diff --git a/src/ELECTRODE/electrode_vector.cpp b/src/ELECTRODE/electrode_vector.cpp
index c09bb19bb2..b979836ff3 100644
--- a/src/ELECTRODE/electrode_vector.cpp
+++ b/src/ELECTRODE/electrode_vector.cpp
@@ -53,10 +53,12 @@ ElectrodeVector::ElectrodeVector(LAMMPS *lmp, int sensor_group, int source_group
 ElectrodeVector::~ElectrodeVector()
 {
   if (timer_flag && (comm->me == 0)) {
-    utils::logmesg(lmp, fmt::format("B time: {:.4g} s\n", b_time_total));
-    utils::logmesg(lmp, fmt::format("B kspace time: {:.4g} s\n", kspace_time_total));
-    utils::logmesg(lmp, fmt::format("B pair time: {:.4g} s\n", pair_time_total));
-    utils::logmesg(lmp, fmt::format("B boundary time: {:.4g} s\n", boundary_time_total));
+    try {
+      utils::logmesg(lmp, fmt::format("B time: {:.4g} s\n", b_time_total));
+      utils::logmesg(lmp, fmt::format("B kspace time: {:.4g} s\n", kspace_time_total));
+      utils::logmesg(lmp, fmt::format("B pair time: {:.4g} s\n", pair_time_total));
+     utils::logmesg(lmp, fmt::format("B boundary time: {:.4g} s\n", boundary_time_total));
+    } catch (std::exception &) {}
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/ELECTRODE/fix_electrode_conp.cpp b/src/ELECTRODE/fix_electrode_conp.cpp
index 0122aeeffe..e42a2ab138 100644
--- a/src/ELECTRODE/fix_electrode_conp.cpp
+++ b/src/ELECTRODE/fix_electrode_conp.cpp
@@ -1055,10 +1055,12 @@ double FixElectrodeConp::gausscorr(int eflag, bool fflag)
 FixElectrodeConp::~FixElectrodeConp()
 {
   if (timer_flag && (comm->me == 0)) {
-    utils::logmesg(lmp, fmt::format("Multiplication time: {:.4g} s\n", mult_time));
-    utils::logmesg(lmp, fmt::format("Update time: {:.4g} s\n", update_time));
+    try {
+      utils::logmesg(lmp, fmt::format("Multiplication time: {:.4g} s\n", mult_time));
+      utils::logmesg(lmp, fmt::format("Update time: {:.4g} s\n", update_time));
+    } catch (std::exception &) {}
   }
-  if (modify->find_fix(id) != -1)             // avoid segfault if derived fixes' ctor throws err
+  if (!modify->get_fix_by_id(id))             // avoid segfault if derived fixes' ctor throws err
     atom->delete_callback(id, Atom::GROW);    // atomvec track local electrode atoms
   delete[] recvcounts;
   delete[] displs;