diff --git a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/block_allocator/block_allocator.c b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/block_allocator/block_allocator.c
index fc340fb26ff39355827f4d198f7cd0c1a370b4f3..a4ba6ab5946f915f579b03bc91e28ce24a0cd5e5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/block_allocator/block_allocator.c
+++ b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/block_allocator/block_allocator.c
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ extern int empty_null_destroy_list(void *arg, void *key)
  * 
  * return: void.
  */
-extern void ba_init(node_info_msg_t *node_info_ptr)
+extern void ba_init(node_info_msg_t *node_info_ptr, bool sanity_check)
 {
 	int x,y,z;
 
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ node_info_error:
 #ifdef HAVE_BG_FILES
 	/* sanity check.  We can only request part of the system, but
 	   we don't want to allow more than we have. */
-	if (have_db2) {
+	if (sanity_check && have_db2) {
 		verbose("Attempting to contact MMCS");
 		if ((rc = bridge_get_bg(&bg)) != STATUS_OK) {
 			fatal("bridge_get_BG() failed.  This usually means "
@@ -1208,8 +1208,8 @@ extern void ba_update_node_state(ba_node_t *ba_node, uint16_t state)
 
 	if (!_initialized){
 		error("Error, configuration not initialized, "
-		      "calling ba_init(NULL)");
-		ba_init(NULL);
+		      "calling ba_init(NULL, 1)");
+		ba_init(NULL, 1);
 	}
 
 #ifdef HAVE_BG
@@ -1326,7 +1326,8 @@ extern int allocate_block(ba_request_t* ba_request, List results)
 {
 	if (!_initialized){
 		error("Error, configuration not initialized, "
-		      "calling ba_init(NULL)");
+		      "calling ba_init(NULL, 1)");
+		ba_init(NULL, 1);
 	}
 
 	if (!ba_request){
@@ -2055,13 +2056,13 @@ extern int set_bp_map(void)
 	bp_map_list = list_create(_bp_map_list_del);
 
 	if (!have_db2) {
-		fatal("Can't access DB2 library, run from service node");
+		error("Can't access DB2 library, run from service node");
 		return -1;
 	}
 
 #ifdef HAVE_BGL
 	if (!getenv("DB2INSTANCE") || !getenv("VWSPATH")) {
-		fatal("Missing DB2INSTANCE or VWSPATH env var.  "
+		error("Missing DB2INSTANCE or VWSPATH env var.  "
 		      "Execute 'db2profile'");
 		return -1;
 	}
diff --git a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/block_allocator/block_allocator.h b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/block_allocator/block_allocator.h
index 41fd629c69d5d72b4a00861659f06ae25848ddcc..ebba0579de60a691a477a6c3a8f1ec2f83572063 100644
--- a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/block_allocator/block_allocator.h
+++ b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/block_allocator/block_allocator.h
@@ -348,10 +348,11 @@ extern void print_ba_request(ba_request_t* ba_request);
  * 
  * IN: node_info_msg_t * can be null, 
  *     should be from slurm_load_node().
+ * IN: load_bridge: whiether or not to get bridge information
  * 
  * return: void.
  */
-extern void ba_init(node_info_msg_t *node_info_ptr);
+extern void ba_init(node_info_msg_t *node_info_ptr, bool load_bridge);
 
 /* If emulating a system set up a known configuration for wires in a
  * system of the size given.
diff --git a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/block_allocator/wire_test.c b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/block_allocator/wire_test.c
index 29a720d7c19f0af9bc47e359c6c67775de33ec5d..d8dd196300fb79bde16262e98f07b88a7c06d1fa 100644
--- a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/block_allocator/wire_test.c
+++ b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/block_allocator/wire_test.c
@@ -62,15 +62,14 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 	log_opts.logfile_level = debug_level;
 	log_opts.syslog_level  = debug_level;
 	
-	log_alter(log_opts, LOG_DAEMON, 
-		  "/dev/null");
+	log_alter(log_opts, LOG_DAEMON, "/dev/null");
 	
 	DIM_SIZE[X]=0;
 	DIM_SIZE[Y]=0;
 	DIM_SIZE[Z]=0;
 
 	slurm_conf_reinit(NULL);
-	ba_init(NULL);
+	ba_init(NULL, 1);
 	init_wires(NULL);
 		
 	/* [010x831] */
diff --git a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/bluegene.c b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/bluegene.c
index 0ffbe8124f2d97191c1da645d1cf8249e0672cd5..3df42706ae253006ba118dcbd769f38c88b91e3a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/bluegene.c
+++ b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/bluegene.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ extern int init_bg(void)
 		list_destroy(bg_conf->ramdisk_list);
 	bg_conf->ramdisk_list = list_create(destroy_image);	
 
