diff --git a/bin/verifier b/bin/verifier
index 7619f501a9a8d60d0e4344b10f2ed1d3d9dbb3f2..8da38a12f39c7d57a035635a3e1271360376af46 100755
--- a/bin/verifier
+++ b/bin/verifier
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ app.post('/verify', function(req, resp, next) {
       resp.json({"status":"failure", reason: (error ? error.toString() : "unknown")});
       metrics.report('verify', {
         result: 'failure',
-        rp: audienceFromAssertion
+        rp: audience
       });
     });
 
diff --git a/lib/db/json.js b/lib/db/json.js
index 9b5b68095b810031fbc27e0921c49fab390af76f..fc5705376d9535ad3d016cae47db599d952dc01d 100644
--- a/lib/db/json.js
+++ b/lib/db/json.js
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ function flush() {
 function sync() {
   try {
     db = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(dbPath));
+
+    // FIXME:
+    // at this point db might be missing some important fields
+    // we may want to fix this. In the meantime, delete your old json db
   } catch(e) {
     logger.error("Cannot read database from " + dbPath);
   }