diff --git a/src/net.cpp b/src/net.cpp
index 6d39ccecd..88a8edebc 100644
--- a/src/net.cpp
+++ b/src/net.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
 #include <boost/thread.hpp>
 
-// Dump addresses to peers.dat every 15 minutes (900s)
+// Dump addresses to peers.dat and banlist.dat every 15 minutes (900s)
 #define DUMP_ADDRESSES_INTERVAL 900
 
 #if !defined(HAVE_MSG_NOSIGNAL) && !defined(MSG_NOSIGNAL)
@@ -555,11 +555,13 @@ void CNode::SweepBanned()
     banmap_t::iterator it = setBanned.begin();
     while(it != setBanned.end())
     {
+        CSubNet subNet = (*it).first;
         CBanEntry banEntry = (*it).second;
         if(now > banEntry.nBanUntil)
         {
             setBanned.erase(it++);
             setBannedIsDirty = true;
+            LogPrint("net", "%s: Removed banned node ip/subnet from banlist.dat: %s\n", __func__, subNet.ToString());
         }
         else
             ++it;
@@ -1898,15 +1900,19 @@ void static Discover(boost::thread_group& threadGroup)
 void StartNode(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
 {
     uiInterface.InitMessage(_("Loading addresses..."));
-    // Load addresses for peers.dat
+    // Load addresses from peers.dat
     int64_t nStart = GetTimeMillis();
     {
         CAddrDB adb;
-        if (!adb.Read(addrman))
+        if (adb.Read(addrman))
+            LogPrintf("Loaded %i addresses from peers.dat  %dms\n", addrman.size(), GetTimeMillis() - nStart);
+        else
             LogPrintf("Invalid or missing peers.dat; recreating\n");
     }
 
-    //try to read stored banlist
+    uiInterface.InitMessage(_("Loading banlist..."));
+    // Load addresses from banlist.dat
+    nStart = GetTimeMillis();
     CBanDB bandb;
     banmap_t banmap;
     if (bandb.Read(banmap)) {
@@ -1923,7 +1929,7 @@ void StartNode(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
 
     if (semOutbound == NULL) {
         // initialize semaphore
-        int nMaxOutbound = min(MAX_OUTBOUND_CONNECTIONS, nMaxConnections);
+        int nMaxOutbound = std::min(MAX_OUTBOUND_CONNECTIONS, nMaxConnections);
         semOutbound = new CSemaphore(nMaxOutbound);
     }