diff --git a/libretroshare/src/gxstunnel/rsgxstunnelitems.cc b/libretroshare/src/gxstunnel/rsgxstunnelitems.cc
index 2557e0028..be0ff42c7 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/gxstunnel/rsgxstunnelitems.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/gxstunnel/rsgxstunnelitems.cc
@@ -381,8 +381,8 @@ RsGxsTunnelDataItem *RsGxsTunnelSerialiser::deserialise_RsGxsTunnelDataItem(void
     
     if(rssize > size)
     {
-	std::cerr << "RsGxsTunnelDataItem::() Size error while deserializing." << std::endl ;
-        return false ;
+        std::cerr << "RsGxsTunnelDataItem::() Size error while deserializing." << std::endl ;
+        return NULL ;
     }
 
     RsGxsTunnelDataItem *item = new RsGxsTunnelDataItem();
@@ -464,8 +464,8 @@ RsGxsTunnelStatusItem *RsGxsTunnelSerialiser::deserialise_RsGxsTunnelStatusItem(
 
     if(rssize > size)
     {
-	std::cerr << "RsGxsTunnelStatusItem::() Size error while deserializing." << std::endl ;
-        return false ;
+        std::cerr << "RsGxsTunnelStatusItem::() Size error while deserializing." << std::endl ;
+        return NULL ;
     }
 
     RsGxsTunnelStatusItem *item = new RsGxsTunnelStatusItem();