diff --git a/arangod/Agency/Agent.cpp b/arangod/Agency/Agent.cpp
index 708d96c32a..2b9ceb3a94 100644
--- a/arangod/Agency/Agent.cpp
+++ b/arangod/Agency/Agent.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ Agent::Agent(config_t const& config)
       _lastCommitIndex(0),
       _spearhead(this),
       _readDB(this),
+      _vacillant(this),
       _nextCompationAfter(_config.compactionStepSize()),
       _inception(std::make_unique<Inception>(this)),
       _activator(nullptr),
@@ -648,7 +649,7 @@ trans_ret_t Agent::transact(query_t const& queries) {
 
 
 // Non-persistent write to non-persisted key-value store
-write_ret_t Agent::write(query_t const& query) {
+write_ret_t Agent::vacillant(query_t const& query) {
 }
 
 
diff --git a/arangod/Agency/RestAgencyHandler.cpp b/arangod/Agency/RestAgencyHandler.cpp
index 02947c4a68..10033c820f 100644
--- a/arangod/Agency/RestAgencyHandler.cpp
+++ b/arangod/Agency/RestAgencyHandler.cpp
@@ -86,13 +86,15 @@ void RestAgencyHandler::redirectRequest(std::string const& leaderId) {
   }
 }
 
-RestStatus RestAgencyHandler::handleVaccilant() {
+RestStatus RestAgencyHandler::handleVacillant() {
 
   // Must be a POST request
   if (_request->requestType() != rest::RequestType::POST) {
     generateError(rest::ResponseCode::METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED, 405);
   }
 
+  query_t query;
+  
   // Need Array input
   if (!query->slice().isArray()) {
     Builder body;
@@ -134,12 +136,15 @@ RestStatus RestAgencyHandler::handleVaccilant() {
   try {
     ret = _agent->vacillant(query);
   } catch (std::exception const& e) {
+    Builder body;
     body.openObject();
     body.add("message", VPackValue(e.what()));
     body.close();
     generateResult(rest::ResponseCode::BAD, body.slice());
     return RestStatus::DONE;
   }
+
+  return RestStatus::DONE;
   
 }