diff --git a/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/SolrJsonReconcileServletTest.java b/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/SolrJsonReconcileServletTest.java
index 2bbe42c31..04a717927 100644
--- a/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/SolrJsonReconcileServletTest.java
+++ b/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/SolrJsonReconcileServletTest.java
@@ -100,8 +100,9 @@ public class SolrJsonReconcileServletTest extends AbstractTestClass {
 		    Pattern regex = Pattern.compile(modStr);
 		    Matcher regexMatcher = regex.matcher(resultStr);
 		    Assert.assertTrue(message, regexMatcher.find());
-		} catch (PatternSyntaxException ex) {
+		} catch (PatternSyntaxException e) {
 		    // Syntax error in the regular expression
+			System.err.println("SolrJsonReconcileServletTest testAssertTrue PatternSyntaxException: " + e);
 		}
 	}
 }