diff --git a/src/MGRAST/lib/resources/annotation.pm b/src/MGRAST/lib/resources/annotation.pm
index cab29cd7..d818d293 100644
--- a/src/MGRAST/lib/resources/annotation.pm
+++ b/src/MGRAST/lib/resources/annotation.pm
@@ -375,12 +375,9 @@ sub print_batch {
 	    # pull data from indexed shock file
 	    my ($rec, $err) = $self->get_shock_file($node_id, undef, $self->mgrast_token, 'seek='.$seeks->[$i].'&length='.$lens->[$i]);
 	    if ($err) {
-	        # cleanup and exit
-            $sth->finish;
-            $mgdb->_dbh->commit;
-            print "\nERROR downloading: $err\n";
-            exit 0;
-        }
+		print "\nERROR downloading: $err\n";
+		exit 0;
+	    }
 	    chomp $rec;
 	    foreach my $line (split(/\n/, $rec)) {
 	        my @tabs = split(/\t/, $line);