diff --git a/li.strolch.agent/src/main/java/li/strolch/agent/impl/CachedRealm.java b/li.strolch.agent/src/main/java/li/strolch/agent/impl/CachedRealm.java
index 50d355e40..772dcd715 100644
--- a/li.strolch.agent/src/main/java/li/strolch/agent/impl/CachedRealm.java
+++ b/li.strolch.agent/src/main/java/li/strolch/agent/impl/CachedRealm.java
@@ -108,12 +108,14 @@ public class CachedRealm extends InternalStrolchRealm {
 	@Override
 	public void start(PrivilegeContext privilegeContext) {
 		super.start(privilegeContext);
-		
+
 		long start = System.nanoTime();
 		int nrOfOrders = 0;
 		int nrOfResources = 0;
 		int nrOfActivities = 0;
 
+		logger.info(MessageFormat.format("Loading Model from Database for realm {0}...", getRealm())); //$NON-NLS-1$
+
 		try (StrolchTransaction tx = openTx(privilegeContext.getCertificate(), "strolch_boot")) {
 			ResourceDao resourceDao = tx.getPersistenceHandler().getResourceDao(tx);
 			Set<String> resourceTypes = resourceDao.queryTypes();
diff --git a/li.strolch.agent/src/main/java/li/strolch/persistence/api/AbstractTransaction.java b/li.strolch.agent/src/main/java/li/strolch/persistence/api/AbstractTransaction.java
index 6e054a690..b52b8ccb3 100644
--- a/li.strolch.agent/src/main/java/li/strolch/persistence/api/AbstractTransaction.java
+++ b/li.strolch.agent/src/main/java/li/strolch/persistence/api/AbstractTransaction.java
@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractTransaction implements StrolchTransaction {
 				throw new IllegalStateException(msg);
 			}
 
-			if (!this.objectFilter.isEmpty()) {
+			if (this.objectFilter != null && !this.objectFilter.isEmpty()) {
 				autoCloseableRollback();
 				String msg = "There are modified objects registered on a read-only transaction. Changing to rollback! Did you forget to commit?";
 				throw new IllegalStateException(msg);