diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/VClassGroupDaoJena.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/VClassGroupDaoJena.java
index ffab52251..6bafe70fd 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/VClassGroupDaoJena.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/VClassGroupDaoJena.java
@@ -190,9 +190,13 @@ public class VClassGroupDaoJena extends JenaBaseDao implements VClassGroupDao {
         group.setLocalName(groupInd.getLocalName());
         try {
         	DatatypeProperty drProp = (ModelFactory.createOntologyModel(OntModelSpec.OWL_MEM)).createDatatypeProperty(VitroVocabulary.DISPLAY_RANK);
-            group.setDisplayRank(Integer.decode(((Literal)(groupInd.getProperty(drProp).getObject())).getString()).intValue());
+        	if( drProp == null ){
+        	    log.debug("No display rank in model for portal " + groupInd.getURI() );
+        	}else{
+        	    group.setDisplayRank(Integer.decode(((Literal)(groupInd.getProperty(drProp).getObject())).getString()).intValue());
+        	}
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
+            log.warn("Cannot get display rank for portal " + groupInd.getURI() + " " + e.getMessage() );            
         }
         return group;
     }