diff --git a/src/common/filterparameter.cpp b/src/common/filterparameter.cpp
index 9edef1366..c0e059471 100644
--- a/src/common/filterparameter.cpp
+++ b/src/common/filterparameter.cpp
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ bool RichParameterFactory::create( const QDomElement& np,RichParameter** par )
 	if(type=="RichBool")    
 	{ 
 		QString val = np.attribute("value").toLower();
-		if ((val != QString("true")) || (val != QString("false")))
+        if ((val != QString("true")) && (val != QString("false")))
 			return false;
 		*par = new RichBool(name,np.attribute("value")!=QString("false"),desc,tooltip); 
 		return true; 
diff --git a/src/meshlab/mainwindow_Init.cpp b/src/meshlab/mainwindow_Init.cpp
index 7893fc23c..c80967b00 100644
--- a/src/meshlab/mainwindow_Init.cpp
+++ b/src/meshlab/mainwindow_Init.cpp
@@ -689,11 +689,16 @@ void MainWindow::loadMeshLabSettings()
 		RichParameter* rpar = NULL;
         if(!docElem.isNull())
 		{
-			RichParameterFactory::create(docElem,&rpar);
+            bool ret = RichParameterFactory::create(docElem,&rpar);
+            if (!ret)
+            {
+                qDebug("Warning Ignored parameter '%s' = '%s'. Malformed.", qPrintable(docElem.attribute("name")),qPrintable(docElem.attribute("value")));
+                continue;
+            }
             if (!defaultGlobalParams.hasParameter(rpar->name))
             {
-                qDebug("Warning in the saved parameters there were parameters that are not in the HardWired ones.\n"
-                       "This should not happen. Ignored parameter %s",qPrintable(rpar->name));
+                qDebug("Warning Ignored parameter %s. In the saved parameters there are ones that are not in the HardWired ones. "
+                       "It happens if you are running MeshLab with only a subset of the plugins. ",qPrintable(rpar->name));
             }
             else currentGlobalParams.addParam(rpar);
 		}