diff --git a/src/paper_thinstrip_full/thinstrip_equation.cc b/src/paper_thinstrip_full/thinstrip_equation.cc
index 5ea26767b03fe05f5d524d14fddc21e60c527be0..60d1d9bdbe8f17da7bb0d710baec90a9d99fcebd 100644
--- a/src/paper_thinstrip_full/thinstrip_equation.cc
+++ b/src/paper_thinstrip_full/thinstrip_equation.cc
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ class StrechingThinstripTransform
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
+  try{
     // Maybe initialize Mpi
     Dune::MPIHelper&
       helper = Dune::MPIHelper::instance(argc, argv);