diff --git a/swarm/network/depo.go b/swarm/network/depo.go
index 79987cc6be..a013853b72 100644
--- a/swarm/network/depo.go
+++ b/swarm/network/depo.go
@@ -110,14 +110,6 @@ func (self *Depo) HandleStoreRequestMsg(req *storeRequestMsgData, p *peer) {
 
 	case chunk.SData == nil:
 		// found chunk in memory store, needs the data, validate now
-		hasher := self.hashfunc()
-		hasher.Write(req.SData)
-		if !bytes.Equal(hasher.Sum(nil), req.Key) {
-			// data does not validate, ignore
-			// TODO: peer should be penalised/dropped?
-			glog.V(logger.Warn).Infof("Depo.HandleStoreRequest: chunk invalid. store request ignored: %v", req)
-			return
-		}
 		glog.V(logger.Detail).Infof("Depo.HandleStoreRequest: %v. request entry found", req)
 
 	default:
@@ -126,11 +118,19 @@ func (self *Depo) HandleStoreRequestMsg(req *storeRequestMsgData, p *peer) {
 		glog.V(logger.Detail).Infof("Depo.HandleStoreRequest: %v found locally. ignore.", req)
 		return
 	}
+	hasher := self.hashfunc()
+	hasher.Write(req.SData)
+	if !bytes.Equal(hasher.Sum(nil), req.Key) {
+		// data does not validate, ignore
+		// TODO: peer should be penalised/dropped?
+		glog.V(logger.Warn).Infof("Depo.HandleStoreRequest: chunk invalid. store request ignored: %v", req)
+		return
+	}
 
 	// update chunk with size and data
 	chunk.SData = req.SData // protocol validates that SData is minimum 9 bytes long (int64 size  + at least one byte of data)
 	chunk.Size = int64(binary.LittleEndian.Uint64(req.SData[0:8]))
-	glog.V(logger.Detail).Infof("delivery of %p from %v", chunk, p)
+	glog.V(logger.Detail).Infof("delivery of %v from %v", chunk, p)
 	chunk.Source = p
 	self.netStore.Put(chunk)
 }
diff --git a/swarm/network/syncer.go b/swarm/network/syncer.go
index e871666bd1..b6b1ea3b60 100644
--- a/swarm/network/syncer.go
+++ b/swarm/network/syncer.go
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ LOOP:
 			for priority = High; priority >= 0; priority-- {
 				// the first priority channel that is non-empty will be assigned to keys
 				if len(self.keys[priority]) > 0 {
-					glog.V(logger.Detail).Infof("syncer[%v]: reading request with	 priority %v", self.key.Log(), priority)
+					glog.V(logger.Detail).Infof("syncer[%v]: reading request with	priority %v", self.key.Log(), priority)
 					keys = self.keys[priority]
 					break PRIORITIES
 				}
@@ -551,10 +551,10 @@ LOOP:
 		}
 		if sreq, err := self.newSyncRequest(req, priority); err == nil {
 			// extract key from req
-			glog.V(logger.Detail).Infof("syncer(priority %v): request %v (synced = %v)", self.key.Log(), priority, req, state.Synced)
+			glog.V(logger.Detail).Infof("syncer[%v]: (priority %v): request %v (synced = %v)", self.key.Log(), priority, req, state.Synced)
 			unsynced = append(unsynced, sreq)
 		} else {
-			glog.V(logger.Warn).Infof("syncer(priority %v): error creating request for %v: %v)", self.key.Log(), priority, req, state.Synced, err)
+			glog.V(logger.Warn).Infof("syncer[%v]: (priority %v): error creating request for %v: %v)", self.key.Log(), priority, req, state.Synced, err)
 		}
 
 	}