diff --git a/core/views/caves.py b/core/views/caves.py
index e2d7837..8df801b 100644
--- a/core/views/caves.py
+++ b/core/views/caves.py
@@ -262,27 +262,29 @@ def cavepage(request, karea, subpath):
     kpath = karea + subpath
     # print(f" ! cavepage:'{kpath}' kataster area:'{karea}' rest of path:'{subpath}'")
     
-    cave = Cave.objects.get(url = kpath) # ideally this will be unique
-    print(f" ! cavepage: url={kpath} -- {cave}")
     try:
-        r = rendercave(request, cave, cave.slug())
-        return r
-
+        cave = Cave.objects.get(url = kpath) # ideally this will be unique
     except Cave.DoesNotExist:
         # probably a link to text or an image e.g. 1623/161/l/rl89a.htm i.e. an expoweb page
         # cannot assume that this is a simple cave page, for a cave we don't know.
+        # print(f" ! cavepage: url={kpath} A cave of this name does not exist")
         return expo.expopage(request, kpath)
     except Cave.MultipleObjectsReturned:
         caves = Cave.objects.filter(url = kpath) 
+        # print(f" ! cavepage: url={kpath} multiple caves exist")
         # we should have a -several variant for the cave pages, not just the svxcaves:
         return render(request, 'svxcaveseveral.html', {'settings': settings, "caves":caves })
+       
+    try:
+        r = rendercave(request, cave, cave.slug())
+        return r
     except NoReverseMatch:
         raise
     except:
         message = f'Failed to render cave: {kpath} (it does exist and is unique) because of a Django URL resolution error. Check urls.py.'
         return render(request,'errors/generic.html', {'message': message})
         
-    return rendercave(request, cave, cave.slug(), cave_id=cave_id)
+    # return rendercave(request, cave, cave.slug(), cave_id=cave_id)
 
 def caveEntrance(request, slug):
     try: