diff --git a/src/system/sysjob.117 b/src/system/sysjob.117
index d4301324..eff2f582 100755
--- a/src/system/sysjob.117
+++ b/src/system/sysjob.117
@@ -1895,8 +1895,7 @@ SYSMP0:	ILDB T,I
 
 SYSMP1:	PUSHJ P,STYOS		;SPACE AND OUTPUT REMAINING ARGS
 	PUSHJ P,SYSMP2
-	 JRST [	PUSHJ P,SYSTCR	;END WITH TIME, POPJ
-		JRST SYSMPR]	;Try for more messages
+	 JRST SYSTCR		;END WITH TIME, POPJ
 	JRST SYSMP1
 
 SYSMP3:	PUSH P,T		;OUTPUT THIS MANY ARGS
@@ -2010,7 +2009,7 @@ CTLCNT:	0	;Keeps track of number of lines printed on console.
 SYSMPT:	0	;POINTER TO MESSAGE MOST RECENTLY INSERTED
 SYSMPU:	0	;POINTER TO MESSAGE MOST RECENTLY PRINTED
 		;(MUST TAKE MODULO LENGTH OF TABLE, AND ADD OFFSET OF BEGIN OF TABLE)
-IFNDEF SYSMLNG,SYSMLNG==9.	;LOG(2) OF # ENTRIES (5=>32)
+IFNDEF SYSMLNG,SYSMLNG==5	;LOG(2) OF # ENTRIES (5=>32)
 
 SYSMBF:	BLOCK 8_SYSMLNG	;8 WDS PER ENTRY: BITS,,STRING, 6 ARGS, TIME