json-ot triggering PARANOIA errors in ChainPad

www/common/json-ot.js

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ define([
     var JsonOT = {};
 
     var validate = JsonOT.validate = function (text, toTransform, transformBy) {
+        try {
             var resultOp = ChainPad.Operation.transform0(text, toTransform, transformBy);
             var text2 = ChainPad.Operation.apply(transformBy, text);
             var text3 = ChainPad.Operation.apply(resultOp, text2);
@@ -19,6 +20,9 @@ define([
                     text3: text3
                 });
             }
+        } catch (x) {
+            console.error(x);
+        }
 
         // returning **null** breaks out of the loop
         // which transforms conflicting operations