diff --git a/htroot/yacy/search.java b/htroot/yacy/search.java
index a30d41367..07649e5f6 100644
--- a/htroot/yacy/search.java
+++ b/htroot/yacy/search.java
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public final class search {
             // this is _not_ a normal search, only a request for index abstracts
             squery = new plasmaSearchQuery(abstractSet, maxdist, prefer, count, duetime, filter);
             squery.domType = plasmaSearchQuery.SEARCHDOM_LOCAL;
-            yacyCore.log.logInfo("INIT HASH SEARCH (abstracts only): " + squery.queryHashes + " - " + squery.wantedResults + " links");
+            yacyCore.log.logInfo("INIT HASH SEARCH (abstracts only): " + squery.anonymizedQueryHashes() + " - " + squery.wantedResults + " links");
 
             // prepare a search profile
             plasmaSearchRankingProfile rankingProfile = new plasmaSearchRankingProfile(new String[]{plasmaSearchRankingProfile.ORDER_YBR, plasmaSearchRankingProfile.ORDER_DATE, plasmaSearchRankingProfile.ORDER_QUALITY});
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ public final class search {
             // retrieve index containers from search request
             squery = new plasmaSearchQuery(keyhashes, maxdist, prefer, count, duetime, filter);
             squery.domType = plasmaSearchQuery.SEARCHDOM_LOCAL;
-            yacyCore.log.logInfo("INIT HASH SEARCH (query-" + abstracts + "): " + squery.queryHashes + " - " + squery.wantedResults + " links");
+            yacyCore.log.logInfo("INIT HASH SEARCH (query-" + abstracts + "): " + squery.anonymizedQueryHashes() + " - " + squery.wantedResults + " links");
 
             // prepare a search profile
             plasmaSearchRankingProfile rankingProfile = new plasmaSearchRankingProfile(new String[]{plasmaSearchRankingProfile.ORDER_YBR, plasmaSearchRankingProfile.ORDER_DATE, plasmaSearchRankingProfile.ORDER_QUALITY});
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ public final class search {
         prop.put("fwrec", ""); // peers that would have helped to construct this result (recommendations)
         
         // log
-        yacyCore.log.logInfo("EXIT HASH SEARCH: " + squery.queryHashes + " - " + joincount + " links found, " + prop.get("linkcount", "?") + " links selected, " + ((System.currentTimeMillis() - timestamp1) / 1000) + " seconds");
+        yacyCore.log.logInfo("EXIT HASH SEARCH: " + squery.anonymizedQueryHashes() + " - " + joincount + " links found, " + prop.get("linkcount", "?") + " links selected, " + ((System.currentTimeMillis() - timestamp1) / 1000) + " seconds");
  
         prop.put("searchtime", Long.toString(System.currentTimeMillis() - timestamp));
 
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaSearchQuery.java b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaSearchQuery.java
index 91cbd5b35..cd4874827 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaSearchQuery.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaSearchQuery.java
@@ -192,5 +192,23 @@ public final class plasmaSearchQuery {
             if (blueList.contains(word)) it.remove();
         }
     }
+    
+    public String anonymizedQueryHashes() {
+        // create a more anonymized representation of euqery hashes for logging
+        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(queryHashes.size() * 14 + 2);
+        Iterator i = queryHashes.iterator();
+        sb.append("[");
+        String hash;
+        if (i.hasNext()) {
+            hash = (String) i.next();
+            sb.append(hash.substring(0, 3)).append(".........");
+        }
+        while (i.hasNext()) {
+            hash = (String) i.next();
+            sb.append(", ").append(hash.substring(0, 3)).append(".........");
+        }
+        sb.append("]");
+        return new String(sb);
+    }
 
 }