diff --git a/scripts/socialbox.js b/scripts/socialbox.js
index e621fa4..837d6a7 100644
--- a/scripts/socialbox.js
+++ b/scripts/socialbox.js
@@ -97,8 +97,13 @@ function ajax_getvalues_refresh(request,user,user_email,secret) {
        var nodes = xmldoc.getElementsByTagName("socialbox")[0].childNodes;
        for (var i = 0; i < nodes.length; i++) {
           var id = nodes[i].attributes[0].value;
-            $("<span name=social sid=\""+ id + "\">" + nodes[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue + "</span>")
-               .clone().hide().prependTo("#socialbox").slideDown();
+          $("<span name=social sid=\""+ id + "\">" + nodes[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue + "</span>")
+             .clone().hide().prependTo("#socialbox").slideDown();
+       }
+       if (nodes.length > 0) {
+          var span_nodes = $("#socialbox").children("span").each(function(idx, el) {
+             if (idx >= 50) el.remove(); // keep a maximum of 50 elements
+          });
        }
     }
     if (xmldoc.getElementsByTagName("processes")[0] != undefined) {
diff --git a/scripts/webbuild/webbuild-2.js b/scripts/webbuild/webbuild-2.js
index 43afa64..a3d6090 100644
--- a/scripts/webbuild/webbuild-2.js
+++ b/scripts/webbuild/webbuild-2.js
@@ -74,7 +74,11 @@ function ajax_getvalues(request,confirm) {
     if (o.xmlhttp.responseXML == undefined) {
     // && xmlhttp.responseText == undefined) {
        document.getElementById("status").innerHTML = "";
-       document.getElementById("output").innerHTML = "<br>ERROR: there was a network connection problem.";
+       var errormsg = "<div id=\"outputbottom\" class=\"outputbox\"><pre>";
+       errormsg += "ERROR: there was an error in the network connection or in the format of the XML response.";
+       errormsg += "</pre></div>";
+       document.getElementById("output").innerHTML = errormsg;
+       console.error(o.xmlhttp.responseText);
        o.xmlhttp.abort();
        return;
     }