diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/misc/psCharStrings.py b/Lib/fontTools/misc/psCharStrings.py
index 58303b448..c2fbd62fc 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/misc/psCharStrings.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/misc/psCharStrings.py
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ class T1CharString(T2CharString):
 	operators = _buildOperatorDict(t1Operators)
 	
 	def decompile(self):
-		if hasattr(self, "program"):
+		if self.program is not None:
 			return
 		program = []
 		index = 0
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/misc/psLib.py b/Lib/fontTools/misc/psLib.py
index df7712283..dd4b64e37 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/misc/psLib.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/misc/psLib.py
@@ -167,11 +167,12 @@ class PSInterpreter(PSOperators):
 			self.tokenizer = None
 		finally:
 			if self.tokenizer is not None:
-				print 'ps error:\n- - - - - - -'
-				print self.tokenizer.buf[self.tokenizer.pos-50:self.tokenizer.pos]
-				print '>>>'
-				print self.tokenizer.buf[self.tokenizer.pos:self.tokenizer.pos+50]
-				print '- - - - - - -'
+				if 0:
+					print 'ps error:\n- - - - - - -'
+					print self.tokenizer.buf[self.tokenizer.pos-50:self.tokenizer.pos]
+					print '>>>'
+					print self.tokenizer.buf[self.tokenizer.pos:self.tokenizer.pos+50]
+					print '- - - - - - -'
 	
 	def handle_object(self, object):
 		if not (self.proclevel or object.literal or object.type == 'proceduretype'):