diff --git a/catalogbuilder/scripts/gen_intake_gfdl_runner_config.py b/catalogbuilder/scripts/gen_intake_gfdl_runner_config.py
index 47374b5..6e03638 100755
--- a/catalogbuilder/scripts/gen_intake_gfdl_runner_config.py
+++ b/catalogbuilder/scripts/gen_intake_gfdl_runner_config.py
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@
 #input_path = "archive/am5/am5/am5f3b1r0/c96L65_am5f3b1r0_pdclim1850F/gfdl.ncrc5-deploy-prod-openmp/pp"
 #output_path = "cftest"
 config = "configs/config-example.yml"
-
-try:
-  gen_intake_gfdl.create_catalog(configyaml=config)
-except:
-  sys.exit("Exception occured calling gen_intake_gfdl.create_catalog")
+gen_intake_gfdl.create_catalog(configyaml=config)
+#except:
+#  sys.exit("Exception occured calling gen_intake_gfdl.create_catalog")