Index: /issm/trunk/src/c/solutions/issm.cpp
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--- /issm/trunk/src/c/solutions/issm.cpp	(revision 5912)
+++ /issm/trunk/src/c/solutions/issm.cpp	(revision 5913)
@@ -42,5 +42,6 @@
 
 	/*Initialize Petsc and get start time*/
-	PetscInitialize(&argc,&argv,"petsc.rc","");  
+	int ierr=PetscInitialize(&argc,&argv,"petsc.rc","");  
+	if(ierr) ISSMERROR("Could not initialize Petsc");
 	MPI_Barrier(MPI_COMM_WORLD); start=MPI_Wtime();