diff --git a/htroot/yacy/search.java b/htroot/yacy/search.java
index fd0bbea91..8979849d0 100644
--- a/htroot/yacy/search.java
+++ b/htroot/yacy/search.java
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ public final class search {
             theQuery = new plasmaSearchQuery(null, queryhashes, excludehashes, rankingProfile, maxdist, prefer, plasmaSearchQuery.contentdomParser(contentdom), false, count, 0, filter, plasmaSearchQuery.SEARCHDOM_LOCAL, null, -1, constraint, false, yacyURL.TLD_any_zone_filter, client, false);
             theQuery.domType = plasmaSearchQuery.SEARCHDOM_LOCAL;
             yacyCore.log.logInfo("INIT HASH SEARCH (query-" + abstracts + "): " + plasmaSearchQuery.anonymizedQueryHashes(theQuery.queryHashes) + " - " + theQuery.displayResults() + " links");
-            RSSFeed.channels(RSSFeed.REMOTESEARCH).addMessage(new RSSMessage("Remote Search Request from " + remoteSeed.getName(), plasmaSearchQuery.anonymizedQueryHashes(theQuery.queryHashes), ""));
+            RSSFeed.channels(RSSFeed.REMOTESEARCH).addMessage(new RSSMessage("Remote Search Request from " + ((remoteSeed == null) ? "unknown" : remoteSeed.getName()), plasmaSearchQuery.anonymizedQueryHashes(theQuery.queryHashes), ""));
             
             // make event
             theSearch = plasmaSearchEvent.getEvent(theQuery, rankingProfile, sb.webIndex, sb.crawlResults, null, true);