diff --git a/digesttreescene.cpp b/digesttreescene.cpp
index b876a17..2265fd0 100644
--- a/digesttreescene.cpp
+++ b/digesttreescene.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 static const double Pi = 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419717;
 
-DigestTreeScene::DisplayUserPtr DigestTreeScene::DisplayUserNullPtr;
+//DisplayUserPtr DisplayUserNullPtr;
 
 DigestTreeScene::DigestTreeScene(QWidget *parent)
   : QGraphicsScene(parent)
@@ -152,9 +152,6 @@
   // do some cleaning, get rid of stale member info
   Roster_iterator it = m_roster.begin();
   QStringList staleUserList;
-#ifdef __DEBUG
-  std::cout << "------------------------------------------------------" << std::endl;
-#endif
   while (it != m_roster.end())
   {
     DisplayUserPtr p = it.value();
@@ -173,10 +170,6 @@
       }
       else
       {
-#ifdef __DEBUG
-        std::cout << "having user: " << p->getNick().toStdString() << std::endl;
-        std::cout << "prefix: " << p->getPrefix().toStdString() << std::endl;
-#endif
         if (!m_currentPrefix.startsWith("/private/local") && p->getPrefix().startsWith("/private/local"))
         {
 #ifdef __DEBUG
@@ -194,9 +187,6 @@
     {
       it = m_roster.erase(it);
     }
-#ifdef __DEBUG
-  std::cout << "------------------------------------------------------" << std::endl;
-#endif
   }
 
   // for simpicity here, whenever we replot, we also redo the roster list