diff --git a/utils/auctionutils.py b/utils/auctionutils.py
index 5f4a780..831e2e5 100644
--- a/utils/auctionutils.py
+++ b/utils/auctionutils.py
@@ -162,14 +162,18 @@ def getOVMAuctions():
                image = "";
                image = result.get('image', "")
                if image == "":
-                  image = result.get('imageList', [""])[0]
+                  images = result.get('imageList')
+                  if(len(images) >0):
+                     image = images[0];
+                  else:
+                     log("No image found for OVM auction: " + result['naam'])
                
                a = Auction(Auctionbrand.OVM, cityname,result['land'], result['naam'],startdatetime, enddatetime, str(result['land']).lower() + '/veilingen/' + str(result['id']) + '/kavels', 'images/150x150/' + image, result['totaalKavels'] )
                auctions.append(a)
            Cache.add(cachename, auctions)
            return auctions
         except Exception as e:
-           log('Something went wrong in the mapping of OVM auctions to auctionviewer objects. The reason was: ' + response.reason  + '. The response was: ' + JsonEncoder().encode(response.json()))
+           log(e.__cause__ + '--  Something went wrong in the mapping of OVM auctions to auctionviewer objects. The reason was: ' + response.reason  + '. The response was: ' + JsonEncoder().encode(response.json()))
            print_exc(e)
         
     else:
diff --git a/utils/helperutils.py b/utils/helperutils.py
index e3c267f..c1413ed 100644
--- a/utils/helperutils.py
+++ b/utils/helperutils.py
@@ -2,9 +2,3 @@ from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
 def log(value):
     print(str(datetime.now()) + ' ' + value)
-    # try: 
-    #    print(str(datetime.now()) + ' ' + value.encode("utf-8"))
-    # except:
-    #   print(str(datetime.now()) + ' print error')
-   
-    #print(u' '.join(( str(datetime.now()), value)).encode('utf-8').strip())
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