diff --git a/app/app.go b/app/app.go
index e2c365a..974bc8c 100644
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -415,10 +415,11 @@ func (app *application) ConfigureConnections(onion string, listen bool, peers bo
 			profile.Listen()
 		}
 
-
 		app.eventBuses[profile.GetOnion()].Publish(event.NewEventList(event.ResumeRetries))
 		// do this in the background, for large contact lists it can take a long time...
 		go profile.StartConnections(peers, servers)
+	} else {
+		log.Errorf("profile does not exist %v", onion)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/functionality/servers/servers_functionality.go b/functionality/servers/servers_functionality.go
index a1a3bfc..aad78c8 100644
--- a/functionality/servers/servers_functionality.go
+++ b/functionality/servers/servers_functionality.go
@@ -87,10 +87,11 @@ type Server struct {
 }
 
 // PublishServerUpdate serializes the current list of group servers and publishes an event with this information
-func (f *Functionality) PublishServerUpdate(profile peer.CwtchPeer) {
+func (f *Functionality) PublishServerUpdate(profile peer.CwtchPeer) error {
 	serverListForOnion := f.GetServerInfoList(profile)
-	serversListBytes, _ := json.Marshal(serverListForOnion)
+	serversListBytes, err := json.Marshal(serverListForOnion)
 	profile.PublishEvent(event.NewEvent(UpdateServerInfo, map[event.Field]string{"ProfileOnion": profile.GetOnion(), ServerList: string(serversListBytes)}))
+	return err
 }
 
 // GetServerInfoList compiles all the information the UI might need regarding all servers..