diff --git a/src/applications/dynamic_simulation_full_y/dsf_comm_main.cpp b/src/applications/dynamic_simulation_full_y/dsf_comm_main.cpp
index f38ee9f7c..c255829fe 100644
--- a/src/applications/dynamic_simulation_full_y/dsf_comm_main.cpp
+++ b/src/applications/dynamic_simulation_full_y/dsf_comm_main.cpp
@@ -69,9 +69,16 @@ void dsf(MPI_Comm comm, int argc, char **argv)
   gridpack::NoPrint *noprint_ins = gridpack::NoPrint::instance();
   noprint_ins->setStatus(true);
   
+
+  int rank,size;
+  MPI_Comm_rank(comm,&rank);
+  MPI_Comm_size(comm,&size);
+    std::cout << "Rank: "<<rank<<" Size: "<<size <<std::endl;
   gridpack::Environment env(argc,argv,comm);
 
   if (env.active()) {
+    gridpack::parallel::Communicator gp_world;
+    std::cout << "p["<<rank<<"] Size of world communicator: "<<gp_world.size() <<std::endl;
 
     gridpack::utility::CoarseTimer *timer =
     gridpack::utility::CoarseTimer::instance();
diff --git a/src/environment/environment.cpp b/src/environment/environment.cpp
index 5550e19ce..9f92deddf 100644
--- a/src/environment/environment.cpp
+++ b/src/environment/environment.cpp
@@ -98,21 +98,20 @@ Environment::Environment(int argc, char **argv, MPI_Comm &comm): p_boostEnv(argc
   PrintStatus();
   pma_stack = 200000;
   pma_heap  = 200000;
+  // GA_Initialize_comm returns false if the processor is not in the active
+  // set. This is needed so that applications can exit cleanly instead of
+  // hanging.
   if (GA_Initialize_comm(comm)) {
     p_from_comm = true;
     MA_init(C_DBL,pma_stack,pma_heap);
     gridpack::math::Initialize(&argc,&argv);
   } else {
-    int rank;
-    MPI_Comm_rank(comm,&rank);
-    if (rank == 0) {
-      std::cout<<"Initialize GA from communicator failed" << std::endl;
-    }
-    MPI_Abort(comm, 1);
+    p_from_comm = false;
   }
 #else
   int rank;
   MPI_Comm_rank(comm,&rank);
+  p_from_comm = true;
   if (rank == 0) {
     std::cout<<"Initialize GridPACK Environment from communicator not implemented"
       << std::endl;
diff --git a/src/environment/test/env_comm_test.cpp b/src/environment/test/env_comm_test.cpp
index 0f5ae74fe..9fb4a0a84 100644
--- a/src/environment/test/env_comm_test.cpp
+++ b/src/environment/test/env_comm_test.cpp
@@ -45,16 +45,18 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
   printf("MPI %d: Process %d of %d (global: %d of %d)\n",
          color, color_rank, color_size, global_rank, global_size);
 
-  {
+  if (color_size > 2) {
     using namespace gridpack;
     using namespace gridpack::parallel;
       
     Environment env(argc,argv,csplit);
-    Communicator gp_world;
+    if (env.active()) {
+      Communicator gp_world;
 
-    printf("GP  %d: Process %d of %d (global: %d of %d)\n",
-           color, gp_world.rank(), gp_world.size(),
-           global_rank, global_size);
+      printf("GP  %d: Process %d of %d (global: %d of %d)\n",
+          color, gp_world.rank(), gp_world.size(),
+          global_rank, global_size);
+    }
 
   }