diff --git a/source/de/anomic/http/httpc.java b/source/de/anomic/http/httpc.java
index 5967e3ff6..90c8ad6ed 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/http/httpc.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/http/httpc.java
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ public final class httpc {
     public response GET(String path, httpHeader requestHeader) throws IOException {
         //serverLog.logDebug("HTTPC", handle + " requested GET '" + path + "', time = " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - handle));
         try {
-            boolean zipped = (this.allowContentEncoding) ? true : httpd.shallTransportZipped(path);
+            boolean zipped = (!this.allowContentEncoding) ? false : httpd.shallTransportZipped(path);
             send(httpHeader.METHOD_GET, path, requestHeader, zipped);
             response r = new response(zipped);
             //serverLog.logDebug("HTTPC", handle + " returned GET '" + path + "', time = " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - handle));
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/http/httpdProxyHandler.java b/source/de/anomic/http/httpdProxyHandler.java
index 662a910fa..c76ff227f 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/http/httpdProxyHandler.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/http/httpdProxyHandler.java
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ public final class httpdProxyHandler extends httpdAbstractHandler implements htt
                 } else {
                     if (e.getMessage().indexOf("Corrupt GZIP trailer") >= 0) {
                         // just do nothing, we leave it this way
-                        this.theLogger.logDebug("ignoring bad gzip trail for URL " + url + " (" + e.getMessage() + ")",e);
+                        this.theLogger.logDebug("ignoring bad gzip trail for URL " + url + " (" + e.getMessage() + ")");
                         this.forceConnectionClose();
                     } else if ((remote != null)&&(remote.isClosed())) { // TODO: query for broken pipe
                         errorMessage = "destination host unexpectedly closed connection";                 
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaCrawlWorker.java b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaCrawlWorker.java
index baa7228b2..f2aa30f3f 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaCrawlWorker.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaCrawlWorker.java
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ public final class plasmaCrawlWorker extends Thread {
             httpHeader requestHeader = new httpHeader();
             requestHeader.put("User-Agent", httpdProxyHandler.userAgent);
             requestHeader.put("Referer", referer);
-            requestHeader.put("Accept-Encoding", "gzip,deflate");
+            if (useContentEncodingGzip) requestHeader.put("Accept-Encoding", "gzip,deflate");
     
             //System.out.println("CRAWLER_REQUEST_HEADER=" + requestHeader.toString()); // DEBUG
                     
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/server/serverCodings.java b/source/de/anomic/server/serverCodings.java
index 065381833..fb55f34f7 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/server/serverCodings.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/server/serverCodings.java
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ public final class serverCodings {
 	    return out;
 	} catch (ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
 	    // maybe the input was not base64
+        e.printStackTrace();
 	    return null;
 	}
     }