diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index da410996594428dc0eee9f8abc3e5a5c8942d5b1..6a659174fd57b1389fa05c05a13e77c2abd7431e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,3 +25,5 @@ bin/state.png
 bin/submission_script_array.sh
 build/source/testing/containers/output_container/out.txt
 build/summa_old
+bin/config.json
+bin/summa_sundials
diff --git a/build/source/actors/file_access_actor/cpp_code/file_access_actor.cpp b/build/source/actors/file_access_actor/cpp_code/file_access_actor.cpp
index c9c5deecc52df644f8f76b55932aa641c17de09d..a79f1432e66cb7e7d303b93e795cdb2fec4a8929 100644
--- a/build/source/actors/file_access_actor/cpp_code/file_access_actor.cpp
+++ b/build/source/actors/file_access_actor/cpp_code/file_access_actor.cpp
@@ -269,8 +269,8 @@ void initalizeFileAccessActor(stateful_actor<file_access_state>* self) {
     // save model decisions as named integers
     mDecisions(&self->state.num_steps, &err); 
     if (err != 0) {
-        aout(self) << "Error: mDecisions - FileAccess Actor \n";
-        std::string function = "mDecisions_C";
+        aout(self) << "\033[31mFile_Access_Actor: Error in mDecisions\033[0m\n";
+        std::string function = "mDecisions";
         self->send(self->state.parent, file_access_actor_err_v, function);
         self->quit();
         return;
diff --git a/build/source/actors/job_actor/job_actor.cpp b/build/source/actors/job_actor/job_actor.cpp
index 06c811819f48a414d80ce04ba28eaeb25ea9d9b0..af8df6d67ca95d6c7547b1087a9d68640c55067d 100644
--- a/build/source/actors/job_actor/job_actor.cpp
+++ b/build/source/actors/job_actor/job_actor.cpp
@@ -199,6 +199,19 @@ behavior job_actor(stateful_actor<job_state>* self, int start_gru, int num_gru,
                     read_duration, write_duration);
             self->quit();
         },
+
+
+
+        [=](file_access_actor_err, const std::string& err) {
+            aout(self) << "\n\033[31mJob_Actor: Error Handling for File_Access_Actor error: " <<
+                err << " not implemented\033[0m\n";
+            self->quit();
+        }
+
+
+
+
+
     };
 }