diff --git a/SparkleShare/Mac/SparkleMacWatcher.cs b/SparkleShare/Mac/SparkleMacWatcher.cs
index 88ca7d28..26a42ff8 100755
--- a/SparkleShare/Mac/SparkleMacWatcher.cs
+++ b/SparkleShare/Mac/SparkleMacWatcher.cs
@@ -58,16 +58,11 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
         private DateTime last_found_timestamp;
         private IntPtr m_stream;
         private FSEventStreamCallback m_callback; // need to keep a reference around so that it isn't GC'ed
-        private static readonly IntPtr kCFRunLoopDefaultMode = (new NSString ("kCFRunLoopDefaultMode")).Handle;
+        private static readonly IntPtr kCFRunLoopDefaultMode = new NSString ("kCFRunLoopDefaultMode").Handle;
         private ulong kFSEventStreamEventIdSinceNow          = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUL;
 
-        private delegate void FSEventStreamCallback (
-            IntPtr streamRef,
-            IntPtr clientCallBackInfo,
-            int numEvents,
-            IntPtr eventPaths,
-            IntPtr eventFlags,
-            IntPtr eventIds);
+        private delegate void FSEventStreamCallback (IntPtr streamRef, IntPtr clientCallBackInfo,
+            int numEvents, IntPtr eventPaths, IntPtr eventFlags, IntPtr eventIds);
 
 
         ~SparkleMacWatcher ()
diff --git a/SparkleShare/Program.cs b/SparkleShare/Program.cs
index 694a0e6d..096c7959 100644
--- a/SparkleShare/Program.cs
+++ b/SparkleShare/Program.cs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
                     "under certain conditions. Please read the GNU GPLv3 for details." + n +
                     n +
                     "Usage: sparkleshare [start|stop|restart]");
-                Console.WriteLine ("SparkleShare is already running.");
+
                 Environment.Exit (-1);
             }
 
diff --git a/SparkleShare/SparkleAboutController.cs b/SparkleShare/SparkleAboutController.cs
index 02af0167..657a6aee 100755
--- a/SparkleShare/SparkleAboutController.cs
+++ b/SparkleShare/SparkleAboutController.cs
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
                     NewVersionEvent (latest_version);
                 else
                     VersionUpToDateEvent ();
+
             } catch {
             }
         }
diff --git a/SparkleShare/SparkleControllerBase.cs b/SparkleShare/SparkleControllerBase.cs
index 32692595..88240671 100644
--- a/SparkleShare/SparkleControllerBase.cs
+++ b/SparkleShare/SparkleControllerBase.cs
@@ -757,9 +757,7 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
                 return true;
             
             } else {
-                SparkleLogger.LogInfo ("Controller",
-                    "Not connecting to https://www.gravatar.com/ due to invalid certificate");
-
+                SparkleLogger.LogInfo ("Controller", "Invalid certificate for https://www.gravatar.com/");
                 return false;
             }
         }