Adding try-block to catch IllegalThreadStateException
Merge pull request #256 from sagarl/1.1

Adding try-block to catch IllegalThreadStateException
revert get_seed's name formatting as we did not do a throughout testing on this branch yet
Add print-out statement in the try/catch to pass PMD check
[Gradle Release Plugin] - pre tag commit:  '1.1.49'.
[Gradle Release Plugin] - new version commit:  '1.1.50-SNAPSHOT'.