diff --git a/dbfp.py b/dbfp.py
index ca903b6..cea3390 100644
--- a/dbfp.py
+++ b/dbfp.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def indexFingerprints(fp_dir):
   fp = FingerprintIndex()
   try:
     fp.openIndex(fp_dir)
-    print "WARN: index already exists. remove, then reindex\n"
+    print "WARN: index already exists. remove, then reindex"
   except:
     try:
       retVal = fp.createIndex(fp_dir)
@@ -56,9 +56,8 @@ def indexFingerprints(fp_dir):
       print "  {} fingerprints processed.".format(retVal[0])
       print "  {} fingprint processing errors.".format(retVal[1])
       print "  {} files skipped (N/A, not a fingerprint file)".format(retVal[2])
-      print
     except Exception as ex:
-      print "ERROR: issue creating the index\n{}".format(ex)
+      print ex
 
 #
 def compareFingerprintDir(file_in, fp_dir):
diff --git a/docs/devnotes b/docs/devnotes
index 216196b..19b643b 100644
--- a/docs/devnotes
+++ b/docs/devnotes
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 
 Action Items from the code review:
 
--Add function to query the index for a specific MD5 table (database schema)
+xx-Add function to query the index for a specific MD5 table (database schema)
 
--Add a feature to add a fingerprint to the existing index (it currently recreates an index)
+xx-Add a feature to add a fingerprint to the existing index (it currently recreates an index)
 
 -Add a table to the Index to list all the applications that have a fingerprint (include the app version)
   -more functionality can result from this information in the index
diff --git a/libs/fingerprint_index.py b/libs/fingerprint_index.py
index 209724a..5dc0ba8 100644
--- a/libs/fingerprint_index.py
+++ b/libs/fingerprint_index.py
@@ -152,9 +152,19 @@ class FingerprintIndex:
           fp_list TEXT,
           fp_count INTEGER);
         ''')
+      self.db_conn.execute('''
+          CREATE TABLE metadata (
+          md5_db TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+          app_name TEXT,
+          app_ver TEXT,
+          file_name TEXT,
+          fp_file TEXT,
+          scan_date NUMERIC);
+        ''')
       logging.info("Successfully created index table")
     except Exception as ex:
-      raise FingerprintIndexWrite("Error creating index file\n{}".format(ex))
+      raise
+      # raise FingerprintIndexWrite("Error creating index file\n{}".format(ex))
 
   #
   def __populateIndex(self, fp_dir):