diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/JobQueue.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/JobQueue.cpp
index 1b236295b..b029dab5e 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/JobQueue.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/JobQueue.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <boost/thread.hpp>
 
 #include "Log.h"
+#include "Config.h"
 
 SETUP_LOG();
 
@@ -184,7 +185,9 @@ void JobQueue::shutdown()
 
 void JobQueue::setThreadCount(int c)
 { // set the number of thread serving the job queue to precisely this number
-	if (c == 0)
+	if (theConfig.RUN_STANDALONE)
+		c = 1;
+	else if (c == 0)
 	{
 		c = boost::thread::hardware_concurrency();
 		if (c < 2)
diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/RPCHandler.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/RPCHandler.cpp
index 30844575a..98a003c4a 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/RPCHandler.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/RPCHandler.cpp
@@ -2319,7 +2319,7 @@ Json::Value RPCHandler::doCommand(Json::Value& jvRequest, int iRole)
 		{	"server_info",			&RPCHandler::doServerInfo,		    true,	false,	optNone		},
 		{	"stop",					&RPCHandler::doStop,			    true,	false,	optNone		},
 		{	"transaction_entry",	&RPCHandler::doTransactionEntry,    false,	false,	optCurrent	},
-		{	"tx",					&RPCHandler::doTx,				    true,	false,	optNone		},
+		{	"tx",					&RPCHandler::doTx,				    false,	false,	optNetwork	},
 		{	"tx_history",			&RPCHandler::doTxHistory,		    false,	false,	optNone		},
 
 		{	"unl_add",				&RPCHandler::doUnlAdd,			    true,	false,	optNone		},