diff --git a/src/replay/replay_play.cpp b/src/replay/replay_play.cpp
index 64b56bc99..adb957096 100644
--- a/src/replay/replay_play.cpp
+++ b/src/replay/replay_play.cpp
@@ -543,6 +543,6 @@ unsigned int ReplayPlay::getReplayIdByUID(uint64_t uid)
         }
     }
 
-    Log::error("Replay", "Replay with UID of " PRIu64 " not found.", uid);
+    Log::error("Replay", "Replay with UID of %" PRIu64 " not found.", uid);
     return 0;
-} //setReplayFileByUID
+} //getReplayIdByUID
diff --git a/src/states_screens/ghost_replay_selection.cpp b/src/states_screens/ghost_replay_selection.cpp
index 104467b02..6da76a686 100644
--- a/src/states_screens/ghost_replay_selection.cpp
+++ b/src/states_screens/ghost_replay_selection.cpp
@@ -294,10 +294,15 @@ void GhostReplaySelection::loadList()
 
     unsigned int best_index = 0;
 
-    // getReplayIdByUID will send 0 if the UID is incorrect,
-    // and m_is_comparing will be false if it is incorrect,
-    // so it always work
-    unsigned int compare_index = ReplayPlay::get()->getReplayIdByUID(m_replay_to_compare_uid);
+    // Only compute the compare index if we are actually going to compare.
+    // This avoids spurious errors trying to find a replay with UID 0.
+    unsigned int compare_index = 0;
+    if (m_is_comparing)
+        // In case the requested replay is not found, compare_index will be 0.
+        compare_index = ReplayPlay::get()->getReplayIdByUID(m_replay_to_compare_uid);
+
+    // It's better to do this when not comparing than to do it repeatedly in the loop,
+    // it will simply be unused if not comparing.
     const ReplayPlay::ReplayData& rd_compare = ReplayPlay::get()->getReplayData(compare_index);
 
     for (unsigned int i = 0; i < ReplayPlay::get()->getNumReplayFile() ; i++)