diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fffe29d82ce8c390a2baae24245b5f7f2b0cb36b..4fbe3023e952fbebe568adc6b2fe98846287a6a4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ build/summa-sundials
 build/.vscode
 .vscode/settings.json
 .DS_Store
-laugh_tests
\ No newline at end of file
+laugh_tests
+build/summa_sundials
diff --git a/build/source/engine/coupled_em.f90 b/build/source/engine/coupled_em.f90
index 3d18491e1a0f9952b4d9fa56ecda0b689781c7b8..4f70fa60012486b9211a47def12a45b715e0a618 100644
--- a/build/source/engine/coupled_em.f90
+++ b/build/source/engine/coupled_em.f90
@@ -879,6 +879,7 @@ subroutine coupled_em(&
         print*,ixSolution
         print*, 'dtSave, dt_sub', dtSave, dt_sub
         message=trim(message)//'length of the coupled step is below the minimum step length'
+        print*, message
         err=20; return
       endif