diff --git a/lib/Lacuna/DB/Result/Empire.pm b/lib/Lacuna/DB/Result/Empire.pm
index 7bf4310a..ad861c11 100644
--- a/lib/Lacuna/DB/Result/Empire.pm
+++ b/lib/Lacuna/DB/Result/Empire.pm
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ sub add_probe {
     if ($self->tutorial_stage ne 'turing') {
         Lacuna::Tutorial->new(empire=>$self)->finish;
     }
-    return $self;
+
 }
 
 sub next_colony_cost {
diff --git a/lib/Lacuna/RPC/Empire.pm b/lib/Lacuna/RPC/Empire.pm
index 8fdd6563..065ef2b6 100644
--- a/lib/Lacuna/RPC/Empire.pm
+++ b/lib/Lacuna/RPC/Empire.pm
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ sub found {
     unless ($empire->stage eq 'new') {
         confess [1010, "This empire cannot be founded again.", $empire_id];
     }
-    $empire = $empire->found(undef, $invite_code);
+    $empire->found(undef, $invite_code);
     return { session_id => $empire->start_session({ api_key => $api_key, request => $plack_request })->id, status => $self->format_status($empire) };
 }
 
diff --git a/t/Inbox.t b/t/Inbox.t
index 67100b33..8212ccb6 100644
--- a/t/Inbox.t
+++ b/t/Inbox.t
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ $result = $tester->post('inbox','view_inbox', [$session_id, { tags=>['Tutorial']
 is(scalar(@{$result->{result}{messages}}), 1, 'fetching by tag works');
 
 $result = $tester->post('inbox','view_inbox', [$session_id]);
-is($result->{result}{message_count}, 6, 'message_count works');
+is($result->{result}{message_count}, 7, 'message_count works');
 ok($result->{result}{messages}[0]{subject}, 'view inbox works');
 my $message_id = $result->{result}{messages}[0]{id};
 $result = $tester->post('empire','get_status', [$session_id]);
-is($result->{result}{empire}{has_new_messages}, 6, 'new message count works');
+is($result->{result}{empire}{has_new_messages}, 7, 'new message count works');
 
 $result = $tester->post('inbox', 'read_message', [$session_id, $message_id]);
 is($result->{result}{message}{id}, $message_id, 'can view a message');