@@ -215,13 +215,12 @@
 	-- is ever even called, so we only need to worry about the
 	-- farcaster-related transmission costs
 	for i,c in pairs(circuit) do
 		if vector.equals(c.pos,pos) then
-			print('found destination in circuit table',i,dump(c))
 			-- the destination is listed in the circuit table
 			for j,r in pairs(c.route) do
 				local nc = sorcery.ley.netcaps(pos,1)
-				print('checking route for sufficient energy to power farcasters', j, nc.freepower)
+				-- print('checking route for sufficient energy to power farcasters', j, nc.freepower)
 				if nc.freepower < constants.portal_jump_cost_per_farcaster then
 					return false -- only one route to any given portal node
 					-- will be listed in the circuit table, so bail early
 					-- maybe in the future farcasters should charge up,
@@ -237,22 +236,17 @@
 end
 
 local portal_pick_destination = function(dev,circuit,partner)
 	if partner then
-		print('paired: evaluating partner')
 		if portal_destination_evaluate(circuit,partner)
 			then return partner end
-		print('partner failed eval')
 	end
 
 	local scrambled = sorcery.lib.tbl.scramble(circuit)
 	for i=1,#scrambled do
-		print('evaluating destination',i,dump(scrambled[i]))
 		if portal_destination_evaluate(circuit,scrambled[i].pos)
 			then return scrambled[i].pos end
-		print('eval failed')
 	end
-	print('no viable destinations in net')
 end
 
 -- minetest.register_lbm {
 -- 	name = 'sorcery:activate_portals';
@@ -295,9 +289,9 @@
 			end
 		end
 
 		if cap.self.minpower ~= cap.self.powerdraw then
-			print("not enough power")
+			-- print("not enough power")
 			return true
 		end
 
 		-- clean out user table
@@ -330,12 +324,11 @@
 					local cap = sorcery.ley.netcaps(pos,delta)
 					local jc = (constants.portal_jump_cost_local*delta)
 					if not user.dest and cap.freepower >= jc  then
 						user.dest = portal_pick_destination(dev,crc,partner)
+						sorcery.lib.node.preload(user.dest, u.object)
 					end
-					if not user.dest then goto skippad else
-						minetest.load_area(user.dest)
-					end
+					if not user.dest then goto skippad end
 					local fac = (user.time / constants.portal_jump_time);
 					minetest.add_particlespawner {
 						time = 1, amount = 100 + (fac * 200);
 						minsize = 0.2 + fac*0.7, maxsize = 0.4 + fac*0.9;