diff --git a/include/conversation.php b/include/conversation.php
index 88aada4d3..d2dea19a2 100644
--- a/include/conversation.php
+++ b/include/conversation.php
@@ -928,11 +928,8 @@ function builtin_activity_puller($item, &$conv_responses)
 
 
     foreach ($conv_responses as $mode => $v) {
-        $url = '';
-
+        
         if (!$item['author']['xchan_name']) {
-            logger('Unidentified author for item: ' . $item['id']);
-            logger('Unidentified item: ' . print_r($item,true), LOGGER_DATA);
             continue;
         }
         switch ($mode) {
diff --git a/include/misc.php b/include/misc.php
index a447928c1..a0a28ea92 100644
--- a/include/misc.php
+++ b/include/misc.php
@@ -2720,7 +2720,7 @@ function xchan_query(&$items, $abook = true, $effective_uid = 0)
                 intval($item['uid'])
             );
         } else {
-            $chans = q("select xchan.*,hubloc.* from xchan left join hubloc on hubloc_hash = xchan_hash left join site on site_url = hubloc_url
+            $chans = q("select * from xchan left join hubloc on hubloc_hash = xchan_hash left join site on site_url = hubloc_url
 				where xchan_hash in (" . protect_sprintf(implode(',', $arr)) . ") and hubloc_deleted = 0 order by hubloc_primary desc");
         }
         $xchans = q("select * from xchan where xchan_hash in (" . protect_sprintf(implode(',', $arr)) . ") and xchan_network in ('rss','unknown', 'anon')");