diff --git a/Shorewall-Website/shorewall_index.htm b/Shorewall-Website/shorewall_index.htm
index 9e914001f..48f2d4555 100644
--- a/Shorewall-Website/shorewall_index.htm
+++ b/Shorewall-Website/shorewall_index.htm
@@ -13,8 +13,12 @@
 <h3><a
  href="http://lists.shorewall.net/pipermail/shorewall-users/2005-May/018444.html">NEWS:
 Tom Eastep ends his involvement with Shorewall</a>.</h3>
-<p><b>NEWS: Tom Eastep <br>
-</b><br>
+<span style="font-weight: bold;">If you would like to help with future
+Shorewall development, support and documentation then please subscribe
+to the <a href="http://lists.shorewall.net/#Devel">Shorewall
+Development mailing list</a> and introduce yourself. The future of
+Shorewall is being actively discussed on that list.</span><br>
+<p>
 The information on this site applies only
 to 2.x releases of Shorewall. For older versions:</p>
 <ul>
diff --git a/Shorewall2/shorewall b/Shorewall2/shorewall
index 2b3301a79..9c22f880b 100755
--- a/Shorewall2/shorewall
+++ b/Shorewall2/shorewall
@@ -1395,6 +1395,8 @@ case "$1" in
 
 	RESTOREPATH=/var/lib/shorewall/$RESTOREFILE
 
+	[ -n "$nolock" ] || mutex_on
+
 	if [ -x $RESTOREPATH ]; then 
 	    if [ -x ${RESTOREPATH}-ipsets ] ; then
 		echo Restoring Ipsets...
@@ -1405,8 +1407,10 @@ case "$1" in
 
 	    echo Restoring Shorewall...
 	    $RESTOREPATH && echo "Shorewall restored from /var/lib/shorewall/$RESTOREFILE"
+	    [ -n "$nolock" ] || mutex_off
 	else
 	    echo "File /var/lib/shorewall/$RESTOREFILE: file not found"
+	    [ -n "$nolock" ] || mutex_off
             exit 2
         fi
         ;;