diff --git a/hydra-sip.c b/hydra-sip.c
index 7d681e8..22de26c 100644
--- a/hydra-sip.c
+++ b/hydra-sip.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ void dummy_sip() {
 }
 #else
 
+#include <stdint.h>
 #include "sasl.h"
 
 extern int32_t hydra_data_ready_timed(int32_t socket, long sec, long usec);
diff --git a/hydra-ssh.c b/hydra-ssh.c
index 7ee9405..1e956ac 100644
--- a/hydra-ssh.c
+++ b/hydra-ssh.c
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ int32_t service_ssh_init(char *ip, int32_t sp, unsigned char options, char *misc
     return 0;
   }
 
-  fprintf(stderr, "[ERROR] target ssh://%s:%d/ does not support password authentication.\n", hydra_address2string_beautiful(ip), port);
+  fprintf(stderr, "[ERROR] target ssh://%s:%d/ does not support password authentication (method reply %d).\n", hydra_address2string_beautiful(ip), port, method);
   return 1;
 #else
   return 0;
diff --git a/hydra.c b/hydra.c
index 482c37e..15d4eab 100644
--- a/hydra.c
+++ b/hydra.c
@@ -3290,6 +3290,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
           tmpptr++;
         tmpptr++;
       }
+    } else if (hydra_options.server == NULL) {
+      fprintf(stderr, "Error: no target server given, nor -M option used\n");
+      exit(-1);
     } else if (index(hydra_options.server, '/') != NULL) {
      if (cmdtarget == NULL)
        bail("You seem to mix up \"service://target:port/options\" syntax with \"target service options\" syntax. Read the README on how to use hydra correctly!");