debug

app.py

@@ -456,11 +456,12 @@ try:
 
     logger.info("#### semsearch.py terminating.")
 except Exception as e:
-    emsg = 
-    logger.error("#### Program-wide EXCEPTION. e: {e}")
     try:
+        emsg = str(e)
+        logger.error("#### Program-wide EXCEPTION. e: {emsg}")
         with open("/app/startup.log", "r") as file:
             content = file.read()
             print(content)
     except Exception as e2:
-        logger.error("#### Displaying startup.log EXCEPTION. e2: {e2}")
+        emsg = str(e2)
+        logger.error("#### Displaying startup.log EXCEPTION. e2: {emsg}")