diff --git a/action.php b/action.php
index e1a23d2..d7d349f 100644
--- a/action.php
+++ b/action.php
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ class action_plugin_userhomepage extends DokuWiki_Action_Plugin{
             } // end of templates acl
             $i = count($newLines);
             if ($i > 0) {
-                msg("Userhomepage: adding or updating ".$i." ACL rules.",1);
+                msg("Userhomepage: adding or updating ".$i." ACL rules.",0);
                 foreach($newLines as $line) {
                     if (($line['where'] != null) && ($line['who'] != null)) {
                         // delete potential ACL rule with same scope (aka 'where') and same user (aka 'who')
diff --git a/helper.php b/helper.php
index bfd2af0..ba31913 100644
--- a/helper.php
+++ b/helper.php
@@ -26,11 +26,10 @@ class helper_plugin_userhomepage extends DokuWiki_Plugin {
 
     // Returns the ID of any (or current) user's public page (even if it doesn't exist)
     function getPublicID($userLogin=null) {
-        if ($user) {
-            return $this->public_page = cleanID($this->getConf('public_pages_ns').':'.$userLogin);
-        } else {
-            return $this->public_page = cleanID($this->getConf('public_pages_ns').':'.$_SERVER['REMOTE_USER']);
+        if ($userLogin == null) {
+            $userLogin = $_SERVER['REMOTE_USER'];
         }
+        return $this->public_page = cleanID($this->getConf('public_pages_ns').':'.$userLogin);
     }
 
     // Returns a link to current user's private namespace start page (even if it doesn't exist)