diff --git a/source/net/yacy/http/Jetty8HttpServerImpl.java b/source/net/yacy/http/Jetty8HttpServerImpl.java
index 46dad83a4..89e64a547 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/http/Jetty8HttpServerImpl.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/http/Jetty8HttpServerImpl.java
@@ -71,13 +71,6 @@ public class Jetty8HttpServerImpl implements YaCyHttpServer {
     	
         YacyDomainHandler domainHandler = new YacyDomainHandler();
         domainHandler.setAlternativeResolver(sb.peers);
-
-        /*  this is now handled by YaCyDefaultServlet
-        ResourceHandler resource_handler = new ResourceHandler();
-        resource_handler.setDirectoriesListed(true);
-        resource_handler.setWelcomeFiles(new String[]{"index.html"});
-        resource_handler.setResourceBase("htroot/");
-        */
         
         //add SolrServlet
         ServletContextHandler solrContext = new ServletContextHandler(ServletContextHandler.SESSIONS);
@@ -93,7 +86,6 @@ public class Jetty8HttpServerImpl implements YaCyHttpServer {
         ServletHolder sholder = new ServletHolder(Jetty8YaCyDefaultServlet.class);
         sholder.setInitParameter("resourceBase", "htroot");
         //sholder.setInitParameter("welcomeFile", "index.html"); // default is index.html, welcome.html
-        sholder.setInitParameter("gzip","false");
         htrootContext.addServlet(sholder,"/*");    
         
         // add proxy?url= servlet
@@ -104,15 +96,10 @@ public class Jetty8HttpServerImpl implements YaCyHttpServer {
         ServletHolder gsaholder = new ServletHolder (GSAsearchServlet.class);
         htrootContext.addServlet(gsaholder,"/gsa/search");
 
-        // assemble the servlet handlers
-        ContextHandlerCollection servletContext = new ContextHandlerCollection();                
-        servletContext.setHandlers(new Handler[] { solrContext, htrootContext });        
-
         // define list of YaCy specific general handlers
         HandlerList handlers = new HandlerList();
         handlers.setHandlers(new Handler[] 
-           {domainHandler, new ProxyCacheHandler(), new ProxyHandler()
-            /*, resource_handler, new DefaultHandler() */}); 
+           {domainHandler, new ProxyCacheHandler(), new ProxyHandler()}); 
 
         // context handler for dispatcher and security (hint: dispatcher requires a context)
         ContextHandler context = new ContextHandler();
@@ -123,7 +110,8 @@ public class Jetty8HttpServerImpl implements YaCyHttpServer {
         // logic: 1. YaCy handlers are called if request not handled (e.g. proxy) then servlets handle it
         ContextHandlerCollection allrequesthandlers = new ContextHandlerCollection();
         allrequesthandlers.addHandler(context);
-        allrequesthandlers.addHandler(servletContext);
+        allrequesthandlers.addHandler(solrContext);
+        allrequesthandlers.addHandler(htrootContext);    
         allrequesthandlers.addHandler(new DefaultHandler()); // if not handled by other handler 
         
         // wrap all handlers by security handler
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/http/Jetty8YaCyDefaultServlet.java b/source/net/yacy/http/Jetty8YaCyDefaultServlet.java
index 26ed6b74f..c3d62869a 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/http/Jetty8YaCyDefaultServlet.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/http/Jetty8YaCyDefaultServlet.java
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ import net.yacy.cora.util.ConcurrentLog;
 import net.yacy.kelondro.util.FileUtils;
 
 import org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpContent;
-import org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpFields;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpMethods;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.io.Buffer;
@@ -77,9 +76,6 @@ import org.eclipse.jetty.util.resource.ResourceFactory;
  *
  *  welcomeFile       name of the welcome file (default is "index.html", "welcome.html")
  *
- *  gzip              If set to true, then static content will be served as
- *                    gzip content encoded if a matching resource is
- *                    found ending with ".gz"
  *
  *  resourceBase      Set to replace the context resource base
  *
@@ -108,8 +104,8 @@ public class Jetty8YaCyDefaultServlet extends YaCyDefaultServlet implements Reso
     @Override
     protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
             throws ServletException, IOException {
-        String servletPath = null;
-        String pathInfo = null;
+        String servletPath;
+        String pathInfo;
         Enumeration<String> reqRanges = null;
         boolean included = request.getAttribute(RequestDispatcher.INCLUDE_REQUEST_URI) != null; 
         if (included) {
@@ -138,29 +134,8 @@ public class Jetty8YaCyDefaultServlet extends YaCyDefaultServlet implements Reso
         Resource resource = null;
         HttpContent content = null;
         try {
-            // is gzip enabled?
-            String pathInContextGz = null;
-            boolean gzip = false;
-            if (!included && _gzip && reqRanges == null && !endsWithSlash) {
-                // Look for a gzip resource
-                pathInContextGz = pathInContext + ".gz";
-                resource = getResource(pathInContextGz);
-
-                // Does a gzip resource exist?
-                if (resource != null && resource.exists() && !resource.isDirectory()) {
-                    // Tell caches that response may vary by accept-encoding
-                    response.addHeader(HttpHeaders.VARY, HeaderFramework.ACCEPT_ENCODING);
-
-                    // Does the client accept gzip?
-                    String accept = request.getHeader(HeaderFramework.ACCEPT_ENCODING);
-                    if (accept != null && accept.indexOf(HeaderFramework.CONTENT_ENCODING_GZIP) >= 0) {
-                        gzip = true;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
             // find resource
-            if (!gzip) resource = getResource(pathInContext);
+            resource = getResource(pathInContext);
 
