diff --git a/includes/functions.php b/includes/functions.php
index 2a378feec8..e067c42606 100755
--- a/includes/functions.php
+++ b/includes/functions.php
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ function shorthost($hostname, $len=16) {
 
 function rrdtool_update($rrdfile, $rrdupdate) {
   global $config;
-  echo($config['rrdtool'] . " update $rrdfile $rrdupdate \n");
+  global $debug;
+  if($debug) { echo($config['rrdtool'] . " update $rrdfile $rrdupdate \n"); }
   return shell_exec($config['rrdtool'] . " update $rrdfile $rrdupdate");
 }
 
diff --git a/includes/polling/hr-mib_processor.inc.php b/includes/polling/hr-mib_processor.inc.php
index af24a42739..5e16c69b61 100755
--- a/includes/polling/hr-mib_processor.inc.php
+++ b/includes/polling/hr-mib_processor.inc.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ while ($hrDevice = mysql_fetch_array($query)) {
   $this_hrDevice = $hrDevice_array[$device[device_id]][$hrDevice[hrDeviceIndex]];
 
   $update_query  = "UPDATE `hrDevice` SET";
-  $update_query .= ", `hrDeviceStatus` = '".mres($this_hrDevice['hrDeviceStatus'])."'";
+  $update_query .= " `hrDeviceStatus` = '".mres($this_hrDevice['hrDeviceStatus'])."'";
   $update_query .= ", `hrDeviceErrors` = '".mres($this_hrDevice['hrDeviceErrors'])."'";
   $update_query .= ", `hrProcessorLoad` = '".mres($this_hrDevice['hrProcessorLoad'])."'";
   $update_query .= " WHERE hrDevice_id = '".$hrDevice['hrDevice_id']."'";
diff --git a/poll-device.php b/poll-device.php
index 46a5c24a68..a5fed82aaf 100755
--- a/poll-device.php
+++ b/poll-device.php
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ $poller_end = utime(); $poller_run = $poller_end - $poller_start; $poller_time =
 
 $string = $argv[0] . " $doing " .  date("F j, Y, G:i") . " - $i devices polled in $poller_time secs";
 echo("$string\n");
-shell_exec("echo '".$string."' >> /opt/observer/observer.log");
+shell_exec("echo '".$string."' >> ".$config['install_dir']."/observer.log");
 
 
 ?>