diff --git a/ga4gh/testbed/submit/report_submitter.py b/ga4gh/testbed/submit/report_submitter.py
index 52b1bdf..f8d68ae 100644
--- a/ga4gh/testbed/submit/report_submitter.py
+++ b/ga4gh/testbed/submit/report_submitter.py
@@ -16,18 +16,21 @@ def submit_report(series_id, series_token, report:Report, url="http://localhost:
             report - GA4GH report object
             url - URL of the testbed server
         '''
+        results = {
+            "status_code": None,
+            "error_message": None,
+            "report_id": None
+        }
 
         if type(report) != Report:
-            raise Exception()
+            results["status_code"] = 400
+            results["error_message"] = "Report submitted is not a GA4GH Report object"
+            return results
 
         header = {"GA4GH-TestbedReportSeriesId": series_id, "GA4GH-TestbedReportSeriesToken": series_token}
         submit_request = requests.post(url, headers=header ,json=json.loads(report.to_json()))        
 
-        results = {
-            "status_code": submit_request.status_code,
-            "error_message": None,
-            "report_id": None
-        }
+        results["status_code"] = submit_request.status_code
 
         if submit_request.status_code == 200:
             results["report_id"] = submit_request.json()["id"]
diff --git a/tests/test_unit/test_ga4gh/test_testbed/test_submit/test_report_submitter.py b/tests/test_unit/test_ga4gh/test_testbed/test_submit/test_report_submitter.py
index 8db552a..1a6dccc 100644
--- a/tests/test_unit/test_ga4gh/test_testbed/test_submit/test_report_submitter.py
+++ b/tests/test_unit/test_ga4gh/test_testbed/test_submit/test_report_submitter.py
@@ -20,20 +20,20 @@
         "http://localhost:4500/reports",
         200
     ),
-    #(
-    #    "1edb5213-52a2-434f-a7b8-b101fea8fb30",
-    #    "K5pLbwScVu8rEoLLj8pRy5Wv7EXTVahn",
-    #    "",
-    #    "http://localhost:4500/reports",
-    #    400
-    #),
-    #(
-    #    "1edb5213-52a2-434f-a7b8-b101fea8fb30",
-    #    "K5pLbwScVu8rEoLLj8pRy5Wv7EXTVahn",
-    #    {},
-    #    "http://localhost:4500/reports",
-    #    500
-    #),
+    (
+        "1edb5213-52a2-434f-a7b8-b101fea8fb30",
+        "K5pLbwScVu8rEoLLj8pRy5Wv7EXTVahn",
+        "",
+        "http://localhost:4500/reports",
+        400
+    ),
+    (
+        "1edb5213-52a2-434f-a7b8-b101fea8fb30",
+        "K5pLbwScVu8rEoLLj8pRy5Wv7EXTVahn",
+        {},
+        "http://localhost:4500/reports",
+        400
+    ),
     (
         "",
         "K5pLbwScVu8rEoLLj8pRy5Wv7EXTVahn",