diff --git a/src/zmapServer/pipe/pipeServer.c b/src/zmapServer/pipe/pipeServer.c
index 99821b56358fa5abb427f81f6e8a1afd2b06495b..25194fb975a8f478f55d809030385896332e333d 100755
--- a/src/zmapServer/pipe/pipeServer.c
+++ b/src/zmapServer/pipe/pipeServer.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
  * HISTORY:
  * Last edited: Jan 14 10:10 2010 (edgrif)
  * Created: 2009-11-26 12:02:40 (mh17)
- * CVS info:   $Id: pipeServer.c,v 1.13 2010-01-25 12:03:32 mh17 Exp $
+ * CVS info:   $Id: pipeServer.c,v 1.14 2010-01-26 13:44:38 mh17 Exp $
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ static ZMapServerResponseType getFeatures(void *server_in, GData *styles, ZMapFe
 		{
 		  /* SHOULD ABORT HERE.... */
 		  setErrMsg(server, 
-			    g_strdup_printf("zMapGFFParseLine() failed with no GError for line %d: %s",
+			    g_strdup_printf("zMapGFFParseHeader() failed with no GError for line %d: %s",
 					    zMapGFFGetLineNumber(get_features.parser), get_features.gff_line->str)) ;
 		  ZMAPPIPESERVER_LOG(Critical, server->protocol, server->script_path,server->query,
 				 "%s", server->last_err_msg) ;
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ static ZMapServerResponseType getContextSequence(void *server_in, GData *styles,
 		{
 		  /* SHOULD ABORT HERE.... */
 		  setErrMsg(server, 
-			    g_strdup_printf("zMapGFFParseLine() failed with no GError for line %d: %s",
+			    g_strdup_printf("zMapGFFParseHeader() failed with no GError for line %d: %s",
 					    zMapGFFGetLineNumber(get_features.parser), get_features.gff_line->str)) ;
 		  ZMAPPIPESERVER_LOG(Critical, server->protocol, server->script_path,server->query,
 				 "%s", server->last_err_msg) ;
diff --git a/src/zmapWindow/zmapWindowMenus.c b/src/zmapWindow/zmapWindowMenus.c
index 19b5822467cd3983853fd4e9497ad5f33418c265..43ca90715e1d843a38447555392f4c6ae6764876 100755
--- a/src/zmapWindow/zmapWindowMenus.c
+++ b/src/zmapWindow/zmapWindowMenus.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * HISTORY:
  * Last edited: Jan 22 13:55 2010 (edgrif)
  * Created: Thu Mar 10 07:56:27 2005 (edgrif)
- * CVS info:   $Id: zmapWindowMenus.c,v 1.66 2010-01-22 13:56:08 edgrif Exp $
+ * CVS info:   $Id: zmapWindowMenus.c,v 1.67 2010-01-26 13:44:38 mh17 Exp $
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
@@ -360,7 +360,8 @@ static void dnaMenuCB(int menu_item_id, gpointer callback_data)
   char *seq_name, *molecule_type = NULL, *gene_name = NULL ;
   int seq_len ;
 
-  feature = (ZMapFeature)zMapWindowCanvasItemIntervalGetObject(menu_data->item) ;
+//  feature = (ZMapFeature)zMapWindowCanvasItemIntervalGetObject(menu_data->item) ;
+  feature = zMapWindowCanvasItemGetFeature(menu_data->item);     // this function is used to get the feature in the function that makes this menu
 
   context = menu_data->window->feature_context ;