diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/DeleteIndividualController.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/DeleteIndividualController.java
index 1a61ef980..c6939fb77 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/DeleteIndividualController.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/DeleteIndividualController.java
@@ -154,14 +154,14 @@ public class DeleteIndividualController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet{
   
   private byte[] getIndividualsToDelete(String targetIndividual, String deleteQuery,VitroRequest vreq) {
   	ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-		Query queryForTypeSpecificDeleteQuery = QueryFactory.create(deleteQuery);
-    QuerySolutionMap initialBindings = new QuerySolutionMap();
-    initialBindings.add("individualURI", ResourceFactory.createResource( targetIndividual ));
-    Model ontModel = vreq.getJenaOntModel();
-    try {
+  	try {
+  		Query queryForTypeSpecificDeleteQuery = QueryFactory.create(deleteQuery);
+      QuerySolutionMap initialBindings = new QuerySolutionMap();
+      initialBindings.add("individualURI", ResourceFactory.createResource( targetIndividual ));
+      Model ontModel = vreq.getJenaOntModel();
       QueryExecution qexec = QueryExecutionFactory.create(queryForTypeSpecificDeleteQuery,ontModel,initialBindings );
-        Model results = qexec.execDescribe();
-        results.write(out,"N3");
+      Model results = qexec.execDescribe();
+      results.write(out,"N3");
         
     } catch (Exception e) {
     	log.error("Query raised an error \n" + deleteQuery);