diff --git a/client/cs_files.cpp b/client/cs_files.cpp
index e3330ba43af..8d95d308576 100644
--- a/client/cs_files.cpp
+++ b/client/cs_files.cpp
@@ -507,6 +507,7 @@ int FILE_INFO::check_size() {
     if (gstate.global_prefs.dont_verify_images && is_image_file(path)) {
         return 0;
     }
+    if (cc_config.dont_check_file_sizes) return 0;
     if (nbytes && (size != nbytes)) {
         delete_project_owned_file(path, true);
         status = FILE_NOT_PRESENT;
diff --git a/samples/worker/run_worker_1.sh b/samples/worker/run_worker_1.sh
index 2577d34c8f6..b7c2283e60c 100755
--- a/samples/worker/run_worker_1.sh
+++ b/samples/worker/run_worker_1.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # script for running worker in a VM, with shared slot and project dirs
 
-mkdir /root/project
-mount -t vboxsf project /root/project
-execpath=`./boinc_resolve worker`
-inpath=`./boinc_resolve in`
-outpath=`./boinc_resolve out`
+mkdir /root/project >>log 2>&1
+mount -t vboxsf project /root/project >>log 2>&1
+execpath=`./boinc_resolve worker` >>log 2>&1
+inpath=`./boinc_resolve in` >>log 2>&1
+outpath=`./boinc_resolve out` >>log 2>&1
 
-$execpath $inpath $outpath
+echo $execpath >>log
+echo $inpath >>log
+echo $outpath >>log
+
+$execpath $inpath $outpath >>log 2>&1