diff --git a/lib/mbdiesel.c b/lib/mbdiesel.c
index 8a6f9ed2..c5b2dd74 100644
--- a/lib/mbdiesel.c
+++ b/lib/mbdiesel.c
@@ -217,7 +217,6 @@ void Cookie(void)
 	firstrandom = FALSE;
     }
     recno = 1+(int) (1.0 * records * rand() / (RAND_MAX + 1.0));
-    Syslog('f', "Selected quote %d out of %d records", recno, records);
 
     if (fseek(olf, olhdr.hdrsize + (recno * olhdr.recsize), SEEK_SET) == 0) {
 	if (fread(&ol, olhdr.recsize, 1, olf) == 1) {
diff --git a/mbfido/msgutil.c b/mbfido/msgutil.c
index 4dfbcd42..de158207 100644
--- a/mbfido/msgutil.c
+++ b/mbfido/msgutil.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ long Msg_Top(char *template, int language, fidoaddr aka)
 {
     char    *temp;
     FILE    *fp, *fi;
-    long    fileptr, fileptr1 = 0L;
+    long    fileptr, fileptr1 = -1L;
 
     temp = calloc(PATH_MAX, sizeof(char));