diff --git a/src/main/java/envoy/server/processors/MessageStatusChangeProcessor.java b/src/main/java/envoy/server/processors/MessageStatusChangeProcessor.java
index b16c344..4eec2bc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/envoy/server/processors/MessageStatusChangeProcessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/envoy/server/processors/MessageStatusChangeProcessor.java
@@ -20,13 +20,6 @@ import envoy.server.net.ObjectWriteProxy;
  */
 public class MessageStatusChangeProcessor implements ObjectProcessor<MessageStatusChangeEvent> {
 
-	/**
-	 * Creates an instance of @link{MessageStatusChangeProcessor}.
-	 *
-	 * @since Envoy Server Standalone v0.1-alpha
-	 */
-	public MessageStatusChangeProcessor() {}
-
 	@Override
 	public Class<MessageStatusChangeEvent> getInputClass() { return MessageStatusChangeEvent.class; }
 
@@ -34,7 +27,7 @@ public class MessageStatusChangeProcessor implements ObjectProcessor<MessageStat
 	public void process(MessageStatusChangeEvent input, long socketId, ObjectWriteProxy writeProxy) throws IOException {
 		try {
 			// any other status than read is not supposed to be sent to the server
-			if (!(input.get() == MessageStatus.READ)) throw new EnvoyException("Message" + input.getId() + "has an invalid status");
+			if (input.get() != MessageStatus.READ) throw new EnvoyException("Message" + input.getId() + "has an invalid status");
 		} catch (EnvoyException e) {
 			e.printStackTrace();
 			return;