diff --git a/Utils/citation.py b/Utils/citation.py
index d6b7693..1edf11e 100644
--- a/Utils/citation.py
+++ b/Utils/citation.py
@@ -15,17 +15,22 @@ def __init__(self, bibcit_tag):
         self.label = bibcit_tag.get("PLACEHOLDER")
         self.citing_entity = bibcit_tag.get("DBREF")
         self.uri = bibcit_tag.get("REF")
-
+        self.entry_id = utilities.get_entry_id(self.tag)
+        
+        if self.citing_entity:
+            if " " in self.citing_entity:
+                logger.error(F"In entry: {self.entry_id} - BIBCIT: Space encountered in DBREF attribute: {bibcit_tag}")
+                self.citing_entity = self.citing_entity.replace(" ","")
 
 
     def to_triple(self, target_uri, source_url=None):
         g = utilities.create_graph()
 
         if not self.citing_entity:
-            logger.warning(F"Missing DBREF attribute: {self.tag}")
+            logger.warning(F"In entry: {self.entry_id} - BIBCIT: Missing DBREF attribute: {self.tag}")
             return g
         if not self.label:
-            logger.warning(F"Missing PLACEHOLDER attribute: {self.tag}")
+            logger.warning(F"In entry: {self.entry_id} - BIBCIT: Missing PLACEHOLDER attribute: {self.tag}")
             return g
 
         uri = None
@@ -34,6 +39,8 @@ def to_triple(self, target_uri, source_url=None):
             uri = rdflib.URIRef(self.uri+"_dbref")
             citing_uri = rdflib.URIRef(self.uri)
         else:
+            logger.error(F"In entry: {self.entry_id} - BIBCIT: tag missing REF attribute: {self.tag}")
+
             uri = utilities.create_uri("data", "dbref_"+self.citing_entity)
             citing_uri = utilities.create_uri("data", self.citing_entity)
         
diff --git a/Utils/utilities.py b/Utils/utilities.py
index 961d69e..06a27b7 100644
--- a/Utils/utilities.py
+++ b/Utils/utilities.py
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ def to_triple(self, context):
         g.add((context.uri, self.predicate, self.object))
         return g
 
+def get_entry_id(tag):
+    return tag.find_parent("ENTRY").get("ID")
 
 def remove_unwanted_tags(tag):
     unwanted_tag_names = ["BIBCITS", "RESPONSIBILITIES", "KEYWORDCLASSES","RESEARCHNOTE"]