diff --git a/inc/Utils.h b/inc/Utils.h
index 6c552a1c4365e79dc0e09c18780fcb8911384899..1b0029570a00aeefbc593302f0c32f78316e4359 100644
--- a/inc/Utils.h
+++ b/inc/Utils.h
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ using std::get;
 using std::tuple_element;
 using std::tuple;
 
-static pthread_mutex_t thread_counter_lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
-static int thread_counter = 0;
+//static pthread_mutex_t thread_counter_lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
+//static int thread_counter = 0;
 
 vector<string> splitString(string s, string delimiter);
 string getIP();
diff --git a/src/Node.cpp b/src/Node.cpp
index e06d49741515a7a9ef386f55a0784e38ebd63ee6..b514b32cff9fbc489b9821b9bd8b617ae61ae102 100644
--- a/src/Node.cpp
+++ b/src/Node.cpp
@@ -826,6 +826,7 @@ void Node::handleTcpMessage()
 				if (inMsg.size() >= 4){
 					string mapleExe = inMsg[0], num_maples = inMsg[1], sdfsPre = inMsg[2], sdfs_dir = inMsg[3] + "-";
 					int workers = stoi(num_maples);
+					if (hashRing->nodePositions.size() == 1){ cout << "[ERROR] Not enough nodes for Maple" << endl; break;}
 					if (workers > hashRing->nodePositions.size()-2) workers = hashRing->nodePositions.size()-2;
 					int total_lines = 0;
 					vector<tuple<string,int>> directory;
@@ -841,7 +842,7 @@ void Node::handleTcpMessage()
 					}
 					cout << "[MAPLE] need to process " << to_string(total_lines) << endl;
 					vector<tuple<string,string,string>> aliveNodes;
-					for (auto &e : membershipList) if (e.first.compare(nodeInformation.ip)) aliveNodes.push_back(e.first);
+					for (auto &e : membershipList) if (get<0>(e.first).compare(nodeInformation.ip)) aliveNodes.push_back(e.first);
 					vector<tuple<string,string,string>> mapleNodes = randItems(workers, aliveNodes);
 					string includedDebug = "";
 					for (auto &e : mapleNodes) {
diff --git a/src/Utils.cpp b/src/Utils.cpp
index 702d3b99a69c61c83d85d2bb8a407f02e441ef89..ee9c39c335b7bfd60ae9afc4399bf4ec435dbeec 100644
--- a/src/Utils.cpp
+++ b/src/Utils.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ string getIP(const char * host){
 	}
 	return inet_ntoa(*(struct in_addr*)hp->h_addr_list[0]);
 }
-
+/*
 int new_thread_id() {
     int rv;
     pthread_mutex_lock(&thread_counter_lock);
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ int new_thread_id() {
     pthread_mutex_unlock(&thread_counter_lock);
     return rv;
 }
+*/
 
 bool isInVector(vector<int> v, int i){
 	for(int element: v){