diff --git a/packages/node/src/handlers.ts b/packages/node/src/handlers.ts
index 774f9bbd..39d5b7a0 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/handlers.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/handlers.ts
@@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ function updateHandler(node: TopologyNode, data: Uint8Array) {
 		);
 	};
 
-	try{
+	try {
 		_merge();
-	}catch(err){
+	} catch (err) {
 		if (updateMessage.vertices.length === 0) {
 			return false;
 		} else {
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ function updateHandler(node: TopologyNode, data: Uint8Array) {
 			_merge();
 		}
 	}
-	
+
 	node.objectStore.put(object.id, object);
 
 	return true;
@@ -187,13 +187,12 @@ function syncAcceptHandler(
 	});
 
 	if (vertices.length !== 0) {
-		try{
+		try {
 			object.merge(vertices);
-		}catch(err){
+		} catch (err) {
 			node.syncObject(object.id, sender);
 			console.log("ERROR MERGING VERTICES");
 			object.merge(vertices);
-			
 		}
 		node.objectStore.put(object.id, object);
 	}
diff --git a/packages/object/src/hashgraph/index.ts b/packages/object/src/hashgraph/index.ts
index 18945fa4..e6fa18f0 100644
--- a/packages/object/src/hashgraph/index.ts
+++ b/packages/object/src/hashgraph/index.ts
@@ -128,10 +128,7 @@ export class HashGraph {
 		if (
 			!deps.every((dep) => this.forwardEdges.has(dep) || this.vertices.has(dep))
 		) {
-			console.log("Node ID ", nodeId);
-			console.error("Invalid dependency detected.");
 			throw new Error("Invalid dependency detected.");
-			return "";
 		}
 
 		const vertex: Vertex = {
diff --git a/packages/object/src/index.ts b/packages/object/src/index.ts
index 534fa4c4..3389003a 100644
--- a/packages/object/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/object/src/index.ts
@@ -103,16 +103,12 @@ export class TopologyObject implements ITopologyObject {
 			if (!vertex.operation) {
 				continue;
 			}
-			try{
-				this.hashGraph.addVertex(
-					vertex.operation,
-					vertex.dependencies,
-					vertex.nodeId,
-				);
-			}catch(err){
-				throw new Error("Error merging vertex");
-			}
-			
+
+			this.hashGraph.addVertex(
+				vertex.operation,
+				vertex.dependencies,
+				vertex.nodeId,
+			);
 		}
 
 		const operations = this.hashGraph.linearizeOperations();