diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Friends/FriendsRequestHandler.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Friends/FriendsRequestHandler.cs
index 091b1975e4..29c2e8e256 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Friends/FriendsRequestHandler.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Friends/FriendsRequestHandler.cs
@@ -42,22 +42,27 @@ using log4net;
 
 namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Avatar.Friends
 {
-    public class FriendsRequestHandler : BaseStreamHandlerBasicDOSProtector
+    
+//    public class FriendsRequestHandler : BaseStreamHandlerBasicDOSProtector
+    public class FriendsRequestHandler : BaseStreamHandler
     {
         private static readonly ILog m_log = LogManager.GetLogger(MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
 
         private FriendsModule m_FriendsModule;
-
+        /*
+                public FriendsRequestHandler(FriendsModule fmodule)
+                        : base("POST", "/friends", new BasicDosProtectorOptions()
+                                                  {
+                                                      AllowXForwardedFor = true,
+                                                      ForgetTimeSpan = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(2),
+                                                      MaxRequestsInTimeframe = 20,
+                                                      ReportingName = "FRIENDSDOSPROTECTOR",
+                                                      RequestTimeSpan = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5),
+                                                      ThrottledAction = BasicDOSProtector.ThrottleAction.DoThrottledMethod
+                                                  })
+        */
         public FriendsRequestHandler(FriendsModule fmodule)
-                : base("POST", "/friends", new BasicDosProtectorOptions()
-                                          {
-                                              AllowXForwardedFor = true,
-                                              ForgetTimeSpan = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(2),
-                                              MaxRequestsInTimeframe = 20,
-                                              ReportingName = "FRIENDSDOSPROTECTOR",
-                                              RequestTimeSpan = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5),
-                                              ThrottledAction = BasicDOSProtector.ThrottleAction.DoThrottledMethod
-                                          })
+                : base("POST", "/friends")
         {
             m_FriendsModule = fmodule;
         }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Friends/HGFriendsModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Friends/HGFriendsModule.cs
index fae1e05349..c042f658b2 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Friends/HGFriendsModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Friends/HGFriendsModule.cs
@@ -170,6 +170,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Avatar.Friends
                 // we do this only for the root agent
                 if (m_Friends[agentID].Refcount == 1)
                 {
+                    IUserManagement uMan = m_Scenes[0].RequestModuleInterface<IUserManagement>();
+                    if(uMan == null)
+                        return true;
                     // We need to preload the user management cache with the names
                     // of foreign friends, just like we do with SOPs' creators
                     foreach (FriendInfo finfo in m_Friends[agentID].Friends)
@@ -182,8 +185,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Avatar.Friends
                                 string url = string.Empty, first = string.Empty, last = string.Empty, tmp = string.Empty;
                                 if (Util.ParseUniversalUserIdentifier(finfo.Friend, out id, out url, out first, out last, out tmp))
                                 {
-                                    IUserManagement uMan = m_Scenes[0].RequestModuleInterface<IUserManagement>();
-                                    m_log.DebugFormat("[HGFRIENDS MODULE]: caching {0}", finfo.Friend);
+//                                    m_log.DebugFormat("[HGFRIENDS MODULE]: caching {0}", finfo.Friend);
                                     uMan.AddUser(id, url + ";" + first + " " + last);
                                 }
                             }