diff --git a/app/Controllers/Loan.php b/app/Controllers/Loan.php
index 26d69f4..8293f83 100644
--- a/app/Controllers/Loan.php
+++ b/app/Controllers/Loan.php
@@ -32,11 +32,17 @@ class Loan extends BaseController
 
         $data = $this->request->getPost();
 
-        $json_data     =json_encode($data);
-        $serialize_data=serialize($data);
+        try {
+            $json_data     =json_encode($data);
+            $serialize_data=serialize($data);
+            //log_message('error', "JSON      -->" . $json_data);
+            log_message('error', "BEFORE THE LOG      -->");
+            log_message('error', "SERIALIZE -->" . $serialize_data);
+        } catch (Exception $e) {
+            echo 'Caught exception: ',  $e->getMessage(), "\n";
+        }
+
 
-        log_message('critical', "JSON      -->" . $json_data);
-        log_message('critical', "SERIALIZE -->" . $serialize_data);
 
         $addedData =[];
         if (