diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/admin/ShowBackgroundThreadsController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/admin/ShowBackgroundThreadsController.java
index f8241ca6b..0dacad944 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/admin/ShowBackgroundThreadsController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/admin/ShowBackgroundThreadsController.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public class ShowBackgroundThreadsController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet {
 
 	
 	@Override
-	protected ResponseValues processRequest(VitroRequest vreq) throws Exception {
+	protected ResponseValues processRequest(VitroRequest vreq) throws ExceptionXX {
 
 		SortedMap<String, ThreadInfo> threadMap = new TreeMap<String, ThreadInfo>();