diff --git a/portal/src/main/java/edu/isi/wings/portal/controllers/RunController.java b/portal/src/main/java/edu/isi/wings/portal/controllers/RunController.java
index 73d8ea26..5e0ce89b 100644
--- a/portal/src/main/java/edu/isi/wings/portal/controllers/RunController.java
+++ b/portal/src/main/java/edu/isi/wings/portal/controllers/RunController.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
+import org.apache.jena.base.Sys;
 
 import edu.isi.kcap.wings.opmm.WorkflowExecutionExport;
 import edu.isi.kcap.wings.opmm.WorkflowTemplateExport;
@@ -534,13 +535,15 @@ private String urlToString(URL url) {
   /**
    * @param runid
    * @return
+   * @throws Exception
    */
-  public String publishRun(String runid) {
+  public HashMap<String, Links> publishRun(String runid) throws Exception {
     HashMap<String, String> retmap = new HashMap<String, String>();
     ExecutionMonitorAPI monitor = config.getDomainExecutionMonitor();
     RuntimePlan plan = monitor.getRunDetails(runid);
+    HashMap<String, Links> response = null;
     if (plan.getRuntimeInfo().getStatus() != Status.SUCCESS) {
-      retmap.put("error", "Can only publish successfully completed runs");
+      throw new Exception("Can only publish successfully completed runs");
     } else
       try {
         // Mapper opmm = new Mapper();
@@ -649,30 +652,29 @@ public String publishRun(String runid) {
         String executionFilePath = run_exportdir + File.separator + "execution";
         String expandedTemplateFilePath = run_exportdir + File.separator + "expandedTemplate";
         String abstractFilePath = run_exportdir + File.separator + "abstract";
-        // OPMW MAPPER CODE
-        // domain
-        // exportName
-        // catalogRepositoryDirectory
-        // componentLibraryFile
-        //
         String serialization = "turtle";
         File file = new File("tmp/" + serialization);
         if (!file.exists()) {
           file.mkdir();
         }
         try {
-          HashMap<String, Links> response = Mapper.main(domain, exportPrefix, exportUrl, catalogRepositoryDirectory,
+          response = Mapper.main(domain, exportPrefix, exportUrl, catalogRepositoryDirectory,
               componentLibraryFilePath.getAbsolutePath(), planFilePath.getAbsolutePath(),
               endpointQueryURI, endpointPostURI, executionFilePath, expandedTemplateFilePath, abstractFilePath,
               filePublisher, serialization);
-          return json.toJson(response);
+          System.out.println(executionFilePath);
+          System.out.println(expandedTemplateFilePath);
+          System.out.println(abstractFilePath);
+
+          System.out.println("Response: " + response);
+          System.out.println("Published ended");
         } catch (Exception e) {
-          e.printStackTrace();
+          throw new Exception("Error publishing run: " + e.getMessage());
         }
       } catch (Exception e) {
-        e.printStackTrace();
+        throw new Exception("Error publishing run: " + e.getMessage());
       }
-    return json.toJson(retmap);
+    return response;
   }
 
   /*
diff --git a/portal/src/main/java/edu/isi/wings/portal/resources/RunResource.java b/portal/src/main/java/edu/isi/wings/portal/resources/RunResource.java
index afb3c2c8..95874f62 100644
--- a/portal/src/main/java/edu/isi/wings/portal/resources/RunResource.java
+++ b/portal/src/main/java/edu/isi/wings/portal/resources/RunResource.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 
 import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import javax.annotation.PreDestroy;
@@ -15,7 +16,9 @@
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
 
+import edu.isi.kcap.wings.opmm.DataTypes.Links;
 import edu.isi.wings.portal.classes.util.TemplateBindings;
 import edu.isi.wings.portal.controllers.RunController;
 
@@ -26,102 +29,97 @@ public class RunResource extends WingsResource {
   @PostConstruct
   public void init() {
     super.init();
-    if(this.hasPermissions() && !this.isPage("intro"))
+    if (this.hasPermissions() && !this.isPage("intro"))
       this.rc = new RunController(config);
   }
-  
+
   @PreDestroy
   public void destroy() {
-    if(this.rc != null) {
+    if (this.rc != null) {
       this.rc.end();
     }
   }
-  
+
   @GET
   @Produces(MediaType.TEXT_HTML)
   public String getHTML(
       @QueryParam("run_id") final String run_id) {
-    if(this.rc != null) {
+    if (this.rc != null) {
       request.setAttribute("controller", this.rc);
       request.setAttribute("run_id", run_id);
       return this.callViewer("RunViewer");
     }
     return null;
   }
-  
+
   @GET
   @Path("intro")
   public void getIntroduction() {
     this.loadIntroduction("ManageRuns");
   }
-  
+
   @GET
   @Path("getRunList")
   @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
   public String getRunList(
-          @QueryParam("pattern") final String pattern,
-          @QueryParam("status") final String status,
-          @QueryParam("start") int start, 
-          @QueryParam("limit") int limit
-  ) {
-    if(this.rc != null)
+      @QueryParam("pattern") final String pattern,
+      @QueryParam("status") final String status,
+      @QueryParam("start") int start,
+      @QueryParam("limit") int limit) {
+    if (this.rc != null)
       return this.rc.getRunListJSON(pattern, status, start, limit);
     return null;
   }
 
