diff --git a/include/diaspora.php b/include/diaspora.php
index f14abc05..fc928903 100644
--- a/include/diaspora.php
+++ b/include/diaspora.php
@@ -417,8 +417,10 @@ function diaspora_post($importer,$xml) {
 		dbesc($message_id),
 		dbesc($guid)
 	);
-	if(count($r))
+	if(count($r)) {
+		logger('diaspora_post: message exists: ' . $guid);
 		return;
+	}
 
     // allocate a guid on our system - we aren't fixing any collisions.
 	// we're ignoring them
@@ -475,8 +477,10 @@ function diaspora_comment($importer,$xml,$msg) {
 	$text = $xml->text;
 
 	$contact = diaspora_get_contact_by_handle($importer['uid'],$msg['author']);
-	if(! $contact)
+	if(! $contact) {
+		logger('diaspora_comment: cannot find contact: ' . $msg['author']);
 		return;
+	}
 
 	if(($contact['rel'] == CONTACT_IS_FOLLOWER) || ($contact['blocked']) || ($contact['readonly'])) { 
 		logger('diaspora_comment: Ignoring this author.');
@@ -489,7 +493,7 @@ function diaspora_comment($importer,$xml,$msg) {
 		dbesc($guid)
 	);
 	if(count($r)) {
-		logger('daspora_comment: our comment just got relayed back to us (or there was a guid collision) : ' . $guid);
+		logger('diaspora_comment: our comment just got relayed back to us (or there was a guid collision) : ' . $guid);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -658,8 +662,10 @@ function diaspora_like($importer,$xml,$msg) {
 		return;
 
 	$contact = diaspora_get_contact_by_handle($importer['uid'],$msg['author']);
-	if(! $contact)
+	if(! $contact) {
+		logger('diaspora_like: cannot find contact: ' . $msg['author']);
 		return;
+	}
 
 	if(($contact['rel'] == CONTACT_IS_FOLLOWER) || ($contact['blocked']) || ($contact['readonly'])) { 
 		logger('diaspora_like: Ignoring this author.');
diff --git a/include/network.php b/include/network.php
index 691a8c9f..2832ae2d 100644
--- a/include/network.php
+++ b/include/network.php
@@ -9,37 +9,37 @@ function fetch_url($url,$binary = false, &$redirects = 0, $timeout = 0) {
 
 	$a = get_app();
 
-	$ch = curl_init($url);
+	$ch = @curl_init($url);
 	if(($redirects > 8) || (! $ch)) 
 		return false;
 
-	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, true);
-	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,true);
-	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "Friendika");
+	@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, true);
+	@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,true);
+	@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "Friendika");
 
 	if(intval($timeout)) {
-		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, $timeout);
+		@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, $timeout);
 	}
 	else {
 		$curl_time = intval(get_config('system','curl_timeout'));
-		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, (($curl_time !== false) ? $curl_time : 60));
+		@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, (($curl_time !== false) ? $curl_time : 60));
 	}
 	// by default we will allow self-signed certs
 	// but you can override this
 
 	$check_cert = get_config('system','verifyssl');
-	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, (($check_cert) ? true : false));
+	@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, (($check_cert) ? true : false));
 
 	$prx = get_config('system','proxy');
 	if(strlen($prx)) {
-		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPPROXYTUNNEL, 1);
-		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXY, $prx);
-		$prxusr = get_config('system','proxyuser');
+		@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPPROXYTUNNEL, 1);
+		@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXY, $prx);
+		$prxusr = @get_config('system','proxyuser');
 		if(strlen($prxusr))
-			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD, $prxusr);
+			@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD, $prxusr);
 	}
 	if($binary)
-		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_BINARYTRANSFER,1);
+		@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_BINARYTRANSFER,1);
 
 	$a->set_curl_code(0);
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function fetch_url($url,$binary = false, &$redirects = 0, $timeout = 0) {
 	$s = @curl_exec($ch);
 
 	$base = $s;
-	$curl_info = curl_getinfo($ch);
+	$curl_info = @curl_getinfo($ch);
 	$http_code = $curl_info['http_code'];
 
 	$header = '';
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ function fetch_url($url,$binary = false, &$redirects = 0, $timeout = 0) {
 
 	$a->set_curl_headers($header);
 
-	curl_close($ch);
+	@curl_close($ch);
 	return($body);
 }}