diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/TheWire/PulseAddDialog.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/TheWire/PulseAddDialog.cpp
index 4dd233b26..f50caa790 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/TheWire/PulseAddDialog.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/TheWire/PulseAddDialog.cpp
@@ -103,10 +103,9 @@ void PulseAddDialog::setGroup(const RsGxsGroupId &grpId)
         return;
     }
 
-    RsWireGroupSPtr pGroup;
-
-    RsThread::async([this,grpId,&pGroup](){
+    RsThread::async([this,grpId](){
 
+        RsWireGroupSPtr pGroup;
         if(!rsWire->getWireGroup(grpId,pGroup))
         {
             std::cerr << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ << " failed to retrieve wire group info for wire id:  " << grpId << std::endl;
@@ -260,11 +259,11 @@ void PulseAddDialog::setReplyTo(const RsGxsGroupId &grpId, const RsGxsMessageId
         return;
     }
 	/* fetch in the background */
-    RsWireGroupSPtr pGroup;
-    RsWirePulseSPtr pPulse;
 
-    RsThread::async([this,grpId,&pGroup,&pPulse,msgId,replyType](){
+    RsThread::async([this,grpId,msgId,replyType](){
 
+        RsWireGroupSPtr pGroup;
+        RsWirePulseSPtr pPulse;
         if(!rsWire->getWireGroup(grpId,pGroup))
         {
             std::cerr << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ << "PulseAddDialog::setRplyTo() failed to fetch group id: "  << grpId << std::endl;
@@ -345,7 +344,7 @@ void PulseAddDialog::postOriginalPulse()
 	std::cerr << "PulseAddDialog::postOriginalPulse()";
 	std::cerr << std::endl;
 
-    RsWirePulseSPtr pPulse;
+    RsWirePulseSPtr pPulse(new RsWirePulse());
 
     pPulse->mSentiment = WIRE_PULSE_SENTIMENT_NO_SENTIMENT;
     pPulse->mPulseText = ui.textEdit_Pulse->toPlainText().toStdString();
@@ -407,7 +406,7 @@ void PulseAddDialog::postReplyPulse()
 	std::cerr << "PulseAddDialog::postReplyPulse()";
 	std::cerr << std::endl;
 
-    RsWirePulseSPtr pPulse;
+    RsWirePulseSPtr pPulse(new RsWirePulse());
 
     pPulse->mSentiment = toPulseSentiment(ui.comboBox_sentiment->currentIndex());
     pPulse->mPulseText = ui.textEdit_Pulse->toPlainText().toStdString();
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/TheWire/WireDialog.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/TheWire/WireDialog.cpp
index 38ea1b398..46d2486ea 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/TheWire/WireDialog.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/TheWire/WireDialog.cpp
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ WireDialog::~WireDialog()
 	processSettings(false);
 	
 	clearTwitterView();
+    std::cerr << "WireDialog::~WireDialog()" << std::endl;
     delete(mWireQueue);
 
     rsEvents->unregisterEventsHandler(mEventHandlerId);
@@ -467,13 +468,13 @@ bool WireDialog::loadGroupData(const uint32_t &token)
 	std::cerr << "WireDialog::loadGroupData()";
 	std::cerr << std::endl;
 
-	std::vector<RsWireGroup> groups;
-	rsWire->getGroupData(token, groups);
+    std::vector<RsWireGroup> groups;
+    rsWire->getGroupData(token, groups);
 
-	// save list of groups.
-	updateGroups(groups);
-	showGroups();
-	return true;
+    // save list of groups.
+    updateGroups(groups);
+    showGroups();
+    return true;
 }
 
 rstime_t WireDialog::getFilterTimestamp()
@@ -681,6 +682,7 @@ void WireDialog::PVHrate(const RsGxsId &authorId)
 void WireDialog::postTestTwitterView()
 {
 	clearTwitterView();
+    std::cerr << "WireDialog::postTestTwitterView()" << std::endl;
 
 	addTwitterView(new PulseTopLevel(NULL,RsWirePulseSPtr())); 
 	addTwitterView(new PulseReply(NULL,RsWirePulseSPtr()));
@@ -837,6 +839,7 @@ void WireDialog::requestPulseFocus(const RsGxsGroupId groupId, const RsGxsMessag
 void WireDialog::showPulseFocus(const RsGxsGroupId groupId, const RsGxsMessageId msgId)
 {
 	clearTwitterView();
+    std::cerr << "WireDialog::showPulseFocus()" << std::endl;
 
 	// background thread for loading.
 	RsThread::async([this, groupId, msgId]()
@@ -866,6 +869,8 @@ void WireDialog::showPulseFocus(const RsGxsGroupId groupId, const RsGxsMessageId
 void WireDialog::postPulseFocus(RsWirePulseSPtr pPulse)
 {
 	clearTwitterView();
+    std::cerr << "WireDialog::postPulseFocus()" << std::endl;
+
 	if (!pPulse)
 	{
 		std::cerr << "WireDialog::postPulseFocus() Invalid pulse";
@@ -938,7 +943,7 @@ void WireDialog::requestGroupFocus(const RsGxsGroupId groupId)
 void WireDialog::showGroupFocus(const RsGxsGroupId groupId)
 {
 	clearTwitterView();
-
+    std::cerr << "WireDialog::showGroupFocus()" << std::endl;
 	// background thread for loading.
 	RsThread::async([this, groupId]()
 	{
@@ -1015,6 +1020,7 @@ void WireDialog::requestGroupsPulses(const std::list<RsGxsGroupId>& groupIds)
 void WireDialog::showGroupsPulses(const std::list<RsGxsGroupId>& groupIds)
 {
 	clearTwitterView();
+    std::cerr << "WireDialog::showGroupPulses()" << std::endl;
 
 	// background thread for loading.
 	RsThread::async([this, groupIds]()
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/TheWire/WireDialog.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/TheWire/WireDialog.h
index a55369fc0..fcd33ad37 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/TheWire/WireDialog.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/TheWire/WireDialog.h
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ private:
 
 	// Loading Data.
 	void requestGroupData();
-	bool loadGroupData(const uint32_t &token);
+    bool loadGroupData(const uint32_t &token);
 	void acknowledgeGroup(const uint32_t &token, const uint32_t &userType);
 
 	virtual void loadRequest(const TokenQueue *queue, const TokenRequest &req) override;