--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2011/07/28 18:30:16	1.1056.4.28
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2011/08/16 20:11:23	1.1056.4.29
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1056.4.28 2011/07/28 18:30:16 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1056.4.29 2011/08/16 20:11:23 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ sub compare_server_load {
     my $userloadans = &reply('userload',$try_server);
 
     if ($loadans !~ /\d/ && $userloadans !~ /\d/) {
-        return; #didn't get a number from the server
+        return ($spare_server, $lowest_load); #didn't get a number from the server
     }
 
     my $load;