diff --git a/client/gui_rpc_server_ops.C b/client/gui_rpc_server_ops.C
index 2244cd95e7..b2c40966ab 100644
--- a/client/gui_rpc_server_ops.C
+++ b/client/gui_rpc_server_ops.C
@@ -565,13 +565,9 @@ static void handle_lookup_google(char*, MIOFILE&) {
 }
 
 static void handle_lookup_google_poll(char*, MIOFILE& fout) {
-    if (gstate.lookup_google_op.error_num) {
-        fout.printf("<lookup_website>\n");
-        fout.printf("    <error_num>%d</error_num>\n", gstate.lookup_google_op.error_num);
-        fout.printf("</lookup_website>\n");
-    } else {
-        fout.printf("%s", gstate.lookup_google_op.reply.c_str());
-    }
+    fout.printf("<lookup_website>\n");
+    fout.printf("    <error_num>%d</error_num>\n", gstate.lookup_google_op.error_num);
+    fout.printf("</lookup_website>\n");
 }
 
 static void handle_lookup_yahoo(char*, MIOFILE&) {
@@ -579,13 +575,9 @@ static void handle_lookup_yahoo(char*, MIOFILE&) {
 }
 
 static void handle_lookup_yahoo_poll(char*, MIOFILE& fout) {
-    if (gstate.lookup_yahoo_op.error_num) {
-        fout.printf("<lookup_website>\n");
-        fout.printf("    <error_num>%d</error_num>\n", gstate.lookup_yahoo_op.error_num);
-        fout.printf("</lookup_website>\n");
-    } else {
-        fout.printf("%s", gstate.lookup_yahoo_op.reply.c_str());
-    }
+    fout.printf("<lookup_website>\n");
+    fout.printf("    <error_num>%d</error_num>\n", gstate.lookup_yahoo_op.error_num);
+    fout.printf("</lookup_website>\n");
 }
 
 int GUI_RPC_CONN::handle_rpc() {
diff --git a/lib/gui_rpc_client_ops.C b/lib/gui_rpc_client_ops.C
index 50f1e3efec..ca780e67a1 100644
--- a/lib/gui_rpc_client_ops.C
+++ b/lib/gui_rpc_client_ops.C
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ int LOOKUP_WEBSITE::parse(MIOFILE& in) {
 }
 
 void LOOKUP_WEBSITE::clear() {
-    error_num = -1;
+    error_num = 0;
 }
 
 /////////// END OF PARSING FUNCTIONS.  RPCS START HERE ////////////////
diff --git a/lib/mfile.C b/lib/mfile.C
index 9cd3735f81..76849fc01d 100644
--- a/lib/mfile.C
+++ b/lib/mfile.C
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ int MFILE::open(const char* path, const char* mode) {
 }
 
 int MFILE::vprintf(const char* format, va_list ap) {
-    char buf2[20000];
+    char buf2[65536];
     int n, k;
 
     k = vsprintf(buf2, format, ap);