diff --git a/social/prowl/57-prowl.js b/social/prowl/57-prowl.js
index 9d8801bc..ee1791c2 100644
--- a/social/prowl/57-prowl.js
+++ b/social/prowl/57-prowl.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ catch(err) {
 }
 
 if (pushkey) {
-    var prowl = new Prowl(pushkey.prowlkey);
+    if (pushkey.prowlkey) { var prowl = new Prowl(pushkey.prowlkey); }
 }
 
 function ProwlNode(n) {
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ function ProwlNode(n) {
     this.on("input",function(msg) {
         var titl = this.title||msg.topic||"Node-RED";
         var pri = msg.priority||this.priority;
-        if (typeof(msg.payload) == 'object') {
+        if (typeof(msg.payload) === 'object') {
             msg.payload = JSON.stringify(msg.payload);
         }
         else { msg.payload = msg.payload.toString(); }
-        if (pushkey) {
+        if (pushkey.prowlkey) {
             try {
                 prowl.push(msg.payload, titl, { priority: pri }, function(err, remaining) {
                     if (err) node.error(err);
@@ -64,5 +64,4 @@ function ProwlNode(n) {
         }
     });
 }
-
 RED.nodes.registerType("prowl",ProwlNode);
diff --git a/social/pushbullet/57-pushbullet.html b/social/pushbullet/57-pushbullet.html
index dda75be5..4008321f 100644
--- a/social/pushbullet/57-pushbullet.html
+++ b/social/pushbullet/57-pushbullet.html
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 <script type="text/x-red" data-help-name="pushbullet">
     <p>Uses PushBullet to push the <b>msg.payload</b> to an Android device that has PushBullet app installed.</p>
     <p>Optionally uses <b>msg.topic</b> to set the title, if not already set in the properties.</p>
-    <p>You MUST configure both your API key and the target device ID. Either into settings.js like this</p>
+    <p>You MUST configure both your <i>API key</i> and the target <i>device ID</i>. Either into settings.js like this</p>
     <p><pre>pushbullet: { pushbullet:'My-API-KEY', deviceid:'xyzzyWabc' },</pre></p>
     <p>Or as a pushkey.js file in the directory <b>above</b> node-red.<p>
     <p><pre>module.exports = { pushbullet:'My-API-KEY', deviceid:'xyzzyWabc' }</pre></p>
@@ -54,5 +54,4 @@
             return this.name?"node_label_italic":"";
         }
     });
-
 </script>
diff --git a/social/pushbullet/57-pushbullet.js b/social/pushbullet/57-pushbullet.js
index cb6583d1..a172490d 100644
--- a/social/pushbullet/57-pushbullet.js
+++ b/social/pushbullet/57-pushbullet.js
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ catch(err) {
 }
 
 if (pushkey) {
-    var pusher = new PushBullet(pushkey.pushbullet);
-    var deviceId = pushkey.deviceid;
+    if (pushkey.pushbullet) { var pusher = new PushBullet(pushkey.pushbullet); }
+    if (pushkey.deviceid) { var deviceId = pushkey.deviceid; }
 }
 
 function PushbulletNode(n) {
@@ -41,15 +41,16 @@ function PushbulletNode(n) {
     var node = this;
     this.on("input",function(msg) {
         var titl = this.title||msg.topic||"Node-RED";
-        if (typeof(msg.payload) == 'object') {
+        if (typeof(msg.payload) === 'object') {
             msg.payload = JSON.stringify(msg.payload);
         }
+        else { msg.payload = msg.payload.toString(); }
         if (pushkey.pushbullet && pushkey.deviceid) {
             try {
                 if (!isNaN(deviceId)) { deviceId = Number(deviceId); }
                 pusher.note(deviceId, titl, msg.payload, function(err, response) {
-                    if (err) node.error(err);
-                    console.log(response);
+                    if (err) node.error("Pushbullet error: "+err);
+                    //console.log(response);
                 });
             }
             catch (err) {