
     @Override
     public List<Individual> getRelatedIndividuals(String propertyUri) {
         List<ObjectPropertyStatement> stmts = getObjectPropertyStatements(propertyUri);
+        if( stmts == null)
+            return Collections.emptyList();
+
         // Since the statements have been filtered, we can just take the individuals without filtering.
         List<Individual> relatedIndividuals = new ArrayList<Individual>(stmts.size());
         for (ObjectPropertyStatement stmt : stmts) {
@@ -499,6 +515,9 @@ public class IndividualFiltering implements Individual {
     @Override
     public Individual getRelatedIndividual(String propertyUri) {
         List<ObjectPropertyStatement> stmts = getObjectPropertyStatements(propertyUri); 
+        if( stmts == null )
+            return null;
+
         // Since the statements have been filtered, we can just take the first individual without filtering.
         return stmts.isEmpty() ? null : stmts.get(0).getObject();
     }
@@ -507,4 +526,4 @@ public class IndividualFiltering implements Individual {
     public boolean hasThumb() {
         return _innerIndividual.hasThumb();
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/solr/SolrIndexer.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/solr/SolrIndexer.java
index 100620926..d0e8a5f98 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/solr/SolrIndexer.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/solr/SolrIndexer.java
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.search.solr;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ import org.apache.solr.common.SolrInputDocument;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.Individual;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.search.IndexingException;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.search.beans.IndexerIface;
-import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.search.docbuilder.Obj2DocIface;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.search.solr.documentBuilding.IndividualToSolrDocument;
 
 
@@ -159,7 +157,7 @@ public class SolrIndexer implements IndexerIface {
                  log.debug("could not remove documents from before build, " ,e);
         }
         try {
-           UpdateResponse res = server.commit();           
+           server.commit();           
         } catch (Throwable e) {
             if( ! shutdownRequested ){
                 log.debug("could not commit to solr server, " +
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 0bd4c3ef1..b42527190 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
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import org.apache.solr.common.SolrInputDocument;
 import org.joda.time.DateTime;
 import org.jsoup.Jsoup;
 
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.shared.JenaException;
 import com.hp.hpl.jena.vocabulary.OWL;
 
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.DataPropertyStatement;
@@ -160,23 +161,28 @@ public class IndividualToSolrDocument {
         //ALLTEXT, all of the 'full text'
         StringBuffer allTextValue = new StringBuffer();
 
-        //collecting data property statements
-        List<DataPropertyStatement> dataPropertyStatements = ind.getDataPropertyStatements();
-        if (dataPropertyStatements != null) {
-            Iterator<DataPropertyStatement> dataPropertyStmtIter = dataPropertyStatements.iterator();
-            while (dataPropertyStmtIter.hasNext()) {
-                DataPropertyStatement dataPropertyStmt =  dataPropertyStmtIter.next();
-                if(dataPropertyStmt.getDatapropURI().equals(label)){ // we don't want label to be added to alltext
-                    continue;
-                } else if(dataPropertyStmt.getDatapropURI().equals("http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#preferredTitle")){
-                	//add the preferredTitle field
-                	String preferredTitle = null;
-                	doc.addField(term.PREFERRED_TITLE, ((preferredTitle=dataPropertyStmt.getData()) == null)?"":preferredTitle);
-                	log.debug("Preferred Title: " + dataPropertyStmt.getData());
+        try{
+            //collecting data property statements
+            List<DataPropertyStatement> dataPropertyStatements = ind.getDataPropertyStatements();
+            if (dataPropertyStatements != null) {
+                Iterator<DataPropertyStatement> dataPropertyStmtIter = dataPropertyStatements.iterator();
+                while (dataPropertyStmtIter.hasNext()) {
+                    DataPropertyStatement dataPropertyStmt =  dataPropertyStmtIter.next();
+                    if(dataPropertyStmt.getDatapropURI().equals(label)){ // we don't want label to be added to alltext
+                        continue;
+                    } else if(dataPropertyStmt.getDatapropURI().equals("http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#preferredTitle")){
+                    	//add the preferredTitle field
+                    	String preferredTitle = null;
+                    	doc.addField(term.PREFERRED_TITLE, ((preferredTitle=dataPropertyStmt.getData()) == null)?"":preferredTitle);
+                    	log.debug("Preferred Title: " + dataPropertyStmt.getData());
+                    }
+                    allTextValue.append(" ");
+                    allTextValue.append(((t=dataPropertyStmt.getData()) == null)?"":t);
                 }
-                allTextValue.append(" ");
-                allTextValue.append(((t=dataPropertyStmt.getData()) == null)?"":t);
             }
+        }catch(JenaException je){
+            //VIVO-15 Trap for characters that cause search indexing to abort
+            log.error(String.format("Continuing to index %s but could not get all dataproperties because %s",ind.getURI(),je.getMessage()));            
         }
          
         allTextValue.append(objectNames.toString());
@@ -209,25 +215,31 @@ public class IndividualToSolrDocument {
      */
     protected void addObjectPropertyText(Individual ind, SolrInputDocument doc,
             StringBuffer objectNames, StringBuffer addUri) {
-        List<ObjectPropertyStatement> objectPropertyStatements = ind.getObjectPropertyStatements();
-        if (objectPropertyStatements != null) {
-            Iterator<ObjectPropertyStatement> objectPropertyStmtIter = objectPropertyStatements.iterator();
-            while (objectPropertyStmtIter.hasNext()) {
-                ObjectPropertyStatement objectPropertyStmt = objectPropertyStmtIter.next();
-                if( "http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#differentFrom".equals(objectPropertyStmt.getPropertyURI()) ){
-                    continue;
+        
+        try{
+            List<ObjectPropertyStatement> objectPropertyStatements = ind.getObjectPropertyStatements();
+            if (objectPropertyStatements != null) {
+                Iterator<ObjectPropertyStatement> objectPropertyStmtIter = objectPropertyStatements.iterator();
+                while (objectPropertyStmtIter.hasNext()) {
+                    ObjectPropertyStatement objectPropertyStmt = objectPropertyStmtIter.next();
+                    if( "http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#differentFrom".equals(objectPropertyStmt.getPropertyURI()) ){
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    try {
+                        objectNames.append(" ");
+                        String t=null;
+                        objectNames.append(((t=objectPropertyStmt.getObject().getRdfsLabel()) == null)?"":t);   
+                        addUri.append(" ");
+                        addUri.append(((t=objectPropertyStmt.getObject().getURI()) == null)?"":t);
+                    } catch (Exception e) { 
+                         log.debug("could not index name of related object: " + e.getMessage());
+                    }
                 }
-                try {
-                    objectNames.append(" ");
-                    String t=null;
-                    objectNames.append(((t=objectPropertyStmt.getObject().getRdfsLabel()) == null)?"":t);   
-                    addUri.append(" ");
-                    addUri.append(((t=objectPropertyStmt.getObject().getURI()) == null)?"":t);
-                } catch (Exception e) { 
-                     log.debug("could not index name of related object: " + e.getMessage());
-                }
-            }
-        }        
+            }   
+        }catch(JenaException je){
+            //VIVO-15 Trap for characters that cause search indexing to abort
+            log.error(String.format("Continuing to index %s but could not get all object properties because %s",ind.getURI(),je.getMessage()));            
+        }
     }
 
     /**