diff --git a/libretroshare/src/serialiser/rstlvbase.cc b/libretroshare/src/serialiser/rstlvbase.cc
index 7c96ced48..d4674b1a5 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/serialiser/rstlvbase.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/serialiser/rstlvbase.cc
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ bool GetTlvString(void *data, uint32_t size, uint32_t *offset,
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	char *strdata = (char *) right_shift_void_pointer(tlvstart, 4);
+	char *strdata = (char *) right_shift_void_pointer(tlvstart, TLV_HEADER_SIZE);
 	uint16_t strsize = tlvsize - TLV_HEADER_SIZE; /* remove the header */
 	in = std::string(strdata, strsize);
 
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/serialiser/rstlvtypes.cc b/libretroshare/src/serialiser/rstlvtypes.cc
index 2cdbb6c6d..1a489ff53 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/serialiser/rstlvtypes.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/serialiser/rstlvtypes.cc
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 #include <iomanip>
 #include <iostream>
 
+#define TLV_DEBUG 1
+
 void  	RsTlvItem::TlvShallowClear()
 {
 	TlvClear(); /* unless overloaded! */