diff --git a/src/Node.cpp b/src/Node.cpp
index ceeb66c6ccff160ae31251fef176cfe5714a766d..db8d4b0e4117a22dbe376ecb98bbfa74bbbca0dd 100644
--- a/src/Node.cpp
+++ b/src/Node.cpp
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ void Node::handleTcpMessage()
 					if (workers > hashRing->nodePositions.size()-1) workers = hashRing->nodePositions.size()-1;
 					int total_lines = 0;
 					vector<tuple<string,int>> directory;
-					cout << "[DIRECTORY]" << endl;
+					cout << "[DIRECTORY] " << sdfs_dir << endl;
 					for (auto &e: fileSizes){
 						cout << e.first << " | " << to_string(get<1>(e.second));
 						if (strncmp(e.first.c_str(), sdfs_dir.c_str(), sdfs_dir.size()) == 0){
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 32ba1cf5b135ee0f3be26fdb6461437d6bc40b22..b11ba4a858dd0974b80c4f55e124ac17025aff91 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 				continue;
 			}
 			if (!node->isBlackout){
-				string msg = cmdLineInput[1] + "::" + cmdLineInput[2] + "::" + cmdLineInput[3] + "::" + cmdLineInput[4] + "\n";
+				string msg = cmdLineInput[1] + "::" + cmdLineInput[2] + "::" + cmdLineInput[3] + "::" + cmdLineInput[4];
 				Messages outMsg(MAPLESTART, msg);
 				cout << "[MAPLE] forwarding request to " << node->leaderIP << endl;
 				node->tcpServent->sendMessage(node->leaderIP, TCPPORT, outMsg.toString());