diff --git a/htroot/CrawlMonitorRemoteStart.java b/htroot/CrawlMonitorRemoteStart.java
index 8accaf87f..906de0ea5 100644
--- a/htroot/CrawlMonitorRemoteStart.java
+++ b/htroot/CrawlMonitorRemoteStart.java
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ public class CrawlMonitorRemoteStart {
                 prop.put("otherCrawlStartInProgress_" + showedCrawl + "_dark", dark ? "1" : "0");
                 prop.put("otherCrawlStartInProgress_" + showedCrawl + "_cre", record.created().toString());
                 prop.put("otherCrawlStartInProgress_" + showedCrawl + "_peername", peername);
-                prop.put("otherCrawlStartInProgress_" + showedCrawl + "_startURL", record.attributes().get("startURL").toString());
-                prop.put("otherCrawlStartInProgress_" + showedCrawl + "_intention", record.attributes().get("intention").toString());
+                prop.put("otherCrawlStartInProgress_" + showedCrawl + "_startURL", record.attributes().get("startURL"));
+                prop.put("otherCrawlStartInProgress_" + showedCrawl + "_intention", record.attributes().get("intention"));
                 prop.put("otherCrawlStartInProgress_" + showedCrawl + "_generalDepth", record.attributes().get("generalDepth"));
                 prop.put("otherCrawlStartInProgress_" + showedCrawl + "_crawlingQ", ("true".equals(record.attributes().get("crawlingQ"))) ? "1" : "0");
                 showedCrawl++;
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ public class CrawlMonitorRemoteStart {
                 prop.put("otherCrawlStartFinished_" + showedCrawl + "_dark", dark ? "1" : "0");
                 prop.put("otherCrawlStartFinished_" + showedCrawl + "_cre", record.created().toString());
                 prop.putHTML("otherCrawlStartFinished_" + showedCrawl + "_peername", peername);
-                prop.putHTML("otherCrawlStartFinished_" + showedCrawl + "_startURL", record.attributes().get("startURL").toString());
-                prop.put("otherCrawlStartFinished_" + showedCrawl + "_intention", record.attributes().get("intention").toString());
+                prop.putHTML("otherCrawlStartFinished_" + showedCrawl + "_startURL", record.attributes().get("startURL"));
+                prop.put("otherCrawlStartFinished_" + showedCrawl + "_intention", record.attributes().get("intention"));
                 prop.put("otherCrawlStartFinished_" + showedCrawl + "_generalDepth", record.attributes().get("generalDepth"));
                 prop.put("otherCrawlStartFinished_" + showedCrawl + "_crawlingQ", ("true".equals(record.attributes().get("crawlingQ"))) ? "1" : "0");
                 showedCrawl++;
diff --git a/htroot/Crawler_p.java b/htroot/Crawler_p.java
index 4f440a0ac..c964596e8 100644
--- a/htroot/Crawler_p.java
+++ b/htroot/Crawler_p.java
@@ -594,6 +594,9 @@ public class Crawler_p {
                                 m.remove("generalFilter");
                                 m.remove("specificFilter");
                                 m.put("intention", post.get("intention", "").replace(',', '/'));
+                                if (successurls.size() > 0) { // just include at least one of the startURL's in case of multiple for the news service
+                                    m.put("startURL", successurls.iterator().next().toNormalform(true));
+                                }
                                 sb.peers.newsPool.publishMyNews(sb.peers.mySeed(), NewsPool.CATEGORY_CRAWL_START, m);
                             }
                         } else {