diff --git a/src/gxs/rsdataservice.cc b/src/gxs/rsdataservice.cc
index 18bd745b5..5661627b3 100644
--- a/src/gxs/rsdataservice.cc
+++ b/src/gxs/rsdataservice.cc
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ int RsDataService::retrieveNxsMsgs(const GxsMsgReq &reqIds, GxsMsgResult &msg, b
     }
 
 #ifdef RS_DATA_SERVICE_DEBUG_TIME
-    std::cerr << "RsDataService::retrieveNxsMsgs() " << mDbName << ", Requests: " << reqIds.size() << "Results: " << resultCount << ", Time: " << timer.duration() << std::endl;
+    std::cerr << "RsDataService::retrieveNxsMsgs() " << mDbName << ", Requests: " << reqIds.size() << ", Results: " << resultCount << ", Time: " << timer.duration() << std::endl;
 #endif
 
     // tres expensive !?
diff --git a/src/gxs/rsgxsnetservice.cc b/src/gxs/rsgxsnetservice.cc
index ff70fe89e..26767f175 100644
--- a/src/gxs/rsgxsnetservice.cc
+++ b/src/gxs/rsgxsnetservice.cc
@@ -235,6 +235,10 @@ void RsGxsNetService::syncWithPeers()
 
     std::set<RsPeerId> peers;
     mNetMgr->getOnlineList(mServiceInfo.mServiceType, peers);
+    if (peers.empty()) {
+        // nothing to do
+        return;
+    }
 
     std::set<RsPeerId>::iterator sit = peers.begin();