diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 04f81095f1..87094b6160 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 - Bug fix: `$an()` inlinefunc didn't understand to use 'an' words starting with a
   capital vowel
 - Bug fix: Another case of the 'duplicate Discord bot connections' bug
+- Fix: Make XYZGrid contrib's MapParserErrors more succinct
 
 ## Evennia 1.1.1
 
diff --git a/evennia/contrib/grid/xyzgrid/xyzgrid.py b/evennia/contrib/grid/xyzgrid/xyzgrid.py
index 71935c4009..6b800bd1b5 100644
--- a/evennia/contrib/grid/xyzgrid/xyzgrid.py
+++ b/evennia/contrib/grid/xyzgrid/xyzgrid.py
@@ -295,8 +295,8 @@ def get_xyzgrid(print_errors=True):
         xyzgrid.reload()
         return xyzgrid
     elif len(xyzgrid) > 1:
-        (
-            "Warning: More than one XYZGrid instances were found. This is an error and "
+        print(
+            "Warning: More than one XYZGrid instance were found. This is an error and "
             "only the first one will be used. Delete the other one(s) manually."
         )
     xyzgrid = xyzgrid[0]
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ def get_xyzgrid(print_errors=True):
         if not xyzgrid.ndb.loaded:
             xyzgrid.reload()
     except Exception as err:
-        raise
+        # raise   # debug
         if print_errors:
             print(err)
         else: