diff --git a/livesupport/modules/htmlUI/var/ui_browser_init.php b/livesupport/modules/htmlUI/var/ui_browser_init.php
index 65f54a263..517998d77 100644
--- a/livesupport/modules/htmlUI/var/ui_browser_init.php
+++ b/livesupport/modules/htmlUI/var/ui_browser_init.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 session_start();
 
 ## LS classes/functions #############################################
-require_once dirname(__FILE__).'/conf.php';
+require_once dirname(__FILE__).'/ui_conf.php';
 require_once dirname(__FILE__).'/ui_browser.class.php';
 
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ $Smarty->assign('USER', array('sessid' => &$uiBrowser->sessid,
                         ));
 $uiBrowser->loadStationPrefs($ui_fmask['stationPrefs']);
 $Smarty->assign('STATIONPREFS', $uiBrowser->STATIONPREFS);
-                             
+
 ## retransfer incomplete formdata from SESSION to POST-data #########
 if (is_array($_SESSION['retransferFormData'])){
     foreach($_SESSION['retransferFormData'] as $k=>$v){
diff --git a/livesupport/modules/htmlUI/var/conf.php b/livesupport/modules/htmlUI/var/ui_conf.php
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
similarity index 96%
rename from livesupport/modules/htmlUI/var/conf.php
rename to livesupport/modules/htmlUI/var/ui_conf.php
index 6206d11c1..b73f818b7
--- a/livesupport/modules/htmlUI/var/conf.php
+++ b/livesupport/modules/htmlUI/var/ui_conf.php
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 <?php
+define('UI_VERBOSE', TRUE);
+
 define('UI_HANDLER', 'ui_handler.php');
 define('UI_BROWSER', 'ui_browser.php');
 define('UI_FORM_STANDARD_METHOD', 'POST');
diff --git a/livesupport/modules/htmlUI/var/ui_handler_init.php b/livesupport/modules/htmlUI/var/ui_handler_init.php
index fbf104bfd..8b668ac6b 100644
--- a/livesupport/modules/htmlUI/var/ui_handler_init.php
+++ b/livesupport/modules/htmlUI/var/ui_handler_init.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 session_start();
 
 ## LS classes/functions #############################################
-require_once dirname(__FILE__).'/conf.php';
+require_once dirname(__FILE__).'/ui_conf.php';
 require_once dirname(__FILE__).'/ui_handler.class.php';
 
 ## initialize objects ###############################################
diff --git a/livesupport/modules/htmlUI/var/ui_playlist.class.php b/livesupport/modules/htmlUI/var/ui_playlist.class.php
index d7bea899c..2fdc75f84 100755
--- a/livesupport/modules/htmlUI/var/ui_playlist.class.php
+++ b/livesupport/modules/htmlUI/var/ui_playlist.class.php
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class uiPlaylist
         foreach ($elemIds as $elemId) {
             $r = $this->Base->gb->addAudioClipToPlaylist($this->token, $elemId, $this->Base->sessid);
             if (PEAR::isError($r)) {
-                print_r($r);
+                if (UI_VERBOSE) print_r($r);
                 $this->Base->_retMsg('Error on add item to Playlist');
                 return FALSE;
             }
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ class uiPlaylist
             $r = $this->Base->gb->changeFadeInfo($this->token, $i, $val['fadeIn'], $val['fadeOut'], $this->Base->sessid);
             #print_r($r);
             if (PEAR::isError($r)) {
+                    if (UI_VERBOSE) print_r($r);
                     $this->Base->_retMsg('ChangeFadeInfo failed');
                     return FALSE;
                 }
diff --git a/livesupport/modules/htmlUI/var/ui_scratchpad.class.php b/livesupport/modules/htmlUI/var/ui_scratchpad.class.php
index 61db83ca0..5fc3725a9 100755
--- a/livesupport/modules/htmlUI/var/ui_scratchpad.class.php
+++ b/livesupport/modules/htmlUI/var/ui_scratchpad.class.php
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class uiScratchPad
     function addItem($id)
     {
         if(!$this->Base->STATIONPREFS[UI_SCRATCHPAD_MAXLENGTH_KEY]) {
-            if (!$this->verbose) $this->Base->_retMsg('ScratchPad length is not set in System Preferences, so it cannot be used.');
+            if ($this->verbose) $this->Base->_retMsg('ScratchPad length is not set in System Preferences, so it cannot be used.');
             return false;
         }