diff --git a/java/edu/ucar/metviewer/MVServlet.java b/java/edu/ucar/metviewer/MVServlet.java
index 67dc3ac2..97307b04 100644
--- a/java/edu/ucar/metviewer/MVServlet.java
+++ b/java/edu/ucar/metviewer/MVServlet.java
@@ -1294,6 +1294,10 @@ public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) {
             strResp.append(MVUtil.domSourceToString(docResp));
             try {
               handleClearListValCache();
+            } catch (ParserConfigurationException e) {
+              logger.error(e.getMessage());
+            }
+            try{
               handleClearListStatCache();
             } catch (ParserConfigurationException e) {
               logger.error(e.getMessage());