-	ba_init(NULL);
+	ba_init(NULL, 1);
 
 	verbose("BlueGene plugin loaded successfully");
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/select_bluegene.c b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/select_bluegene.c
index eb56789c2348af0ad1c804feb8b3dffb7768e2b8..dc53fa996afee8d99c2a92b9c4dc929df8721a6d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/select_bluegene.c
+++ b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/select_bluegene.c
@@ -247,34 +247,37 @@ static List _get_config(void)
 extern int init ( void )
 {
 
+	if(bg_recover != NOT_FROM_CONTROLLER) {
 #if (SYSTEM_DIMENSIONS != 3)
-	fatal("SYSTEM_DIMENSIONS value (%d) invalid for BlueGene",
-		SYSTEM_DIMENSIONS);
+		fatal("SYSTEM_DIMENSIONS value (%d) invalid for BlueGene",
+		      SYSTEM_DIMENSIONS);
 #endif
-
+	
 #ifdef HAVE_BG_FILES
 #ifdef HAVE_BGL
-	if (!getenv("CLASSPATH") || !getenv("DB2INSTANCE")
-	    || !getenv("VWSPATH"))
-		fatal("db2profile has not been run to setup DB2 environment");
-	
-	if ((SELECT_COPROCESSOR_MODE  != RM_PARTITION_COPROCESSOR_MODE)
-	    || (SELECT_VIRTUAL_NODE_MODE != RM_PARTITION_VIRTUAL_NODE_MODE))
-		fatal("enum node_use_type out of sync with rm_api.h");
+	        if (!getenv("CLASSPATH") || !getenv("DB2INSTANCE")
+		    || !getenv("VWSPATH"))
+			fatal("db2profile has not been "
+			      "run to setup DB2 environment");
+		
+		if ((SELECT_COPROCESSOR_MODE  != RM_PARTITION_COPROCESSOR_MODE)
+		    || (SELECT_VIRTUAL_NODE_MODE 
+			!= RM_PARTITION_VIRTUAL_NODE_MODE))
+			fatal("enum node_use_type out of sync with rm_api.h");
 #endif
-	if ((SELECT_MESH  != RM_MESH)
-	    || (SELECT_TORUS != RM_TORUS)
-	    || (SELECT_NAV   != RM_NAV))
-		fatal("enum conn_type out of sync with rm_api.h");
+		if ((SELECT_MESH  != RM_MESH)
+		    || (SELECT_TORUS != RM_TORUS)
+		    || (SELECT_NAV   != RM_NAV))
+			fatal("enum conn_type out of sync with rm_api.h");
 #endif
-
-	verbose("%s loading...", plugin_name);
-
-	/* if this is coming from something other than the controller
-	   we don't want to read the config or anything like that. */
-	if(bg_recover != NOT_FROM_CONTROLLER) 
+		
+		verbose("%s loading...", plugin_name);
+		/* if this is coming from something other than the controller
+		   we don't want to read the config or anything like that. */
 		if (init_bg() || _init_status_pthread())
 			return SLURM_ERROR;
+	}
+	verbose("%s loaded", plugin_name);
 
 	return SLURM_SUCCESS;
 }
diff --git a/src/smap/smap.c b/src/smap/smap.c
index 359cbd68ff68a52e2d1c1510f14d60590c076b04..06462c8114343b694fe2d18b00033b1f5e49c36f 100644
--- a/src/smap/smap.c
+++ b/src/smap/smap.c
@@ -94,7 +94,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
        
 	log_init(xbasename(argv[0]), opts, SYSLOG_FACILITY_DAEMON, NULL);
 	parse_command_line(argc, argv);
-	while (slurm_load_node((time_t) NULL, &new_node_ptr, SHOW_ALL)) { 
+	if (params.verbose) {
+		opts.stderr_level += params.verbose;
+		log_alter(opts, SYSLOG_FACILITY_USER, NULL);
+	}
+
+	while (slurm_load_node((time_t) NULL, &new_node_ptr, SHOW_ALL)) {
 		error_code = slurm_get_errno();
 		printf("slurm_load_node: %s\n", slurm_strerror(error_code));
 		if (params.display == COMMANDS) {
@@ -106,7 +111,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		sleep(10);	/* keep trying to reconnect */
 	}
 	
-	ba_init(new_node_ptr);
+	ba_init(new_node_ptr, 0);
 			
 	if(params.resolve) {