diff --git a/oaipmh-core/src/main/java/info/textgrid/middleware/OAIPMHImpl.java b/oaipmh-core/src/main/java/info/textgrid/middleware/OAIPMHImpl.java
index 3fa9b176bc43f5f15e4c994d788197c6c2977d05..a4f4c87f6f94721eaa00b8c046cb84b79ecb19f8 100644
--- a/oaipmh-core/src/main/java/info/textgrid/middleware/OAIPMHImpl.java
+++ b/oaipmh-core/src/main/java/info/textgrid/middleware/OAIPMHImpl.java
@@ -486,7 +486,6 @@ public class OAIPMHImpl implements OAIPMHProducer {
     } else if (verb!=null && verb.equals("GetRecord")) {
       verbParam = VerbType.GET_RECORD;
     }else if (verb!=null && verb.length()>0){
-    	System.out.println("VERB: " + verb);
       this.error.setError(TGConstants.OAI_VERB_ERROR, "Illegal OAI verb");
     }
 
@@ -658,7 +657,7 @@ public class OAIPMHImpl implements OAIPMHProducer {
     		this.error.setError(TGConstants.OAI_VERB_ERROR, "Illegal OAI verb");
     		response.getError().add(this.error.getError());
     	}else {
-    		this.error.setError(TGConstants.OAI_BAD_ARGUMENT, "Required argument 'verb' is missing");
+    		this.error.setError(TGConstants.OAI_VERB_ERROR, "Illegal OAI verb");
     		response.getError().add(this.error.getError());
     	}    	
     }