diff --git a/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/resources/account/MeResource.java b/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/resources/account/MeResource.java
index b612f907..74110400 100644
--- a/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/resources/account/MeResource.java
+++ b/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/resources/account/MeResource.java
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ import static org.cobbzilla.util.daemon.ZillaRuntime.*;
 import static org.cobbzilla.util.http.HttpContentTypes.*;
 import static org.cobbzilla.util.json.JsonUtil.json;
 import static org.cobbzilla.wizard.resources.ResourceUtil.*;
+import static org.cobbzilla.wizard.server.RestServerBase.reportError;
 
 @Consumes(APPLICATION_JSON)
 @Produces(APPLICATION_JSON)
@@ -91,7 +92,12 @@ public class MeResource {
     public Response me(@Context ContainerRequest ctx) {
         try {
             final Account account = userPrincipal(ctx);
-            return ok(account.setPolicy(policyDAO.findSingleByAccount(account.getUuid())));
+            final Account acct = accountDAO.findByUuid(account.getUuid());
+            if (acct == null) {
+                reportError("MeResource.me: account in session but not in DB: "+account.getName()+"/"+account.getUuid());
+                return unauthorized();
+            }
+            return ok(acct.setPolicy(policyDAO.findSingleByAccount(account.getUuid())));
         } catch (Exception e) {
             return notFound();
         }
diff --git a/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/service/cloud/StandardNetworkService.java b/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/service/cloud/StandardNetworkService.java
index 2c18c34c..585bc5b2 100644
--- a/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/service/cloud/StandardNetworkService.java
+++ b/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/service/cloud/StandardNetworkService.java
@@ -640,30 +640,37 @@ public class StandardNetworkService implements NetworkService {
     public boolean isReachable(BubbleNode node) {
         final String prefix = "isReachable(" + node.id() + "): ";
         try {
-            log.info(prefix+"starting");
+            log.info(prefix + "starting");
+
             final NotificationReceipt receipt = notificationService.notify(node, NotificationType.health_check, null);
-            BubbleNodeState state = null;
-            if (receipt == null) {
-                log.info(prefix+"health_check failed, checking via cloud");
-                final CloudService cloud = cloudDAO.findByUuid(node.getCloud());
-                if (cloud == null) {
-                    log.warn(prefix+"cloud not found: "+node.getCloud());
-                    return false;
-                }
-                final BubbleNode status = cloud.getComputeDriver(configuration).status(node);
-                if (status != null) {
-                    state = status.getState();
-                    if (state != null && state.active()) {
-                        log.info(prefix + "cloud status was: " + state + ", returning true");
-                        return true;
-                    }
-                }
+            if (receipt != null) {
+                log.debug(prefix + "receiving regular health_check receipt - all ok");
+                return true;
             }
-            log.warn(prefix+"no way of reaching node "+node.id()+" (state="+state+"), returning false");
-            return false;
 
+            log.info(prefix+"health_check failed, checking via cloud");
+            final CloudService cloud = cloudDAO.findByUuid(node.getCloud());
+            if (cloud == null) {
+                log.warn(prefix + "cloud not found: " + node.getCloud());
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            final BubbleNode status = cloud.getComputeDriver(configuration).status(node);
+            if (status == null) {
+                log.warn(prefix + "node's status not found on the cloud: " + node.getCloud());
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            final BubbleNodeState state = status.getState();
+            if (state != null && state.active()) {
+                log.info(prefix + "node's state on cloud was ok: " + state);
+                return true;
+            } else {
+                log.warn(prefix + "bad node's state on cloud: " + state);
+                return false;
+            }
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            log.warn(prefix+e);
+            log.warn(prefix + e, e);
             return false;
         }
     }
diff --git a/bubble-server/src/main/resources/META-INF/bubble/bubble.properties b/bubble-server/src/main/resources/META-INF/bubble/bubble.properties
index a7d9f4db..0bf1da28 100644
--- a/bubble-server/src/main/resources/META-INF/bubble/bubble.properties
+++ b/bubble-server/src/main/resources/META-INF/bubble/bubble.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-bubble.version=Adventure 0.15.5
+bubble.version=Adventure 0.15.6
diff --git a/utils/cobbzilla-utils b/utils/cobbzilla-utils
index 51d700f6..b6e60fe9 160000
--- a/utils/cobbzilla-utils
+++ b/utils/cobbzilla-utils
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 51d700f6fe634d092adb3f238caf429a2d4c4dc7
+Subproject commit b6e60fe9771478a7210c018332395284fae0dd4b