diff --git a/core/src/main/java/haveno/core/api/XmrConnectionService.java b/core/src/main/java/haveno/core/api/XmrConnectionService.java
index caddf2999e..6f9b4bb376 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/haveno/core/api/XmrConnectionService.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/haveno/core/api/XmrConnectionService.java
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ public final class XmrConnectionService {
     }
 
     public synchronized boolean requestSwitchToNextBestConnection() {
-        log.warn("Request made to switch to next best monerod, current monerod={}", getConnection() == null ? null : getConnection().getUri());
+        log.warn("Requesting switch to next best monerod, current monerod={}", getConnection() == null ? null : getConnection().getUri());
 
         // skip if shut down started
         if (isShutDownStarted) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/haveno/core/trade/HavenoUtils.java b/core/src/main/java/haveno/core/trade/HavenoUtils.java
index ff8de23068..bcb0d9f40e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/haveno/core/trade/HavenoUtils.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/haveno/core/trade/HavenoUtils.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public class HavenoUtils {
     public static final long LOG_POLL_ERROR_PERIOD_MS = 1000 * 60 * 4; // log poll errors up to once every 4 minutes
 
     // synchronize requests to the daemon
-    private static boolean SYNC_DAEMON_REQUESTS = true; // sync long requests to daemon (e.g. refresh, update pool)
+    private static boolean SYNC_DAEMON_REQUESTS = false; // sync long requests to daemon (e.g. refresh, update pool) // TODO: performance suffers by syncing daemon requests, but otherwise we sometimes get sporadic errors?
     private static boolean SYNC_WALLET_REQUESTS = false; // additionally sync wallet functions to daemon (e.g. create txs)
     private static Object DAEMON_LOCK = new Object();
     public static Object getDaemonLock() {