diff --git a/src/opengnsys/workers/oglive_worker.py b/src/opengnsys/workers/oglive_worker.py
index 91bec00..ada7bc2 100644
--- a/src/opengnsys/workers/oglive_worker.py
+++ b/src/opengnsys/workers/oglive_worker.py
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class ogLiveWorker(ServerWorker):
                 elem = self.thread_list[k]
                 if 'thread' not in elem: continue
                 logger.debug (f'considering thread ({k})')
-                try: elem['thread'].join (0.05)
+                elem['thread'].join (0.05)
                 if not elem['thread'].is_alive():
                     logger.debug (f'is no longer alive, k ({k}) thread ({elem["thread"]})')
                     elem['running'] = False