diff --git a/ema_workbench/em_framework/futures_mpi.py b/ema_workbench/em_framework/futures_mpi.py
index 5cf77e233..a5b117602 100644
--- a/ema_workbench/em_framework/futures_mpi.py
+++ b/ema_workbench/em_framework/futures_mpi.py
@@ -90,46 +90,19 @@ def logwatcher(stop_event):
     comm = MPI.COMM_WORLD.Accept(port, info, root)
     _logger.debug("client connected...")
 
-    # while not stop_event.is_set():
-    #     record = comm.irecv(None, MPI.ANY_SOURCE, tag=0)
-    #     success = False
-    #     message = None
-    #     start_time = time.time()
-    #
-    #     while not success or (
-    #         (time.time() - start_time) > 10
-    #     ):  # what is a good timeout number given initialization of worker processes?
-    #         success, message = record.test()
-    #         time.sleep(1)
-    #
-    #     if success:
-    #         try:
-    #             logger = logging.getLogger(message.name)
-    #         except Exception as e:
-    #             # AttributeError if record does not have a name attribute
-    #             # TypeError record.name is not a string
-    #             raise e
-    #         else:
-    #             logger.callHandlers(message)
-    #     else:
-    #         record.cancel()
-    #         record.Free()
-    # else:
-    #     _logger.info("closing logwatcher")
-
     while not stop_event.is_set():
         if rank == root:
             record = comm.recv(None, MPI.ANY_SOURCE, tag=0)
             try:
                 logger = logging.getLogger(record.name)
             except Exception as e:
+                _logger.info(repr(record))
                 if record.msg is None:
                     _logger.info("received sentinel")
                     break
                 else:
                     # AttributeError if record does not have a name attribute
                     # TypeError record.name is not a string
-                    _logger.info("some exception {e}")
                     raise e
             else:
                 logger.callHandlers(record)