diff --git a/src/cli/MeasureUpdateCommand.cpp b/src/cli/MeasureUpdateCommand.cpp
index 3096dfb0313..e58d361a22f 100644
--- a/src/cli/MeasureUpdateCommand.cpp
+++ b/src/cli/MeasureUpdateCommand.cpp
@@ -268,12 +268,13 @@ namespace cli {
           ->check(CLI::NonexistentPath);
 
       copyMeasureSubCommand->callback([opt] {
-        // boost::optional<BCLMeasure> b_;
-        // try {
-        //   b_ = BCLMeasure(opt->directoryPath);
-        // } catch (...) {
-        //   throw std::runtime_error(fmt::format("Could not find a valid measure at '{}'\n", openstudio::toString(opt->directoryPath)));
-        // }
+        boost::optional<BCLMeasure> b_;
+        try {
+          b_ = BCLMeasure(opt->directoryPath);
+        } catch (...) {
+          fmt::print(stderr, "Could not find a valid measure at '{}'\n", openstudio::toString(opt->directoryPath));
+          std::exit(1);
+        }
         // auto bClone_ = b_->clone(opt->newMeasureOpts.directoryPath);
         auto b = BCLMeasure(opt->directoryPath);
         auto bClone_ = b.clone(opt->newMeasureOpts.directoryPath);
@@ -288,7 +289,7 @@ namespace cli {
                      openstudio::toString(openstudio::filesystem::canonical(bClone_->directory())));
           std::exit(0);  // NOLINT(concurrency-mt-unsafe)
         } else {
-          fmt::print("Something went wrong when cloning the measure");
+          fmt::print(stderr, "Something went wrong when cloning the measure");
           std::exit(1);  // NOLINT(concurrency-mt-unsafe)
         }
       });