diff --git a/htroot/Network.java b/htroot/Network.java
index 71e84719a..a3fe68768 100644
--- a/htroot/Network.java
+++ b/htroot/Network.java
@@ -189,9 +189,14 @@ public class Network {
                     prop.put("table_comment_status","publish: disconnected peer '" + peer.getName() + "/" + post.get("peerHash") + "' from " + peer.getAddress());
                 } else {
                     peer = yacyCore.seedDB.getConnected(peer.hash);
-                    prop.put("table_comment",2);
-                    prop.put("table_comment_status","publish: handshaked " + peer.get(yacySeed.PEERTYPE, yacySeed.PEERTYPE_SENIOR) + " peer '" + peer.getName() + "' at " + peer.getAddress());
-                    prop.put("table_comment_details",peer.toString());
+                    if (peer == null) {
+                        prop.put("table_comment",1);
+                        prop.put("table_comment_status","publish: disconnected peer '" + peer.getName() + "/" + post.get("peerHash") + "' from " + peer.getAddress());                     
+                    } else {
+                        prop.put("table_comment",2);
+                        prop.put("table_comment_status","publish: handshaked " + peer.get(yacySeed.PEERTYPE, yacySeed.PEERTYPE_SENIOR) + " peer '" + peer.getName() + "' at " + peer.getAddress());
+                        prop.put("table_comment_details",peer.toString());
+                    }
                 }
 
                 prop.put("table_peerHash",(String) post.get("peerHash"));
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyPeerActions.java b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyPeerActions.java
index 4a2f2bab7..b9bad111e 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyPeerActions.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyPeerActions.java
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ public class yacyPeerActions {
             if (Math.abs(nowUTC0Time  - ctimeUTC0) > 3600000) {
                 // the new connection is out-of-age, we reject the connection
                 yacyCore.log.logFine("connect: rejecting out-dated peer '" + seed.getName() + "' from " + seed.getAddress() +
-                                     "; nowUTC0=" + nowUTC0Time + ", seedUTC0=" + ctimeUTC0);
+                                     "; nowUTC0=" + nowUTC0Time + ", seedUTC0=" + ctimeUTC0 + ", TimeDiff=" + serverDate.intervalToString(Math.abs(nowUTC0Time  - ctimeUTC0)));
                 return false;
             }