diff --git a/libretroshare/src/gxstrans/p3gxstrans.cc b/libretroshare/src/gxstrans/p3gxstrans.cc
index c57b24fbc..c58a514bb 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/gxstrans/p3gxstrans.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/gxstrans/p3gxstrans.cc
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ const uint32_t p3GxsTrans::MAX_DELAY_BETWEEN_CLEANUPS = 900; // every 15 mins. C
 
 p3GxsTrans::~p3GxsTrans()
 {
-	p3Config::saveConfiguration();
+    // (cyril) this cannot be called here! There's chances the thread that saves configs will be dead already!
+	//p3Config::saveConfiguration();
 
 	{
 		RS_STACK_MUTEX(mIngoingMutex);
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/pqi/p3cfgmgr.cc b/libretroshare/src/pqi/p3cfgmgr.cc
index f7f7f6ebf..890b8d3aa 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/pqi/p3cfgmgr.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/pqi/p3cfgmgr.cc
@@ -340,7 +340,6 @@ bool p3Config::saveConfiguration()
 
 bool p3Config::saveConfig()
 {
-
 	bool cleanup = true;
 	std::list<RsItem *> toSave;
 	saveList(cleanup, toSave);
@@ -355,6 +354,7 @@ bool p3Config::saveConfig()
 	std::string cfgFname = Filename();
 	std::string signFname = Filename() + ".sgn";
 
+    std::cerr << "(II) Saving configuration file " << cfgFname << std::endl;
 
 	uint32_t bioflags = BIN_FLAGS_HASH_DATA | BIN_FLAGS_WRITEABLE;
 	uint32_t stream_flags = BIN_FLAGS_WRITEABLE;