diff --git a/source/de/anomic/http/httpClient.java b/source/de/anomic/http/httpClient.java
index 14b9c8322..a869c393f 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/http/httpClient.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/http/httpClient.java
@@ -220,8 +220,11 @@ public class httpClient {
      * (non-Javadoc)
      * @see de.anomic.http.HttpClient#setTimeout(int)
      */
-    public void setTimeout(final int timeout) {
+    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+	public void setTimeout(final int timeout) {
         apacheHttpClient.getParams().setIntParameter(HttpMethodParams.SO_TIMEOUT, timeout);
+        apacheHttpClient.getParams().setIntParameter(HttpMethodParams.HEAD_BODY_CHECK_TIMEOUT, timeout);
+        apacheHttpClient.setConnectionTimeout(timeout);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/kelondro/index/IndexTest.java b/source/de/anomic/kelondro/index/IndexTest.java
index d9a17f387..c9a18f73c 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/kelondro/index/IndexTest.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/kelondro/index/IndexTest.java
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public class IndexTest {
         hm.clear(); hm = null;
         long t5 = System.currentTimeMillis();
         System.out.println("time   for HashMap<String> test: " + (t5 - t4) + ", " + bugs + " bugs");
-        System.out.println("memory for HashMap<byte[]>: " + (freeStartHash - freeEndHash) / mb + " MB\n");
+        System.out.println("memory for HashMap<String>: " + (freeStartHash - freeEndHash) / mb + " MB\n");
         
         // test kelondro index
         Runtime.getRuntime().gc();
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/kelondro/order/Digest.java b/source/de/anomic/kelondro/order/Digest.java
index daf7436ea..4f9407dc9 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/kelondro/order/Digest.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/kelondro/order/Digest.java
@@ -46,7 +46,19 @@ import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
 
 
 public class Digest {
-
+	
+	public static BlockingQueue<MessageDigest> digestPool = new ArrayBlockingQueue<MessageDigest>(10);
+	static {
+		for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
+			try {
+				MessageDigest digest = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");
+				digest.reset();
+				digestPool.add(digest);
+			} catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
+				e.printStackTrace();
+			}
+	}
+	
     public static String encodeHex(final long in, final int length) {
         String s = Long.toHexString(in);
         while (s.length() < length) s = "0" + s;
@@ -98,8 +110,7 @@ public class Digest {
 
     public static byte[] encodeMD5Raw(final String key) {
         try {
-            final MessageDigest digest = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");
-            digest.reset();
+            final MessageDigest digest = digestPool.take();
             byte[] keyBytes;
             try {
                 keyBytes = key.getBytes("UTF-8");
@@ -107,10 +118,13 @@ public class Digest {
                 keyBytes = key.getBytes();
             }
             digest.update(keyBytes);
-            return digest.digest();
-        } catch (final java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
-            System.out.println("Internal Error at md5:" + e.getMessage());
-        }
+            byte[] result = digest.digest();
+            digest.reset();
+            digestPool.put(digest);
+            return result;
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+        	System.out.println("Internal Error at md5:" + e.getMessage());
+		}
         return null;
     }
     
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/Word.java b/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/Word.java
index 221b1833d..fb2425374 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/Word.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/parser/Word.java
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ public class Word {
         if (h != null) return h;
         h = Base64Order.enhancedCoder.encodeSubstring(Digest.encodeMD5Raw(word.toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH)), yacySeedDB.commonHashLength);
         assert h[2] != '@';
-        String s = new String(h);
         hashCache.put(word, h); // prevent expensive MD5 computation and encoding
         return h;
     }