diff --git a/settings/ParameterList.xml b/settings/ParameterList.xml
index 3894080f4c43a26c423c7b3cce235ec4cb77a275..3801990f610e5bb1fc053b0e65b5aafd534dfe2c 100644
--- a/settings/ParameterList.xml
+++ b/settings/ParameterList.xml
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
   <!-- Parameters in the top level block -->
   <Block name="TopLevel">
-    <Parameter>
+
     
-    </Parameter>
+
   </Block>
 
   <!--Parameters related to the navigation block -->
diff --git a/src/comm/ParameterList.cc b/src/comm/ParameterList.cc
index 15229b61b68de1c002c01a3537b0c8dda51492da..4f787285406a0024ebc9750c7dd5f41606fdf9b8 100644
--- a/src/comm/ParameterList.cc
+++ b/src/comm/ParameterList.cc
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ void ParameterList::parseBlock(const QDomElement &block)
             }
             else
             {
-                qDebug() << __FILE__ << ":" << __LINE__ << ": error in xml doc";
+                qDebug() << __FILE__ << ":" << __LINE__ << ": error in xml doc in block" << block.attribute("name");
             }
         }