diff --git a/src/blackmisc/network/url.cpp b/src/blackmisc/network/url.cpp
index b87b0e444..cba345d8f 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/network/url.cpp
+++ b/src/blackmisc/network/url.cpp
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ namespace BlackMisc
 
         QString CUrl::appendQuery(const QString &queryToAppend)
         {
+            if (queryToAppend.isEmpty()) { return m_query; }
             const QString q(stripQueryString(queryToAppend));
             if (q.isEmpty()) { return m_query;  }
             m_query += hasQuery() ? "&" + q : q;
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/timestampbased.cpp b/src/blackmisc/timestampbased.cpp
index d8f3739c4..355ddb5b3 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/timestampbased.cpp
+++ b/src/blackmisc/timestampbased.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace BlackMisc
     QDateTime ITimestampBased::getUtcTimestamp() const
     {
         if (this->m_timestampMSecsSinceEpoch < 0) { return QDateTime(); }
-        return QDateTime::fromMSecsSinceEpoch(this->m_timestampMSecsSinceEpoch, Qt::UTC);
+        return QDateTime::fromMSecsSinceEpoch(this->m_timestampMSecsSinceEpoch);
     }
 
     void ITimestampBased::setTimestampToNull()