Index: trunk/src/python/unifiedlogger/logging_service.py
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--- trunk/src/python/unifiedlogger/logging_service.py	(revision 439)
+++ trunk/src/python/unifiedlogger/logging_service.py	(revision 454)
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
     with open ("webapps/dynamicdata/sim_elapsedtime.json", 'r') as myfile:
         jsonData=myfile.read()
-         
-    seconds = json.loads(jsonData)['elapsedtime']
+    seconds = 0
+    try:     
+       seconds = json.loads(jsonData)['elapsedtime']
+    except:
+       print "Error loading json for elapsed time"
     # convert seconds to H:MM:SS
     m, s = divmod(int(seconds), 60)