diff --git a/docs/software/mesh-alg.md b/docs/software/mesh-alg.md
index d4ae7121..dc4203ab 100644
--- a/docs/software/mesh-alg.md
+++ b/docs/software/mesh-alg.md
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ reliable messaging tasks (stage one for DSR):
 
 dsr tasks
 
-- Don't use broadcasts for the network pings (close open github issue)
-- add ignoreSenders to radioconfig to allow testing different mesh topologies by refusing to see certain senders
+- oops I might have broken message reception
+- DONE Don't use broadcasts for the network pings (close open github issue)
+- DONE add ignoreSenders to radioconfig to allow testing different mesh topologies by refusing to see certain senders
 - test multihop delivery with the python framework
 
 optimizations / low priority:
diff --git a/src/mesh/Router.cpp b/src/mesh/Router.cpp
index 1c8d1763..4a7fac5f 100644
--- a/src/mesh/Router.cpp
+++ b/src/mesh/Router.cpp
@@ -201,14 +201,16 @@ void Router::handleReceived(MeshPacket *p)
 void Router::perhapsHandleReceived(MeshPacket *p)
 {
     assert(radioConfig.has_preferences);
-    bool inIgnore = is_in_repeated(radioConfig.preferences.ignore_incoming, p->from);
+    bool ignore = is_in_repeated(radioConfig.preferences.ignore_incoming, p->from);
 
-    if (inIgnore)
+    if (ignore)
         DEBUG_MSG("Ignoring incoming message, 0x%x is in our ignore list\n", p->from);
+    else if (ignore |= shouldFilterReceived(p))
+        DEBUG_MSG("Incoming message was filtered 0x%x\n", p->from);
 
     // Note: we avoid calling shouldFilterReceived if we are supposed to ignore certain nodes - because some overrides might
     // cache/learn of the existence of nodes (i.e. FloodRouter) that they should not
-    if (!inIgnore && !shouldFilterReceived(p))
+    if (!ignore)
         handleReceived(p);
 
     packetPool.release(p);
diff --git a/src/mesh/mesh-pb-constants.cpp b/src/mesh/mesh-pb-constants.cpp
index 894afe47..86431785 100644
--- a/src/mesh/mesh-pb-constants.cpp
+++ b/src/mesh/mesh-pb-constants.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ bool writecb(pb_ostream_t *stream, const uint8_t *buf, size_t count)
 
 bool is_in_helper(uint32_t n, const uint32_t *array, pb_size_t count)
 {
-    for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
+    for (pb_size_t i = 0; i < count; i++)
         if (array[i] == n)
             return true;