diff --git a/VideoController.py b/VideoController.py
index 10ec418..e9bf0ce 100644
--- a/VideoController.py
+++ b/VideoController.py
@@ -86,12 +86,13 @@ class VideoController:
         if t == gst.MESSAGE_ELEMENT:
             #This occurs when an invalid codec is attempted to be played
             #Need to insert some form of message to the user here
-            #print "Element: " + message.structure.to_string()
+            if self.player.glossMgr.debug: print "GStreamer Bus msg: " + message.structure.to_string()
             struc = message.structure
             if struc is None:
                 return
             
             if struc.get_name() == "missing-plugin":
+                print "GStreamer Error (missing-plugin): " + message.structure.to_string()
                 self.isPlaying = False
                 self.video_texture.set_playing(False)
                 self.player.stop_video()
diff --git a/modules/myth_tv_player/MythBackendConn.py b/modules/myth_tv_player/MythBackendConn.py
index 846798e..e74e69b 100644
--- a/modules/myth_tv_player/MythBackendConn.py
+++ b/modules/myth_tv_player/MythBackendConn.py
@@ -209,11 +209,11 @@ class MythBackendConnection(threading.Thread):
             
             #This tries to optimise the request size
             if (num_bytes == request_size) and (request_size < max_request_size):
-                request_size = request_size + request_size_step
+                request_size += request_size_step
                 if request_size > max_request_size:
                     request_size = max_request_size
             elif (request_size > request_size_step) and (num_bytes != request_size):
-                request_size = request_size - request_size_step
+                request_size -= request_size_step
                 
         
         print "Ending playback"