diff --git a/src/databases/Blueprint/avtBlueprintDataAdaptor.C b/src/databases/Blueprint/avtBlueprintDataAdaptor.C
index 92f175f7b34..c17417cc062 100644
--- a/src/databases/Blueprint/avtBlueprintDataAdaptor.C
+++ b/src/databases/Blueprint/avtBlueprintDataAdaptor.C
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ ShapeNameToGeomType(const std::string &shape_name)
    }
    else
    {
-      MFEM_ABORT("Unsupported Element Shape: " << shape_name);
+      BP_PLUGIN_ERROR("Unsupported Element Shape: " << shape_name);
    }
 
    return res;
@@ -840,18 +840,22 @@ avtBlueprintDataAdaptor::MFEM::MeshToMFEM(const Node &n_mesh,
        topo_name = n_mesh["topologies"].schema().child_name(0);
    }
    
-   MFEM_ASSERT(n_mesh.has_path("topologies/" + topo_name),
-               "Expected topology named \"" + topo_name + "\" "
-               "(node is missing path \"topologies/" + topo_name + "\")");
+   if(!n_mesh.has_path("topologies/" + topo_name))
+   {
+        BP_PLUGIN_ERROR("Expected topology named \"" + topo_name + "\" "
+                        "(node is missing path \"topologies/" + topo_name + "\")");
+   }
    
    // find coord set
    
    std::string coords_name = n_mesh["topologies"][topo_name]["coordset"].as_string();
    
 
-   MFEM_ASSERT(n_mesh.has_path("coordsets/" + coords_name),
-               "Expected topology named \"" + coords_name + "\" "
-               "(node is missing path \"coordsets/" + coords_name + "\")");
+   if(!n_mesh.has_path("coordsets/" + coords_name))
+   {
+        BP_PLUGIN_ERROR("Expected topology named \"" + coords_name + "\" "
+                       "(node is missing path \"coordsets/" + coords_name + "\")")
+   }
 
    const Node &n_coordset = n_mesh["coordsets"][coords_name];
    const Node &n_coordset_vals = n_coordset["values"];
diff --git a/src/databases/Blueprint/avtBlueprintFileFormat.C b/src/databases/Blueprint/avtBlueprintFileFormat.C
index 0c13e17aefe..6ba14baec8b 100644
--- a/src/databases/Blueprint/avtBlueprintFileFormat.C
+++ b/src/databases/Blueprint/avtBlueprintFileFormat.C
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ avtBlueprintFileFormat::ReadBlueprintMesh(int domain,
             BP_PLUGIN_INFO("boundary topology path " << bnd_topo_path);
             m_tree_cache->FetchBlueprintTree(domain,
                                              bnd_topo_path,
-                                             out["boundary"]);
+                                             out["topologies"][bndry_topo_name]);
         }
         else
         {
@@ -1014,11 +1014,18 @@ avtBlueprintFileFormat::GetMesh(int domain, const char *abs_meshname)
     if(!blueprint::mesh::verify(data, verify_info))
     { 
         BP_PLUGIN_INFO("blueprint::mesh::verify failed for mesh "
-                       << abs_meshname << " [domain " << domain << "]"
+                       << abs_meshname << " [domain " << domain << "]" << endl
                        << "Verify Info " << endl
                        << verify_info.to_json() << endl
                        << "Data Schema " << endl
                        << data.schema().to_json());
+       
+        BP_PLUGIN_INFO("warning: "
+                       "avtBlueprintFileFormat::GetMesh returning NULL "
+                       << abs_meshname 
+                       << " [domain " << domain << "]"
+                       << " will be missing" << endl);
+        // TODO: Should we throw an error instead of blanking the domain?
         return NULL;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/databases/Blueprint/avtBlueprintTreeCache.C b/src/databases/Blueprint/avtBlueprintTreeCache.C
index 7a989387e8d..bab8822d89e 100644
--- a/src/databases/Blueprint/avtBlueprintTreeCache.C
+++ b/src/databases/Blueprint/avtBlueprintTreeCache.C
@@ -654,8 +654,8 @@ avtBlueprintTreeCache::IO::LoadSidreGroup(Node &sidre_meta,
     {
         Node &g = g_itr.next();
         string g_name = g_itr.name();
-        BP_PLUGIN_INFO("loading " << group_path << "/" << g_name << " as group");
-        std::string cld_path = group_path + "/" + g_name;
+        BP_PLUGIN_INFO("loading " << group_path << g_name << " as group");
+        std::string cld_path = group_path + g_name;
         // LoadSidreGroup(g,h5_file_id,tree_root,cld_path,out[g_name]);
         LoadSidreGroup(g,
                        tree_cache,
@@ -670,8 +670,8 @@ avtBlueprintTreeCache::IO::LoadSidreGroup(Node &sidre_meta,
     {
         Node &v = v_itr.next();
         string v_name = v_itr.name();
-        BP_PLUGIN_INFO("loading " << group_path << "/" <<  v_name << " as view");
-        std::string cld_path = group_path + "/" + v_name;
+        BP_PLUGIN_INFO("loading " << group_path << v_name << " as view");
+        std::string cld_path = group_path + v_name;
         // LoadSidreView(v,h5_file_id,tree_root,cld_path,out[v_name]);
          LoadSidreView(v,
                        tree_cache,