diff --git a/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgxsnetservice.cc b/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgxsnetservice.cc
index bca154159..a5c3ea720 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgxsnetservice.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgxsnetservice.cc
@@ -3261,9 +3261,9 @@ bool RsGxsNetService::locked_CanReceiveUpdate(const RsNxsSyncGrp *item)
     {
 #ifdef NXS_NET_DEBUG_0
         GXSNETDEBUG_P_(item->PeerId()) << "  local modification time stamp: " << std::dec<< time(NULL) - mGrpServerUpdateItem->grpUpdateTS << " secs ago. Update sent: " <<
-                     ((item->updateTS == 0 || item->updateTS < mGrpServerUpdateItem->grpUpdateTS)?"YES":"NO")  << std::endl;
+                     ((item->updateTS < mGrpServerUpdateItem->grpUpdateTS)?"YES":"NO")  << std::endl;
 #endif
-        return (item->updateTS == 0 || item->updateTS < mGrpServerUpdateItem->grpUpdateTS);
+        return item->updateTS < mGrpServerUpdateItem->grpUpdateTS;
     }
 #ifdef NXS_NET_DEBUG_0
     GXSNETDEBUG_P_(item->PeerId()) << "  no local time stamp. This will be fixed after updateServerSyncTS(). Not sending for now. " << std::endl;
@@ -3589,9 +3589,9 @@ bool RsGxsNetService::locked_CanReceiveUpdate(const RsNxsSyncMsg *item)
         const RsGxsServerMsgUpdateItem *msui = cit->second;
 
 #ifdef NXS_NET_DEBUG_0
-        GXSNETDEBUG_PG(item->PeerId(),item->grpId) << "  local time stamp: " << std::dec<< time(NULL) - msui->msgUpdateTS << " secs ago. Update sent: " << (item->updateTS == 0 || item->updateTS < msui->msgUpdateTS)  ;
+        GXSNETDEBUG_PG(item->PeerId(),item->grpId) << "  local time stamp: " << std::dec<< time(NULL) - msui->msgUpdateTS << " secs ago. Update sent: " << (item->updateTS < msui->msgUpdateTS)  ;
 #endif
-        return (item->updateTS < msui->msgUpdateTS || item->updateTS == 0) ;
+        return item->updateTS < msui->msgUpdateTS ;
     }
 #ifdef NXS_NET_DEBUG_0
     GXSNETDEBUG_PG(item->PeerId(),item->grpId) << "  no local time stamp for this grp. " ;