diff --git a/contrib/adsabs/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/batch/BatchProviderDumpAuthorNames.java b/contrib/adsabs/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/batch/BatchProviderDumpAuthorNames.java
index e3fe5c2c9..02312038b 100644
--- a/contrib/adsabs/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/batch/BatchProviderDumpAuthorNames.java
+++ b/contrib/adsabs/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/batch/BatchProviderDumpAuthorNames.java
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ public void collect(int i) {
             String[] vals = d.getValues(f);
             
             for (String s: vals) {
-              //System.out.println(s);
-              //System.out.println(AuthorUtils.normalizeAuthor(s));
+              System.out.println(s);
+              System.out.println(AuthorUtils.normalizeAuthor(s));
               s = s.toLowerCase();
               
               TokenStream ts = analyzer.tokenStream(targetAnalyzer, new StringReader(s));
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ private boolean shortened(String[]nameParts, String[][] otherNames) {
           if (nameParts[i].length() > 1) {
             nameParts[i] = nameParts[i].substring(0, 1);
             for (String[] other: otherNames) {
-              if (other[i] == null || other[i].length() < 2)
+              if (other.length <= i || other[i] == null || other[i].length() < 2)
                 return false;  // this may happen if synonyms map the name to a shorter version, my solution is to stop processing (cheap?)
               other[i] = other[i].substring(0, 1);
             }