diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/ps/psParser.java b/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/ps/psParser.java
index a1cf8d044..06abdb15f 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/ps/psParser.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/ps/psParser.java
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ public class psParser extends AbstractParser implements Parser {
             int returnCode = ps2asciiProc.waitFor();
             return (returnCode == 0);
         } catch (Exception e) {
-        	this.theLogger.logInfo("ps2ascii not found. Switching to java parser mode.");
-        	return false;
+            if (this.theLogger != null) this.theLogger.logInfo("ps2ascii not found. Switching to java parser mode.");
+            return false;
         }
     }
     
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyVersion.java b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyVersion.java
index c1c33d665..dab5ffb52 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyVersion.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyVersion.java
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ public final class yacyVersion implements Comparator, Comparable {
         if (process.equals("manual")) return false; // no, its a manual process
         
         // check if the last retrieve time is a minimum time ago
-        long cycle = Math.max(1, sb.getConfigLong("update.cycle", 168)) * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
+        long cycle = Math.max(1, sb.getConfigLong("update.cycle", 168)) * 60 * 60 * 1000; // update.cycle is hours
         long timeLookup = sb.getConfigLong("update.time.lookup", System.currentTimeMillis());
         if (timeLookup + cycle > System.currentTimeMillis()) return false; // no we have recently made a lookup
         
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ public final class yacyVersion implements Comparator, Comparable {
         }
         
         // check if the last retrieve time is a minimum time ago
-        long cycle = Math.max(1, sb.getConfigLong("update.cycle", 168)) * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
+        long cycle = Math.max(1, sb.getConfigLong("update.cycle", 168)) * 60 * 60 * 1000; // update.cycle is hours
         long timeLookup = sb.getConfigLong("update.time.lookup", System.currentTimeMillis());
         if ((!manual) && (timeLookup + cycle > System.currentTimeMillis())) {
             yacyCore.log.logInfo("rulebasedUpdateInfo: too early for a lookup for a new release (timeLookup = " + timeLookup + ", cycle = " + cycle + ", now = " + System.currentTimeMillis() + ")");