diff --git a/hapi-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/hl7v2/protocol/impl/ApplicationRouterImpl.java b/hapi-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/hl7v2/protocol/impl/ApplicationRouterImpl.java
index eaaab0462..00df5589e 100644
--- a/hapi-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/hl7v2/protocol/impl/ApplicationRouterImpl.java
+++ b/hapi-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/hl7v2/protocol/impl/ApplicationRouterImpl.java
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ private String[] processMessage(String incomingMessageString, Map<String, Object
             Terser inTerser = new Terser(incomingMessageObject);
             theMetadata.put(MetadataKeys.IN_MESSAGE_CONTROL_ID, inTerser.get("/.MSH-10"));
 
-        } catch (HL7Exception e) {
+        } catch (Exception e) {
             log.debug("Exception parsing incoming message", e);
             try {
                 outgoingMessageString = logAndMakeErrorMessage(e, myParser.getCriticalResponseData(incomingMessageString), myParser, myParser.getEncoding(incomingMessageString));