diff --git a/init.d/rc.piler.in b/init.d/rc.piler.in
index cc60338..6b94cdc 100644
--- a/init.d/rc.piler.in
+++ b/init.d/rc.piler.in
@@ -14,12 +14,13 @@
 
 
 NAME=piler
-PID_FILE=`SBINDIR/pilerconf -q pidfile | cut -f2 -d=`
+OPTIONS=""
+PID_FILE=`SBINDIR/pilerconf $OPTIONS -q pidfile | cut -f2 -d=`
 PID_NUMBER=`test -f ${PID_FILE} && cat ${PID_FILE}`
 
 start() {
 	echo "starting $NAME . . ."
-	SBINDIR/piler -d
+	SBINDIR/piler -d $OPTIONS
 }
 
 stop() {
diff --git a/webui/controller/message/bulkrestore.php b/webui/controller/message/bulkrestore.php
index 6d84bb2..5db9638 100644
--- a/webui/controller/message/bulkrestore.php
+++ b/webui/controller/message/bulkrestore.php
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@
          require_once 'Zend/Mail/Storage/Imap.php';
 
          $imap_ok = $this->model_mail_mail->connect_imap();
+
+         if(!$imap_ok) {
+            syslog(LOG_INFO, "imap connection failed for bulkrestore");
+         }
       }