diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/resolvers/opensaml/OpenSamlMetadataResolverDelegate.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/resolvers/opensaml/OpenSamlMetadataResolverDelegate.java
index 45bca6e81..7c26adc4d 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/resolvers/opensaml/OpenSamlMetadataResolverDelegate.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/resolvers/opensaml/OpenSamlMetadataResolverDelegate.java
@@ -36,11 +36,7 @@ void addIndexedDescriptorsFromBackingStore(AbstractMetadataResolver.EntityBackin
                 document.add(new StringField("id", entityId, Field.Store.YES));
                 document.add(new TextField("content", entityId, Field.Store.YES)); // TODO: change entityId to be content of entity descriptor block
                 document.add(new StringField("tag", resourceId, Field.Store.YES));
-                try {
-                    indexWriter.addDocument(document);
-                } catch (IOException e) {
-                    logger.error(e.getMessage(), e);
-                }
+                indexWriter.addDocument(document);
             }
         } catch (IOException e) {
             logger.error(e.getMessage(), e);