diff --git a/modules/scheduling/calendar.py b/modules/scheduling/calendar.py
index 15eab394e0b4d84b9ade70003075d55a38b545ca..fabc7fc65fb76f1bb1de2a39fdd244e1623e48c6 100644
--- a/modules/scheduling/calendar.py
+++ b/modules/scheduling/calendar.py
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ class AuraCalendarService(threading.Thread):
         self.messenger.set_channel("aura")
         self.messenger.set_section("calendar")
 
-        self.dateto = dateto
         self.datefrom = str(datefrom)
+        self.dateto = dateto
+
         self.queue = queue.Queue()
 
         self._stop_event = threading.Event()
@@ -121,10 +122,11 @@ class AuraCalendarService(threading.Thread):
                 schedule_db = self.store_schedule(schedule)
 
                 # store playlists to play
-                self.store_schedule_playlist(schedule_db, schedule["playlist"])
-                self.store_schedule_playlist(schedule_db, schedule["schedule_fallback"], True)
-                self.store_schedule_playlist(schedule_db, schedule["show_fallback"], True)
-                self.store_schedule_playlist(schedule_db, schedule["station_fallback"], True)
+
+                self.store_schedule_playlist(schedule_db, schedule, "playlist")
+                self.store_schedule_playlist(schedule_db, schedule, "schedule_fallback", True)
+                self.store_schedule_playlist(schedule_db, schedule, "show_fallback", True)
+                self.store_schedule_playlist(schedule_db, schedule, "station_fallback", True)
 
             # release the mutex
             self.queue.put(schedule) #"fetching_finished")
@@ -171,16 +173,25 @@ class AuraCalendarService(threading.Thread):
         return schedule_db
 
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #
-    def store_schedule_playlist(self, schedule_db, playlist, isfallbackplaylist=False):
+    def store_schedule_playlist(self, schedule_db, schedule, playlistname, isfallbackplaylist=False):
+        playlist = schedule[playlistname]
+
+        info = "Trying to store schedule playlist (" + playlistname + ") for " + schedule_db.show_name
+        warning = "No scheduleentries for playlist #" + str(playlist['playlist_id']) + " in schedule #" + str(schedule_db.schedule_id) + " found"
         entrynum = 0
 
+        self.logger.info(info)
         if "entries" in playlist:
             lastentry = None
+
             for entry in playlist["entries"]:
                 lastentry = self.store_playlist_entry(schedule_db, playlist, entry, lastentry, entrynum, isfallbackplaylist)
                 entrynum = entrynum + 1
+
+            if lastentry is None:
+                self.logger.warning(warning)
         else:
-            self.logger.warning("No scheduleentries for playlist #" + str(playlist['playlist_id']) + " in schedule #" + str(schedule_db.schedule_id) + " found")
+            self.logger.warning(warning)
 
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #
     def store_playlist_entry(self, schedule_db, playlist, entry, lastentry, entrynum, isfallbackplaylist=False):
@@ -267,6 +278,7 @@ class AuraCalendarService(threading.Thread):
 
         json_response = self.__fetch_data__(servicetype)
         if not json_response:
+            self.logger.info("Using hardcoded playlists")
             use_testdata = True
 
         for entry in fetched_schedule_entries:
@@ -330,6 +342,9 @@ class AuraCalendarService(threading.Thread):
 
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #
     def __fetch_data__(self, type):
+        # init html_response
+        html_response = ""
+
         # open an url and read the data
         try:
             if type not in self.data:
@@ -343,7 +358,7 @@ class AuraCalendarService(threading.Thread):
             html_response = response.read()
 
         except (urllib.error.URLError, IOError, ValueError) as e:
-            self.logger.error("Cannot connect to " + self.config.get("calendarurl") + "! reason: " + str(e.reason))
+            self.logger.error("Cannot connect to " + self.url[type] + "! reason: " + str(e.reason))
             if not self.has_already_fetched: # first fetch
                 sys.exit()