diff --git a/src/refit/application/log/REFITLogClient.java b/src/refit/application/log/REFITLogClient.java
index fdd7f16657a906da6bc5906958ba256e290ff477..c8e34ca7698b8f45f3aa29ebd6e38eacb06bd3c9 100644
--- a/src/refit/application/log/REFITLogClient.java
+++ b/src/refit/application/log/REFITLogClient.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public class REFITLogClient extends REFITClientThread {
 
 	public REFITLogClient(REFITClientLibrary service) {
 		super(service);
-		this.lastRequestSeqNr = 0;
+		this.lastRequestSeqNr = -1;
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/src/refit/application/queue/REFITQueueClient.java b/src/refit/application/queue/REFITQueueClient.java
index 3cc52b29c82e798502fe7d20e5a292a3acaa4f78..8c9ce452b229034fce5fdd76d0fc5e3407842a6f 100644
--- a/src/refit/application/queue/REFITQueueClient.java
+++ b/src/refit/application/queue/REFITQueueClient.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ public class REFITQueueClient extends REFITClientThread {
 
 	public REFITQueueClient(REFITClientLibrary service) {
 		super(service);
-		this.lastRequestSeqNr = 0;
+		this.lastRequestSeqNr = -1;
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/src/refit/replica/client/REFITClientStage.java b/src/refit/replica/client/REFITClientStage.java
index 8e2f5beee01620c39c4273624a48f3242d8a4d86..054f4301dd3e0289ac87126249d7b442bdd9d888 100644
--- a/src/refit/replica/client/REFITClientStage.java
+++ b/src/refit/replica/client/REFITClientStage.java
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ public class REFITClientStage extends REFITStage {
 			// ignore panic for requests that cannot be executed just yet, the client will resend the panic anyways
 			if (request.executeAfter >= executionNextSeqNr) {
 				REFITLogger.logWarning(this, "Ignoring panic with executeAfter "
-						+ request.executeAfter + " newer than current progress " + executionNextSeqNr);
+						+ request.executeAfter + " newer than next seqNr" + executionNextSeqNr);
 				return;
 			}