diff --git a/include/misc.php b/include/misc.php
index a447928c1..bd42d6fcc 100644
--- a/include/misc.php
+++ b/include/misc.php
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ function paginate(&$a)
 
     //  $stripped = preg_replace('/&zid=(.*?)([\?&]|$)/ism','',$stripped);
 
-    $stripped = str_replace('q=', '', $stripped);
+    $stripped = str_replace('req=', '', $stripped);
     $stripped = trim($stripped, '/');
     $pagenum = App::$pager['page'];
     $url = z_root() . '/' . $stripped;
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ function alt_pager($i, $more = '', $less = '')
     }
 
     $stripped = preg_replace('/(&page=[0-9]*)/', '', App::$query_string);
-    $stripped = str_replace('q=', '', $stripped);
+    $stripped = str_replace('req=', '', $stripped);
     $stripped = trim($stripped, '/');
     //$pagenum = App::$pager['page'];
     $url = z_root() . '/' . $stripped;
diff --git a/src/Lib/Enotify.php b/src/Lib/Enotify.php
index 0b3192673..8690dd523 100644
--- a/src/Lib/Enotify.php
+++ b/src/Lib/Enotify.php
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ class Enotify
             return;
         }
 
-
-
         // from here on everything is in the recipients language
 
         push_lang($recip['account_language']); // should probably have a channel language