--- a/documents/genericScrapers.py
+++ b/documents/genericScrapers.py
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@
             edate = date.today().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
             doc = {'_id': dochash, 'agencyID': self.getAgencyID()
             , 'url': self.getURL(), 'docID': dochash,
-            "date": edate, "title": "Disclosure Log Updated", "description":  self.remove_control_chars(description), "diff": diff}
+            "date": edate, "title": "Disclosure Log Updated", 
+	    "description":  self.remove_control_chars(description), "diff": self.remove_control_chars(diff)}
             foidocsdb.save(doc)
         else:
             print "already saved"
@@ -277,6 +278,6 @@
                         print "header row"
 
                     else:
-                        print "ERROR number of columns incorrect"
+                        print >> sys.stderr, "ERROR number of columns incorrect"
                         print row