diff --git a/resources/recipes/boston.com.recipe b/resources/recipes/boston.com.recipe
index 125cc4643f..b398d7cc1b 100644
--- a/resources/recipes/boston.com.recipe
+++ b/resources/recipes/boston.com.recipe
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class BusinessStandard(BasicNewsRecipe):
         return url + '?mode=PF'
 
     def get_article_url(self, article):
-        rawarticle = article.get('origlink', None)
+        rawarticle = article.get('pheedo_origlink', None)
         artls, sep, rsep = rawarticle.rpartition('/?')
         if artls == '':
            artls = rawarticle.rpartition('?')[0]
diff --git a/src/calibre/devices/prs500/driver.py b/src/calibre/devices/prs500/driver.py
index 7c506c6bf0..8d2c4cc9d4 100644
--- a/src/calibre/devices/prs500/driver.py
+++ b/src/calibre/devices/prs500/driver.py
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class PRS500(DeviceConfig, DevicePlugin):
             try:
                 if not dev.handle:
                     dev.open()
-                if not dev.in_session:
+                if not getattr(dev, 'in_session', False):
                     dev.send_validated_command(BeginEndSession(end=False))
                     dev.in_session = True
                 res = func(*args, **kwargs)