diff --git a/apps/syndie/java/src/net/i2p/syndie/BlogManager.java b/apps/syndie/java/src/net/i2p/syndie/BlogManager.java
index 5593913639bdc75544dcbd2d5637f931d76d8784..786df04ae6a72cb0a9ea4cacf9394f4135868c17 100644
--- a/apps/syndie/java/src/net/i2p/syndie/BlogManager.java
+++ b/apps/syndie/java/src/net/i2p/syndie/BlogManager.java
@@ -340,9 +340,13 @@ public class BlogManager {
 
     public String getDefaultProxyHost() { return _context.getProperty("syndie.defaultProxyHost", ""); }
     public String getDefaultProxyPort() { return _context.getProperty("syndie.defaultProxyPort", ""); }
-    public int getUpdateDelay() { return Integer.parseInt(_context.getProperty("syndie.updateDelay", "12")); }
     public String[] getUpdateArchives() { return _context.getProperty("syndie.updateArchives", "").split(","); }
     public boolean getImportAddresses() { return _context.getProperty("syndie.importAddresses", "false").equals("true"); }
+    public int getUpdateDelay() { 
+        int delay = Integer.parseInt(_context.getProperty("syndie.updateDelay", "12"));
+        if (delay < 1) delay = 1;
+        return delay;
+    }
     
     public boolean authorizeAdmin(String pass) {
         if (isSingleUser()) return true;
diff --git a/apps/syndie/java/src/net/i2p/syndie/Updater.java b/apps/syndie/java/src/net/i2p/syndie/Updater.java
index c5abdc55d2a0ee9ec9ed2e301a265702aa420b1d..6e54dfe221bf71be163cbeb99ccbcad8964de790 100644
--- a/apps/syndie/java/src/net/i2p/syndie/Updater.java
+++ b/apps/syndie/java/src/net/i2p/syndie/Updater.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ public class Updater {
         }
         _lastUpdate = System.currentTimeMillis();
         _log.debug("Update started.");
-        User user = new User();
         String[] archives = bm.getUpdateArchives();
         for (int i = 0; i < archives.length; i++) {
             fetchArchive(archives[i]);
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ public class Updater {
         
         while (true) {
             int delay = BlogManager.instance().getUpdateDelay();
-            if (delay < 1) delay = 1;
             update();
             try {
                 synchronized (this) {