diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index d78ccfb..3b57d67 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 group = org.xbib
 name = net-http
-version = 4.7.0
+version = 4.7.1
diff --git a/net-http-server/src/main/java/org/xbib/net/http/server/session/IncomingContextHandler.java b/net-http-server/src/main/java/org/xbib/net/http/server/session/IncomingContextHandler.java
index 312513b..0c983d1 100644
--- a/net-http-server/src/main/java/org/xbib/net/http/server/session/IncomingContextHandler.java
+++ b/net-http-server/src/main/java/org/xbib/net/http/server/session/IncomingContextHandler.java
@@ -108,16 +108,7 @@ public class IncomingContextHandler implements HttpHandler {
         // important
         context.getAttributes().put("session", session);
         if (userProfile == null) {
-            try {
-                userProfile = recoverUserProfile(context, session, payload);
-                if (userProfile != null) {
-                    logger.log(Level.FINE, "user profile recovered");
-                } else {
-                    logger.log(Level.FINE, "no user profile recovered");
-                }
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                logger.log(Level.FINE, "unable to recover new user profile: " + e.getMessage(), e);
-            }
+            userProfile = recoverUserProfile(context, session, payload);
         }
         // important
         context.getAttributes().put("userprofile", userProfile);
@@ -178,25 +169,32 @@ public class IncomingContextHandler implements HttpHandler {
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     protected UserProfile recoverUserProfile(HttpRouterContext context,
                                              Session session,
-                                             Map<String, Object> payload)
-            throws IOException {
+                                             Map<String, Object> payload) {
         // already in context from previous handler?
         UserProfile userProfile = context.getAttributes().get(UserProfile.class, "userprofile");
         if (userProfile != null) {
-            return userProfileCodec.read(userProfile.getUserId());
+            try {
+                return userProfileCodec.read(userProfile.getUserId());
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                // ignore I/O error, leads to empty user profile
+            }
         }
         // initialize
         Map<String, Object> map = null;
-        // from session?
+        // is user profile present in session?
         if (payload == null && session != null) {
             // session has stored user profile? this is important for spanning HTTP request/response like in HTTP POST/FORWARD/GET
             map = (Map<String, Object>) session.get("userprofile");
         } else if (payload != null) {
-            // otherwise from cookie?
+            // is a mini user profile otherwise present in our cookie?
             map = (Map<String, Object>) payload.get("map");
         }
         if (map != null && map.containsKey(UserProfile.USER_ID)) {
-            return userProfileCodec.read(BaseUserProfile.fromMap(map).getUserId());
+            try {
+                return userProfileCodec.read(BaseUserProfile.fromMap(map).getUserId());
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                // ignore I/O error, leads to incomplete user profile
+            }
         } else {
             logger.log(Level.FINE, "unable to find info for initialize user profile");
         }