diff --git a/src/channel/channel.js b/src/channel/channel.js
index 61f92bc..cf7eb67 100644
--- a/src/channel/channel.js
+++ b/src/channel/channel.js
@@ -1186,15 +1186,6 @@ class ZitiChannel {
    */
   _tryHandleResponse(conn, responseSequence, data) {
 
-    if (!isUndefined(conn)) {
-      let socket = conn.socket;
-      if (!isUndefined(socket)) {
-        if (socket.isWebSocket) {
-          return;
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
 
     let messagesQueue = this._messages;
     if (!isUndefined(conn)) {
diff --git a/src/context/context.js b/src/context/context.js
index 9f97eb8..f96624d 100644
--- a/src/context/context.js
+++ b/src/context/context.js
@@ -1563,7 +1563,7 @@ class ZitiContext extends EventEmitter {
     throwIf(isUndefined(edgeRouter), 'edgeRouter not specified');
 
   
-    this.logger.trace('getChannelByEdgeRouter entered for conn[%d] edgeRouter[%s]', conn, edgeRouter.hostname);
+    this.logger.trace('getChannelByEdgeRouter entered for conn[%d] edgeRouter[%s]', conn.id, edgeRouter.hostname);
 
     let key = edgeRouter.hostname + '-' + conn.networkSessionToken;