diff --git a/action.php b/action.php
index 8975ae2..a803455 100644
--- a/action.php
+++ b/action.php
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ class action_plugin_botmon extends DokuWiki_Action_Plugin {
 
 		// in case of errors, write the cookie data to the log:
 		if (!$cookieVal) {
-			$logline .= "\t" . json_encode(print_r($_COOKIE, true));
+			$logline =  print_r($_COOKIE, true);
 			if (fwrite($logfile, $logline . "\n") === false) {
 				fclose($logfile);
 				die();
diff --git a/captcha.js b/captcha.js
index 538587a..3228eb9 100644
--- a/captcha.js
+++ b/captcha.js
@@ -191,8 +191,8 @@ const $BMCaptcha = {
 			// change the interface:
 			const dlg = document.getElementById('botmon_captcha_box');
 			if (dlg) {
-				dlg.classList.remove('ready');
 				dlg.classList.add( $status );
+				dlg.classList.remove('ready');
 			}
 
 			// reload the page:
@@ -203,8 +203,8 @@ const $BMCaptcha = {
 	_delayedCallback: function() {
 		const dlg = document.getElementById('botmon_captcha_box');
 		if (dlg) {
-			dlg.classList.remove('checking');
 			dlg.classList.add('ready');
+			dlg.classList.remove('checking');
 
 			const input = dlg.getElementsByTagName('input')[0];
 			if (input) {