diff --git a/classes/rssutils.php b/classes/rssutils.php
index 45cddb200..42819247b 100755
--- a/classes/rssutils.php
+++ b/classes/rssutils.php
@@ -595,9 +595,13 @@ class RSSUtils {
 
 				Debug::log("checking favicon...", Debug::$LOG_VERBOSE);
 
+				user_error("before favicon", E_USER_WARNING);
+
 				self::check_feed_favicon($site_url, $feed);
 				$favicon_modified_new = file_exists($favicon_file) ? filemtime($favicon_file) : -1;
 
+				user_error("after favicon", E_USER_WARNING);
+
 				if ($favicon_modified_new > $favicon_modified)
 					$favicon_avg_color = '';
 
diff --git a/lib/jimIcon.php b/lib/jimIcon.php
index d976c808b..cee1a7bad 100644
--- a/lib/jimIcon.php
+++ b/lib/jimIcon.php
@@ -104,7 +104,12 @@ class jimIcon {
                 }
 
                 // See if we can parse it (might be PNG format here)
-                $i = @imagecreatefromstring($data);
+                // (all this to hide one GD warning)
+                $er = error_reporting();
+                error_reporting(0);
+                $i = imagecreatefromstring($data);
+                error_reporting($er);
+
                 if ($i) {
                         imagesavealpha($i, true);
                         return $i;