diff --git a/arangod/Agency/Store.cpp b/arangod/Agency/Store.cpp
index 8251a52d03..5ae4398df9 100644
--- a/arangod/Agency/Store.cpp
+++ b/arangod/Agency/Store.cpp
@@ -145,14 +145,6 @@ Node& Node::operator= (VPackSlice const& slice) {
   _children.clear();
   _value.reset();
   _value.append(reinterpret_cast<char const*>(slice.begin()), slice.byteSize());
-/*
-  notifyObservers(uri());
-  Node *par = _parent;
-  while (par != 0) {
-    _parent->notifyObservers(uri());
-    par = par->_parent;
-  }
-*/
   return *this;
 }
 
@@ -167,14 +159,6 @@ Node& Node::operator= (Node const& rhs) {
   _node_name = rhs._node_name;
   _value = rhs._value;
   _children = rhs._children;
-  /*
-  notifyObservers(uri());
-  Node *par = _parent;
-  while (par != 0) {
-    _parent->notifyObservers(uri());
-    par = par->_parent;
-  }
-  */
   return *this;
 }
 
@@ -300,61 +284,6 @@ bool Node::removeTimeToLive () {
   return true;
 }
 
-// Add observing url for this node
-/*bool Node::addObserver (std::string const& uri) {
-  auto it = std::find(_observers.begin(), _observers.end(), uri);
-  if (it==_observers.end()) {
-    _observers.emplace(uri);
-    return true;
-  }
-  return false;
-  }*/
-
-/*void Node::notifyObservers (std::string const& origin) const {
-
-  for (auto const& i : _observers) {
-
-    Builder body;
-    body.openObject();
-    body.add(uri(), VPackValue(VPackValueType::Object));
-    body.add("op",VPackValue("modified"));
-    body.close();
-    body.close();
-    
-    std::stringstream endpoint;
-    std::string path = "/";
-    size_t pos = 7;
-    if (i.find("http://")==0) {
-      endpoint << "tcp://";
-    } else if (i.find("https://")==0) {
-      endpoint << "ssl://";
-      ++pos;
-    } else {
-      LOG_TOPIC(WARN,Logger::AGENCY) << "Malformed notification URL " << i;
-      return;
-    }
-
-    size_t slash_p = i.find("/",pos);
-    if ((slash_p==std::string::npos)) {
-      endpoint << i.substr(pos);
-    } else {
-      endpoint << i.substr(pos,slash_p-pos);
-      path = i.substr(slash_p);
-    }
-
-    std::unique_ptr<std::map<std::string, std::string>> headerFields =
-      std::make_unique<std::map<std::string, std::string> >();
-    
-    ClusterCommResult res =
-      arangodb::ClusterComm::instance()->asyncRequest(
-        "1", 1, endpoint.str(), GeneralRequest::RequestType::POST, path,
-        std::make_shared<std::string>(body.toString()), headerFields, nullptr,
-        0.0, true);
-
-  }
-
-  }*/
-
 inline bool Node::observedBy (std::string const& url) const {
   auto ret = root()._observer_table.equal_range(url);
   for (auto it = ret.first; it!=ret.second; ++it) {
@@ -504,10 +433,9 @@ template<> bool Node::handle<OBSERVE> (VPackSlice const& slice) {
   if (!observedBy(url)) {
     root()._observer_table.emplace(std::pair<std::string,std::string>(url,uri));
     root()._observed_table.emplace(std::pair<std::string,std::string>(uri,url));
-//    _observers.emplace(url);
     return true;
   }
-  
+
   return false;
 
 }
@@ -520,7 +448,9 @@ template<> bool Node::handle<UNOBSERVE> (VPackSlice const& slice) {
     return false;
   std::string url (slice.get("url").copyString()),
     uri (this->uri());
-  
+
+  // delete in both cases a single entry (ensured above)
+  // breaking the iterators is fine then
   auto ret = root()._observer_table.equal_range(url);
   for (auto it = ret.first; it!=ret.second; ++it) {
     if (it->second == uri) {
@@ -750,12 +680,17 @@ std::vector<bool> Store::apply (
     
     for (auto it = ret.first; it!=ret.second; ++it) {
       body.add(it->second->key,VPackValue(VPackValueType::Object));
+      body.add(it->second->modified,VPackValue(VPackValueType::Object));
       body.add("op",VPackValue(it->second->oper));
       body.close();
+      body.close();
     }
     
     body.close();
 
+    std::cout << url << body.toString() << std::endl;
+
+
     std::string endpoint, path;
     if (endpointPathFromUrl (url,endpoint,path)) {
 
diff --git a/arangod/Agency/Store.h b/arangod/Agency/Store.h
index 8fd7c2e95f..8a7d887a0c 100644
--- a/arangod/Agency/Store.h
+++ b/arangod/Agency/Store.h
@@ -174,8 +174,6 @@ protected:
   TimePoint _ttl;                      /**< @brief my expiry */
   Buffer<uint8_t> _value;              /**< @brief my value */
 
-//  std::unordered_set<std::string> _observers; /**< @brief my observers */
-
   /// @brief Table of expiries in tree (only used in root node)
   std::multimap<TimePoint, std::shared_ptr<Node>> _time_table;
 
diff --git a/arangod/RestHandler/RestAgencyHandler.cpp b/arangod/RestHandler/RestAgencyHandler.cpp
index d2483d2fec..4b48bda5bc 100644
--- a/arangod/RestHandler/RestAgencyHandler.cpp
+++ b/arangod/RestHandler/RestAgencyHandler.cpp
@@ -155,7 +155,8 @@ HttpHandler::status_t RestAgencyHandler::handleWrite () {
       body.close();
       
       if (errors > 0) { // Some/all requests failed
-        generateResult(GeneralResponse::ResponseCode::PRECONDITION_FAILED, body.slice());
+        generateResult(GeneralResponse::ResponseCode::PRECONDITION_FAILED,
+                       body.slice());
       } else {          // All good 
         generateResult(GeneralResponse::ResponseCode::OK, body.slice());
       }