diff --git a/scripts/build_ascent/build_ascent_openmp_rzhound.sh b/scripts/build_ascent/build_ascent_openmp_rzhound.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..98dbf2317
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build_ascent/build_ascent_openmp_rzhound.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+module load cmake/3.26.3
+module load gcc/10.3.1-magic
+
+export enable_mpi="${enable_mpi:=ON}"
+export enable_openmp="${enable_openmp:=ON}"
+export enable_python="${enable_python:=ON}"
+export build_caliper="${build_caliper:=true}"
+export build_pyvenv="${build_pyvenv:=true}"
+export build_jobs="${build_jobs:=20}"
+./build_ascent.sh
+
+
diff --git a/src/utilities/replay/replay.cpp b/src/utilities/replay/replay.cpp
index 6d3ce3ef8..5b11cda96 100644
--- a/src/utilities/replay/replay.cpp
+++ b/src/utilities/replay/replay.cpp
@@ -227,9 +227,15 @@ void load_actions(const std::string &file_name, int mpi_comm_id, conduit::Node &
 
     if(actions_file_valid == 0)
     {
-        // Raise Error
-        ASCENT_ERROR("Failed to load actions file: " << file_name
-                     << "\n" << emsg);
+        // show on rank 0 and exit
+        if(rank == 0)
+        {
+          std::cout << "Failed to load actions file: "
+                    << file_name
+                    << "\n" << emsg
+                    << std::endl;
+        }
+        exit(-1);
     }
 #ifdef ASCENT_REPLAY_MPI
     conduit::relay::mpi::broadcast_using_schema(actions, 0, mpi_comm);