diff --git a/src/externalldap.js b/src/externalldap.js
index 2ee3733de..401e3ea10 100644
--- a/src/externalldap.js
+++ b/src/externalldap.js
@@ -368,9 +368,17 @@ function sync(progressCallback, callback) {
 
                     debug(`Found ${ldapGroups.length} groups`);
 
-                    debug('sync: ldap sync is done', error);
+                    // we ignore all errors here and just log them for now
+                    async.eachSeries(ldapGroups, function (group, iteratorCallback) {
+                        console.log(group);
+                        iteratorCallback();
+                    }, function (error) {
+                        if (error) return callback(error);
 
-                    callback(error);
+                        debug('sync: ldap sync is done', error);
+
+                        callback(error);
+                    });
                 });
             });
         });