diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/ReportBiz.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/ReportBiz.cs
index cca0a261..689fc6dc 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/ReportBiz.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/ReportBiz.cs
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                     log.LogDebug($"Completed, returning results");
                     return outputFileName;
                 }
-                catch (System.Exception ex)
+                catch 
                 {
                     //NOTE: in future may need to kill the chromium process if it's found to be hanging around
                     //my preliminary thinking is to keep track of the browser.process.processid above and check if still present and zap if so