diff --git a/src/node/hooks/express/specialpages.ts b/src/node/hooks/express/specialpages.ts
index 5f892ada6..8d42a43bb 100644
--- a/src/node/hooks/express/specialpages.ts
+++ b/src/node/hooks/express/specialpages.ts
@@ -70,13 +70,11 @@ exports.expressPreSession = async (hookName:string, {app}:ArgsExpressType) => {
       }
 
 
-      console.log("Favicon is", settings.favicon)
       const fns = [
         ...(settings.favicon ? [path.resolve(settings.root, settings.favicon)] : []),
         settings.skinName && path.join(settings.root, 'src', 'static', 'skins', settings.skinName, 'favicon.ico'),
         path.join(settings.root, 'src', 'static', 'favicon.ico'),
       ].filter(f=>f != null);
-      console.log('FNS are',  fns)
       for (const fn of fns) {
         try {
           await fsp.access(fn, fs.constants.R_OK);
diff --git a/src/static/js/pad_userlist.ts b/src/static/js/pad_userlist.ts
index 3bed27ab3..85bb32a98 100644
--- a/src/static/js/pad_userlist.ts
+++ b/src/static/js/pad_userlist.ts
@@ -489,15 +489,17 @@ const paduserlist = (() => {
           online++;
         }
       }
-      const recentPadsList = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('recentPads'));
-      const pathSegments = window.location.pathname.split('/');
-      const padName = pathSegments[pathSegments.length - 1];
-      const existingPad = recentPadsList.find((pad) => pad.name === padName);
-      if (existingPad) {
-        existingPad.members = online;
-      }
-      localStorage.setItem('recentPads', JSON.stringify(recentPadsList));
 
+      if (localStorage.getItem('recentPads') != null) {
+        const recentPadsList = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('recentPads'));
+        const pathSegments = window.location.pathname.split('/');
+        const padName = pathSegments[pathSegments.length - 1];
+        const existingPad = recentPadsList.find((pad) => pad.name === padName);
+        if (existingPad) {
+          existingPad.members = online;
+        }
+        localStorage.setItem('recentPads', JSON.stringify(recentPadsList));
+      }
 
       $('#online_count').text(online);