diff --git a/webservice/apps/synthea/lib/utils.py b/webservice/apps/synthea/lib/utils.py
index bb8a79a..46c726c 100644
--- a/webservice/apps/synthea/lib/utils.py
+++ b/webservice/apps/synthea/lib/utils.py
@@ -110,4 +110,4 @@ def run_synthea(state, population = 50, gender = None, age = None, module = None
 
         return (log,Path(f'{output_folder}/{zip_file}_{temp_id}.zip'))
     else:
-        raise Exception(log)
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+        return (log,None)
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