diff --git a/src/chat/distributedchat.cc b/src/chat/distributedchat.cc
index f932ec0f6..716c47647 100644
--- a/src/chat/distributedchat.cc
+++ b/src/chat/distributedchat.cc
@@ -68,14 +68,14 @@ static const uint32_t 		MAX_MESSAGES_PER_SECONDS_PERIOD     =   10 ; // duration
 // identity starts, then one summary line per identity per REPORT_INTERVAL carrying the number of
 // items dropped in between. No error is hidden: signature mismatches and other genuine problems are
 // logged separately and unconditionally.
+//
+// No mutex: both callers sit in the chat item receiving path (p3ChatService::receiveChatQueue ->
+// handleRecvItem), which runs in a single thread.
 static void logBannedIdentityDrop(const RsGxsId& keyId)
 {
     static const rstime_t REPORT_INTERVAL = 60; // seconds
-    static RsMutex banned_drop_log_mtx("bannedDropLog");
     static std::map<RsGxsId,std::pair<uint32_t,rstime_t> > stats; // id -> (drops since last report, last report time)
 
-    RS_STACK_MUTEX(banned_drop_log_mtx);
-
     rstime_t now = time(nullptr);
     auto it = stats.find(keyId);
 
diff --git a/src/gxs/rsgxsnetservice.cc b/src/gxs/rsgxsnetservice.cc
index dd6bb2357..d58722a2e 100644
--- a/src/gxs/rsgxsnetservice.cc
+++ b/src/gxs/rsgxsnetservice.cc
@@ -3749,10 +3749,7 @@ bool RsGxsNetService::encryptSingleNxsItem(RsNxsItem *item, const RsGxsCircleId&
 
 	if(!mCircles->recipients(destination_circle,destination_group,recipients))
 	{
-		// Not an error: the circle membership may simply not be cached yet. The caller retries later.
-#ifdef NXS_NET_DEBUG_7
-		GXSNETDEBUG_P_(item->PeerId()) << "  Cannot encrypt transaction yet: recipients list not available for circle " << destination_circle << ". Will re-try later." << std::endl;
-#endif
+		RsWarn() << "Cannot encrypt transaction: recipients list not available for circle " << destination_circle << ". Will re-try later." ;
         	status = RS_NXS_ITEM_ENCRYPTION_STATUS_CIRCLE_ERROR ;
 		return false ;
 	}
diff --git a/src/pqi/pqissllistener.cc b/src/pqi/pqissllistener.cc
index 1a4f74e27..d6d861182 100644
--- a/src/pqi/pqissllistener.cc
+++ b/src/pqi/pqissllistener.cc
@@ -878,6 +878,8 @@ int pqissllistener::finaliseConnection(int fd, SSL *ssl, const RsPeerId& peerId,
 	          "pqissllistener::finaliseConnection() matched peer " + peerId.toStdString()
 	          + " from " + sockaddr_storage_tostring(remote_addr) + " => handing to pqissl");
 
+	std::cerr << "pqissllistenner::finaliseConnection() connected to " << sockaddr_storage_tostring(remote_addr) << std::endl;
+
 	// hand off ssl conection.
 	pqissl *pqis = it -> second;
 	pqis -> accept(ssl, fd, remote_addr);