diff --git a/libretroshare/src/pgp/rscertificate.cc b/libretroshare/src/pgp/rscertificate.cc
index f78ce23e9..8ef42d2a9 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/pgp/rscertificate.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/pgp/rscertificate.cc
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 #include <pgp/pgpkeyutil.h>
 #include "rscertificate.h"
 
+#define DEBUG_RSCERTIFICATE 
+
 static const std::string PGP_CERTIFICATE_START     ( "-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----" );
 static const std::string PGP_CERTIFICATE_END       ( "-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----" );
 static const std::string EXTERNAL_IP_BEGIN_SECTION ( "--EXT--" );
@@ -162,8 +164,9 @@ bool RsCertificate::initFromString(const std::string& instr,std::string& err_str
 
 		str += instr[i] ;
 	}
-
+#ifdef DEBUG_RSCERTIFICATE
 	std::cerr << "Decodign from:" << str << std::endl;
+#endif
 	// 1 - decode the string.
 	//
 	char *bf = NULL ;
@@ -189,7 +192,9 @@ bool RsCertificate::initFromString(const std::string& instr,std::string& err_str
 			return false ;
 		}
 
+#ifdef DEBUG_RSCERTIFICATE
 		std::cerr << "Packet parse: read ptag " << (int)ptag << ", size " << s << ", total_s = " << total_s << ", expected total = " << size << std::endl;
+#endif
 
 		switch(ptag)
 		{
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/pgp/rscertificate.h b/libretroshare/src/pgp/rscertificate.h
index 3bbe5afd8..52820e46f 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/pgp/rscertificate.h
+++ b/libretroshare/src/pgp/rscertificate.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class RsCertificate
 		unsigned short loc_port_us() const ;
 
 		const unsigned char *pgp_key() const { return binary_pgp_key ; }
-		const size_t pgp_key_size() const { return binary_pgp_key_size ; }
+		size_t pgp_key_size() const { return binary_pgp_key_size ; }
 
 		static bool cleanCertificate(const std::string& input,std::string& output,RsCertificate::Format& format,int& error_code) ;