diff --git a/lib/plat/freertos/freertos-resolv.c b/lib/plat/freertos/freertos-resolv.c
index 383ec7846..5abdb540a 100644
--- a/lib/plat/freertos/freertos-resolv.c
+++ b/lib/plat/freertos/freertos-resolv.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ lws_plat_ntpclient_config(struct lws_context *context)
 {
 	lws_system_blob_heap_append(lws_system_get_blob(context,
 				    LWS_SYSBLOB_TYPE_NTP_SERVER, 0),
-				    (const uint8_t *)"pool.ntp.org", 12);
+				    (const uint8_t *)"pool.ntp.org", 13);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/lib/system/ntpclient/ntpclient.c b/lib/system/ntpclient/ntpclient.c
index 1ea5bbc19..3d5d43a51 100644
--- a/lib/system/ntpclient/ntpclient.c
+++ b/lib/system/ntpclient/ntpclient.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ lws_ntpc_retry_conn(struct lws_sorted_usec_list *sul)
 
 	/* create the UDP socket aimed at the server */
 
-	lwsl_debug("%s: server %s\n", __func__, v->ntp_server_ads);
+	lwsl_notice("%s: server %s\n", __func__, v->ntp_server_ads);
 
 	v->retry_count_write = 0;
 	v->wsi_udp = lws_create_adopt_udp(v->vhost, v->ntp_server_ads, 123, 0,
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ callback_ntpc(struct lws *wsi, enum lws_callback_reasons reason, void *user,
 		if (!v->ntp_server_ads || v->ntp_server_ads[0] == '\0')
 			v->ntp_server_ads = "pool.ntp.org";
 
-		lwsl_info("%s: using ntp server %s\n", __func__,
+		lwsl_notice("%s: using ntp server %s\n", __func__,
 			  v->ntp_server_ads);
 		break;
 
diff --git a/lib/system/system.c b/lib/system/system.c
index 3f7ce71ac..035f76292 100644
--- a/lib/system/system.c
+++ b/lib/system/system.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ lws_system_blob_get_single_ptr(lws_system_blob_t *b, const uint8_t **ptr)
 	if (b->u.bl->next)
 		return -1;  /* multipart buflist, no single pointer to it all */
 
-	*ptr = (const uint8_t *)&b->u.bl[1];
+	*ptr = (const uint8_t *)&b->u.bl[1] + LWS_PRE;
 
 	return 0;
 }