diff --git a/functions.php b/functions.php
index 5bcbfc1d7..ae663bb8a 100644
--- a/functions.php
+++ b/functions.php
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@
 		}
 
 		if (defined('DAEMON_EXTENDED_DEBUG')) {
-			print "update_rss_feed: start\n";
+			_debug("update_rss_feed: start");
 		}
 
 		$result = db_query($link, "SELECT update_interval,auth_login,auth_pass	
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@
 		}
 
 		if (defined('DAEMON_EXTENDED_DEBUG')) {
-			print "update_rss_feed: fetching...\n";
+			_debug("update_rss_feed: fetching...");
 		}
 
 		if (!defined('DAEMON_EXTENDED_DEBUG')) {
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@
 		$rss = fetch_rss($fetch_url);
 
 		if (defined('DAEMON_EXTENDED_DEBUG')) {
-			print "update_rss_feed: fetch done, parsing...\n";
+			_debug("update_rss_feed: fetch done, parsing...");
 		} else {
 			error_reporting (DEFAULT_ERROR_LEVEL);
 		}
@@ -492,11 +492,15 @@
 			foreach ($iterator as $item) {
 
 				$entry_guid = $item["id"];
-	
+
 				if (!$entry_guid) $entry_guid = $item["guid"];
 				if (!$entry_guid) $entry_guid = $item["link"];
 				if (!$entry_guid) $entry_guid = make_guid_from_title($item["title"]);
 
+				if (defined('DAEMON_EXTENDED_DEBUG')) {
+					_debug("update_rss_feed: guid $entry_guid");
+				}
+
 				if (!$entry_guid) continue;
 
 				$entry_timestamp = "";
@@ -605,10 +609,18 @@
 				
 				$entry_content = sanitize_rss($entry_content);
 
+				if (defined('DAEMON_EXTENDED_DEBUG')) {
+					_debug("update_rss_feed: done collecting data [TITLE:$entry_title]");
+				}
+
 				db_query($link, "BEGIN");
 
 				if (db_num_rows($result) == 0) {
 
+					if (defined('DAEMON_EXTENDED_DEBUG')) {
+						_debug("update_rss_feed: base guid not found");
+					}
+
 					// base post entry does not exist, create it
 
 					$result = db_query($link,
@@ -661,6 +673,10 @@
 
 				if (db_num_rows($result) == 1) {
 
+					if (defined('DAEMON_EXTENDED_DEBUG')) {
+						_debug("update_rss_feed: base guid found, creating user ref");
+					}
+
 					// this will be used below in update handler
 					$orig_content_hash = db_fetch_result($result, 0, "content_hash");
 					$orig_title = db_fetch_result($result, 0, "title");
@@ -764,6 +780,10 @@
 
 				db_query($link, "COMMIT");
 
+				if (defined('DAEMON_EXTENDED_DEBUG')) {
+					_debug("update_rss_feed: looking for tags...");
+				}
+
 				/* taaaags */
 				// <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Xorg" rel="tag">Xorg</a>, //
 
@@ -857,7 +877,7 @@
 		}
 
 		if (defined('DAEMON_EXTENDED_DEBUG')) {
-			print "update_rss_feed: done\n";
+			_debug("update_rss_feed: done");
 		}
 
 	}
@@ -1938,7 +1958,7 @@
 	}
 
 	function get_script_dt_add() {
-		if (strpos(VERSION, "99") === false) {
+		if (strpos(VERSION, ".99") === false) {
 			return VERSION;
 		} else {
 			return time();
diff --git a/update_daemon.php b/update_daemon.php
index b42d7d214..ca60b2a3a 100644
--- a/update_daemon.php
+++ b/update_daemon.php
@@ -3,13 +3,19 @@
 	// this daemon runs in the background and updates all feeds
 	// continuously
 
-	define('DEFAULT_ERROR_LEVEL', E_ALL);
+	// define('DEFAULT_ERROR_LEVEL', E_ALL);
+	define('DEFAULT_ERROR_LEVEL', E_ERROR | E_WARNING | E_PARSE);
 
 	declare(ticks = 1);
 
 	define('MAGPIE_CACHE_DIR', '/var/tmp/magpie-ttrss-cache-daemon');
 	define('DISABLE_SESSIONS', true);
-	define('DAEMON_EXTENDED_DEBUG', true);
+
+	require_once "version.php";
+
+	if (strpos(VERSION, ".99") !== false) {
+		define('DAEMON_EXTENDED_DEBUG', true);
+	}
 
 	define('PURGE_INTERVAL', 3600); // seconds
 
@@ -25,7 +31,7 @@
 	require_once "functions.php";
 	require_once "magpierss/rss_fetch.inc";
 
-	error_reporting(E_ALL);
+	error_reporting(DEFAULT_ERROR_LEVEL);
 
 	function sigint_handler() {
 		unlink("update_daemon.lock");