diff --git a/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/Resources/FriendsStore.migrations b/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/Resources/FriendsStore.migrations
index 55d82eca73..5faf95625f 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/Resources/FriendsStore.migrations
+++ b/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/Resources/FriendsStore.migrations
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `Friends` (
 	`Offered` VARCHAR(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0, 
 	PRIMARY KEY(`PrincipalID`, `Friend`), 
 	KEY(`PrincipalID`)
-);
+) ENGINE=InnoDB;
 
 COMMIT;
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Friends/FriendsModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Friends/FriendsModule.cs
index 41ea2a270b..16a2b9b8e3 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Friends/FriendsModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Friends/FriendsModule.cs
@@ -526,8 +526,11 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Avatar.Friends
                 if (friendSession.RegionID != UUID.Zero)
                 {
                     GridRegion region = GridService.GetRegionByUUID(m_Scenes[0].RegionInfo.ScopeID, friendSession.RegionID);
-                    //m_log.DebugFormat("[FRIENDS]: Remote Notify to region {0}", region.RegionName);
-                    m_FriendsSimConnector.StatusNotify(region, userID, friendSession.UserID, online);
+                    m_log.DebugFormat("[FRIENDS]: Remote Notify to region {0}", (region == null ? "null" : region.RegionName));
+                    if (region != null)
+                    {
+                        m_FriendsSimConnector.StatusNotify(region, userID, friendSession.UserID, online);
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Friends/HGFriendsModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Friends/HGFriendsModule.cs
index ae45b992fb..6d1fd1f031 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Friends/HGFriendsModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Friends/HGFriendsModule.cs
@@ -348,31 +348,30 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Avatar.Friends
             return null;
         }
 
-//        public override FriendInfo[] GetFriendsFromService(IClientAPI client)
-//        {
-////            m_log.DebugFormat("[HGFRIENDS MODULE]: Entering GetFriendsFromService for {0}", client.Name);
-//            Boolean agentIsLocal = true;
-//            if (UserManagementModule != null)
-//                agentIsLocal = UserManagementModule.IsLocalGridUser(client.AgentId);
+        public override FriendInfo[] GetFriendsFromService(IClientAPI client)
+        {
+            //            m_log.DebugFormat("[HGFRIENDS MODULE]: Entering GetFriendsFromService for {0}", client.Name);
+            Boolean agentIsLocal = true;
+            if (UserManagementModule != null)
+                agentIsLocal = UserManagementModule.IsLocalGridUser(client.AgentId);
 
-//            if (agentIsLocal)
-//                return base.GetFriendsFromService(client);
+            if (agentIsLocal)
+                return base.GetFriendsFromService(client);
 
-//            FriendInfo[] finfos = new FriendInfo[0];
-//            // Foreigner
-//            AgentCircuitData agentClientCircuit = ((Scene)(client.Scene)).AuthenticateHandler.GetAgentCircuitData(client.CircuitCode);
-//            if (agentClientCircuit != null)
-//            {
-//                //[XXX] string agentUUI = Util.ProduceUserUniversalIdentifier(agentClientCircuit);
+            FriendInfo[] finfos = new FriendInfo[0];
+            // Foreigner
+            AgentCircuitData agentClientCircuit = ((Scene)(client.Scene)).AuthenticateHandler.GetAgentCircuitData(client.CircuitCode);
+            if (agentClientCircuit != null)
+            {
+                // Note that this is calling a different interface than base; this one calls with a string param!
+                finfos = FriendsService.GetFriends(client.AgentId.ToString());
+                m_log.DebugFormat("[HGFRIENDS MODULE]: Fetched {0} local friends for visitor {1}", finfos.Length, client.AgentId.ToString());
+            }
 
-//                finfos = FriendsService.GetFriends(client.AgentId.ToString());
-//                m_log.DebugFormat("[HGFRIENDS MODULE]: Fetched {0} local friends for visitor {1}", finfos.Length, client.AgentId.ToString());
-//            }
+            //            m_log.DebugFormat("[HGFRIENDS MODULE]: Exiting GetFriendsFromService for {0}", client.Name);
 
-////            m_log.DebugFormat("[HGFRIENDS MODULE]: Exiting GetFriendsFromService for {0}", client.Name);
-
-//            return finfos;
-//        }
+            return finfos;
+        }
 
         protected override bool StoreRights(UUID agentID, UUID friendID, int rights)
         {