diff --git a/.github/workflows/ols-release.yml b/.github/workflows/ols-release.yml
index 9102edb4..22f220ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ols-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ols-release.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
           mvn -B release:update-versions -DreleaseVersion=${{ steps.versionNumber.outputs.value }} -DdevelopmentVersion=${{ steps.versionNumber.outputs.value }}-SNAPSHOT
           mvn versions:set -DremoveSnapshot -DgenerateBackupPoms=false -DprocessAllModules=true
       - name: Build OLS
-        run: mvn clean package -DskipTests
+        run: mvn -B clean package -DskipTests
       - name: Create archive
         run: |
           mkdir ols_jars_${{ github.ref_name }}
diff --git a/ols-apps/ols-config-importer/Dockerfile b/ols-apps/ols-config-importer/Dockerfile
index d2686c55..372c3862 100644
--- a/ols-apps/ols-config-importer/Dockerfile
+++ b/ols-apps/ols-config-importer/Dockerfile
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ FROM maven:3.6-jdk-8 AS build
 RUN mkdir /opt/ols
 COPY . /opt/ols/ 
 COPY build-fix/. /root/.m2/repository/
-RUN cd /opt/ols && ls && mvn clean package -DskipTests
+ENV MAVEN_OPTS="-Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.log.org.apache.maven.cli.transfer.Slf4jMavenTransferListener=warn"
+RUN cd /opt/ols && ls && mvn clean package -B -DskipTests
 
 FROM openjdk:8-jre-alpine
 RUN apk add bash
diff --git a/ols-apps/ols-indexer/Dockerfile b/ols-apps/ols-indexer/Dockerfile
index 3cc38e13..386b7951 100644
--- a/ols-apps/ols-indexer/Dockerfile
+++ b/ols-apps/ols-indexer/Dockerfile
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ FROM maven:3.6-jdk-8 AS build
 RUN mkdir /opt/ols
 COPY . /opt/ols/ 
 COPY build-fix/. /root/.m2/repository/
-RUN cd /opt/ols && ls && mvn clean package -DskipTests
+ENV MAVEN_OPTS="-Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.log.org.apache.maven.cli.transfer.Slf4jMavenTransferListener=warn"
+RUN cd /opt/ols && ls && mvn clean package -B -DskipTests
 
 FROM openjdk:8-jre-alpine
 RUN apk add bash
diff --git a/ols-apps/ols-indexer/src/main/java/uk/ac/ebi/spot/ols/LoadingApplication.java b/ols-apps/ols-indexer/src/main/java/uk/ac/ebi/spot/ols/LoadingApplication.java
index ffb2662d..5397c6d1 100644
--- a/ols-apps/ols-indexer/src/main/java/uk/ac/ebi/spot/ols/LoadingApplication.java
+++ b/ols-apps/ols-indexer/src/main/java/uk/ac/ebi/spot/ols/LoadingApplication.java
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ else if (deleteOntologies.length > 0){
         else {
             // otherwise load everything set TOLOAD
             for (OntologyDocument document : ontologyRepositoryService.getAllDocumentsByStatus(Status.TOLOAD)) {
-                // try {
+                try {
                     boolean loadResult = ontologyIndexingService.indexOntologyDocument(document);
                     if (loadResult)
                         updatedOntologies.add(document.getOntologyId());
@@ -181,14 +181,14 @@ else if (deleteOntologies.length > 0){
                         haserror = true;
                         failingOntologies.put(document.getOntologyId(), "An error occurred. Check logs.");
                     }
-                // } catch (Throwable t) {
-                // 	logger.error("Application failed creating indexes for " + document.getOntologyId() + ": " +
-                //             t.getMessage(), t);
-                //     exceptions.append(t.getMessage());
-                //     exceptions.append("\n");
-                //     haserror = true;
-                //     failingOntologies.put(document.getOntologyId(),t.getMessage());
-                // }
+                 } catch (Throwable t) {
+                 	logger.error("Application failed creating indexes for " + document.getOntologyId() + ": " +
+                             t.getMessage(), t);
+                     exceptions.append(t.getMessage());
+                     exceptions.append("\n");
+                     haserror = true;
+                     failingOntologies.put(document.getOntologyId(),t.getMessage());
+                 }
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/ols-web/Dockerfile b/ols-web/Dockerfile
index 7610f5c0..54599319 100644
--- a/ols-web/Dockerfile
+++ b/ols-web/Dockerfile
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ FROM maven:3.6-jdk-8 AS build
 RUN mkdir /opt/ols
 COPY . /opt/ols/ 
 COPY build-fix/. /root/.m2/repository/
-RUN cd /opt/ols && ls && mvn clean package -DskipTests
+ENV MAVEN_OPTS="-Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.log.org.apache.maven.cli.transfer.Slf4jMavenTransferListener=warn"
+RUN cd /opt/ols && ls && mvn -B clean package -DskipTests
 
 FROM openjdk:8-jre-alpine
 RUN apk add bash