diff --git a/GPy/likelihoods/likelihood.py b/GPy/likelihoods/likelihood.py
index 4b8881de..98a856fd 100644
--- a/GPy/likelihoods/likelihood.py
+++ b/GPy/likelihoods/likelihood.py
@@ -142,7 +142,12 @@ class Likelihood(Parameterized):
         """
         #conditional_mean: the edpected value of y given some f, under this likelihood
         def int_mean(f,m,v):
-            return self.conditional_mean(f)*np.exp(-(0.5/v)*np.square(f - m))
+            p = np.exp(-(0.5/v)*np.square(f - m))
+            #If p is zero then conditional_mean will overflow
+            if p < 1e-10:
+                return 0.
+            else:
+                return self.conditional_mean(f)*p
         scaled_mean = [quad(int_mean, -np.inf, np.inf,args=(mj,s2j))[0] for mj,s2j in zip(mu,variance)]
         mean = np.array(scaled_mean)[:,None] / np.sqrt(2*np.pi*(variance))
 
@@ -165,7 +170,12 @@ class Likelihood(Parameterized):
 
         # E( V(Y_star|f_star) )
         def int_var(f,m,v):
-            return self.conditional_variance(f)*np.exp(-(0.5/v)*np.square(f - m))
+            p = np.exp(-(0.5/v)*np.square(f - m))
+            #If p is zero then conditional_variance will overflow
+            if p < 1e-10:
+                return 0.
+            else:
+                return self.conditional_variance(f)*p
         scaled_exp_variance = [quad(int_var, -np.inf, np.inf,args=(mj,s2j))[0] for mj,s2j in zip(mu,variance)]
         exp_var = np.array(scaled_exp_variance)[:,None] / normalizer
 
diff --git a/GPy/likelihoods/poisson.py b/GPy/likelihoods/poisson.py
index c67a7e12..c0e2c81f 100644
--- a/GPy/likelihoods/poisson.py
+++ b/GPy/likelihoods/poisson.py
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class Poisson(Likelihood):
         """
         return self.gp_link.transf(gp)
 
-    def samples(self, gp):
+    def samples(self, gp, Y_metadata=None):
         """
         Returns a set of samples of observations based on a given value of the latent variable.