-
   @GET
   @Path("getRunListSimple")
   @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
   public String getRunListSimple(
-          @QueryParam("pattern") final String pattern,
-          @QueryParam("status") final String status,
-          @QueryParam("start") int start,
-          @QueryParam("limit") int limit,
-          @QueryParam("started_after") final long started_after
-  ) {
-    if(this.rc != null) {
+      @QueryParam("pattern") final String pattern,
+      @QueryParam("status") final String status,
+      @QueryParam("start") int start,
+      @QueryParam("limit") int limit,
+      @QueryParam("started_after") final long started_after) {
+    if (this.rc != null) {
       Date startdate = null;
-      if(started_after != 0)
-        startdate = new Date(started_after*1000);
+      if (started_after != 0)
+        startdate = new Date(started_after * 1000);
       return this.rc.getRunListSimpleJSON(pattern, status, start, limit, startdate);
     }
     return null;
   }
 
-  
   @POST
   @Path("getRunDetails")
   @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
   public String getRunDetails(
       @FormParam("run_id") String run_id) {
-    if(this.rc != null)
+    if (this.rc != null)
       return this.rc.getRunJSON(run_id);
     return null;
   }
-  
+
   @POST
   @Path("getRunPlan")
   @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
   public String getRunPlan(
       @FormParam("run_id") String run_id) {
-    if(this.rc != null)
+    if (this.rc != null)
       return this.rc.getRunPlanJSON(run_id);
     return null;
   }
-  
+
   @POST
   @Path("expandAndRunWorkflow")
   @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
   public ArrayList<String> expandAndRunWorkflow(
       @JsonProperty("template_bindings") final TemplateBindings tbindings) {
-    if(this.rc != null) {
+    if (this.rc != null) {
       return rc.expandAndRunTemplate(tbindings, this.context);
     }
     return null;
   }
 
-
   @POST
   @Path("runWorkflow")
   @Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
@@ -131,61 +129,71 @@ public String runWorkflow(
       @FormParam("constraints_json") String constraints_json,
       @FormParam("seed_json") String seed_json,
       @FormParam("seed_constraints_json") String seed_constraints_json) {
-    if(this.rc != null)
+    if (this.rc != null)
       return rc.runExpandedTemplate(template_id, json, constraints_json,
           seed_json, seed_constraints_json, null, this.context);
     return null;
   }
-  
+
   @POST
   @Path("reRunWorkflow")
   @Produces("application/json")
   public Response reRunWorkflow(
-          @FormParam("run_id") String run_id) {
-    if(this.rc != null){
-        return rc.reRunPlan(run_id, this.context);
+      @FormParam("run_id") String run_id) {
+    if (this.rc != null) {
+      return rc.reRunPlan(run_id, this.context);
     }
     return null;
   }
-  
+
   @POST
   @Path("deleteRun")
   @Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
   public String deleteRun(@FormParam("json") String json) {
-    if(this.rc != null)
+    if (this.rc != null)
       return rc.deleteRun(json, context);
     return null;
   }
-  
+
   @POST
   @Path("deleteRuns")
   @Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
   public String deleteRuns(@FormParam("json") String json) {
-    if(this.rc != null)
+    if (this.rc != null)
       return rc.deleteRuns(json, context);
     return null;
   }
-  
+
   @POST
   @Path("stopRun")
   @Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
   public String stopRun(
       @FormParam("run_id") String run_id) {
-    if(this.rc != null)
+    if (this.rc != null)
       return this.rc.stopRun(run_id, context) + "";
     return "false";
   }
-  
+
   @POST
   @Path("publishRun")
   @Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
   public String publishRun(
-          @FormParam("run_id") String run_id) {
-    if(this.rc != null)
-      return this.rc.publishRun(run_id);
+      @FormParam("run_id") String run_id) {
+    if (this.rc != null) {
+      try {
+        HashMap<String, Links> responseQuery = this.rc.publishRun(run_id);
+        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        String json = gson.toJson(responseQuery);
+        Links catalog = responseQuery.get("catalog");
+        System.out.println(json);
+        return json;
+      } catch (Exception e) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
+        e.printStackTrace();
+      }
+
+    }
     return null;
   }
 
-
-
 }
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