diff --git a/core/java/src/net/i2p/stat/BufferedStatLog.java b/core/java/src/net/i2p/stat/BufferedStatLog.java
index f1aa5f338..0d20737e8 100644
--- a/core/java/src/net/i2p/stat/BufferedStatLog.java
+++ b/core/java/src/net/i2p/stat/BufferedStatLog.java
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ public class BufferedStatLog implements StatLog {
     private String _lastFilters;
     private BufferedWriter _out;
     private String _outFile;
+    /** short circuit for adding data, set to true if some filters are set, false if its empty (so we can skip the sync) */
+    private volatile boolean _filtersSpecified;
     
     private static final int BUFFER_SIZE = 1024;
     private static final boolean DISABLE_LOGGING = false;
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ public class BufferedStatLog implements StatLog {
         _lastWrite = _events.length-1;
         _statFilters = new ArrayList(10);
         _flushFrequency = 500;
+        _filtersSpecified = false;
         I2PThread writer = new I2PThread(new StatLogWriter(), "StatLogWriter");
         writer.setDaemon(true);
         writer.start();
@@ -51,6 +54,7 @@ public class BufferedStatLog implements StatLog {
     
     public void addData(String scope, String stat, long value, long duration) {
         if (DISABLE_LOGGING) return;
+        if (!shouldLog(stat)) return;
         synchronized (_events) {
             _events[_eventNext].init(scope, stat, value, duration);
             _eventNext = (_eventNext + 1) % _events.length;
@@ -72,6 +76,7 @@ public class BufferedStatLog implements StatLog {
     }    
 
     private boolean shouldLog(String stat) {
+        if (!_filtersSpecified) return false;
         synchronized (_statFilters) {
             return _statFilters.contains(stat) || _statFilters.contains("*");
         }
@@ -88,11 +93,18 @@ public class BufferedStatLog implements StatLog {
                     _statFilters.clear();
                     while (tok.hasMoreTokens())
                         _statFilters.add(tok.nextToken().trim());
+                    if (_statFilters.size() > 0)
+                        _filtersSpecified = true;
+                    else
+                        _filtersSpecified = false;
                 }
             }
             _lastFilters = val;
         } else {
-            synchronized (_statFilters) { _statFilters.clear(); }
+            synchronized (_statFilters) {
+                _statFilters.clear(); 
+                _filtersSpecified = false;
+            }
         }
         
         String filename = _context.getProperty(StatManager.PROP_STAT_FILE);
@@ -146,7 +158,7 @@ public class BufferedStatLog implements StatLog {
                 updateFilters();
                 int cur = start;
                 while (cur != end) {
-                    if (shouldLog(_events[cur].getStat())) {
+                    //if (shouldLog(_events[cur].getStat())) {
                         String when = null;
                         synchronized (_fmt) {
                             when = _fmt.format(new Date(_events[cur].getTime()));
@@ -164,7 +176,7 @@ public class BufferedStatLog implements StatLog {
                         _out.write(" ");
                         _out.write(Long.toString(_events[cur].getDuration()));
                         _out.write("\n");
-                    }
+                    //}
                     cur = (cur + 1) % _events.length;
                 }
                 _out.flush();
diff --git a/history.txt b/history.txt
index 5ad82613a..7910fecfc 100644
--- a/history.txt
+++ b/history.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-$Id: history.txt,v 1.467 2006/05/02 23:30:28 complication Exp $
+$Id: history.txt,v 1.468 2006/05/03 06:13:29 complication Exp $
+
+2006-05-04  jrandom
+    * Short circuit a highly congested part of the stat logging unless its
+      required (may or may not help with a synchronization issue reported by
+      andreas)
 
 2006-05-03  Complication
     * Allow a single build attempt to proceed despite 1-minute overload
diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
index ed47c4fa4..2e4967be8 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ import net.i2p.CoreVersion;
  *
  */
 public class RouterVersion {
-    public final static String ID = "$Revision: 1.407 $ $Date: 2006/05/02 23:30:27 $";
+    public final static String ID = "$Revision: 1.408 $ $Date: 2006/05/03 06:13:29 $";
     public final static String VERSION = "0.6.1.17";
-    public final static long BUILD = 6;
+    public final static long BUILD = 7;
     public static void main(String args[]) {
         System.out.println("I2P Router version: " + VERSION + "-" + BUILD);
         System.out.println("Router ID: " + RouterVersion.ID);