             // Look for a class resource
             boolean hasClass = false;
@@ -204,13 +179,6 @@ public class Jetty8YaCyDefaultServlet extends YaCyDefaultServlet implements Reso
                         handleTemplate(pathInfo, request, response);
                     } else {
                         if (included || passConditionalHeaders(request, response, resource, content)) {
-                            if (gzip) {
-                                response.setHeader(HeaderFramework.CONTENT_ENCODING, HeaderFramework.CONTENT_ENCODING_GZIP);
-                                String mt = _servletContext.getMimeType(pathInContext);
-                                if (mt != null) {
-                                    response.setContentType(mt);
-                                }
-                            }
                             sendData(request, response, included, resource, content, reqRanges);
                         }
                     }
@@ -412,9 +380,8 @@ public class Jetty8YaCyDefaultServlet extends YaCyDefaultServlet implements Reso
             content_length = content.getContentLength();
         }
 
-
         // Get the output stream (or writer)
-        OutputStream out = null;
+        OutputStream out;
         boolean written;
         try {
             out = response.getOutputStream();
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/http/YaCyDefaultServlet.java b/source/net/yacy/http/YaCyDefaultServlet.java
index 4032c2601..41fe4f612 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/http/YaCyDefaultServlet.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/http/YaCyDefaultServlet.java
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public abstract class YaCyDefaultServlet extends HttpServlet  {
     protected boolean _dirAllowed = true;
     protected boolean _pathInfoOnly = false;
     protected boolean _etags = false;
-    protected boolean _gzip = true;
+  //  protected boolean _gzip = true;
     protected Resource _resourceBase;
     protected MimeTypes _mimeTypes;
     protected String[] _welcomes;    
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ public abstract class YaCyDefaultServlet extends HttpServlet  {
         }
 
         _etags = getInitBoolean("etags", _etags);
-        _gzip=getInitBoolean("gzip",_gzip);
+//        _gzip=getInitBoolean("gzip",_gzip);
         
         if (ConcurrentLog.isFine("FILEHANDLER")) {
             ConcurrentLog.fine("FILEHANDLER","YaCyDefaultServlet: resource base = " + _resourceBase);
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/http/YaCyProxyServlet.java b/source/net/yacy/http/YaCyProxyServlet.java
index 6e022552d..c6c710b33 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/http/YaCyProxyServlet.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/http/YaCyProxyServlet.java
@@ -191,16 +191,15 @@ public class YaCyProxyServlet extends ProxyServlet implements Servlet {
                     final Pattern p = Pattern.compile("(href=\"|src=\")([^\"]+)|(href='|src=')([^']+)|(url\\(')([^']+)|(url\\(\")([^\"]+)|(url\\()([^\\)]+)");
                     final Matcher m = p.matcher(sbuffer);
                     final StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer(80);
-                    String init, url;
                     Switchboard sb = Switchboard.getSwitchboard();
                     while (m.find()) {
-                        init = null;
+                        String init = null;
                         if (m.group(1) != null) { init = m.group(1); }
                         if (m.group(3) != null) { init = m.group(3); }
                         if (m.group(5) != null) { init = m.group(5); }
                         if (m.group(7) != null) { init = m.group(7); }
                         if (m.group(9) != null) { init = m.group(9); }
-                        url = null;
+                        String url = null;
                         if (m.group(2) != null) { url = m.group(2); }
                         if (m.group(4) != null) { url = m.group(4); }
                         if (m.group(6) != null) { url = m.group(6); }
@@ -314,40 +313,16 @@ public class YaCyProxyServlet extends ProxyServlet implements Servlet {
 
 
     /**
-     * get a destination url from a querysting with parameter &url=_destinationurl_
-     *
-     * @param querystring
-     * @return destinationURL
-     * @throws MalformedURLException
+     * get destination url (from query parameter &url=http://....)
+     * override to prevent calculating destination url from request
+     * 
+     * @param request 
+     * @param uri not used
+     * @return destination url from query parameter &url=_destinationurl_
+     * @throws MalformedURLException 
      */
-    protected HttpURI proxyHttpURIfromQueryString(String querystring) throws MalformedURLException {
-        URL newurl = null;
-        String strARGS = querystring;
-        String action;
-        if (strARGS.startsWith("action=")) {
-            int detectnextargument = strARGS.indexOf("&");
-            action = strARGS.substring(7, detectnextargument);
-            strARGS = strARGS.substring(detectnextargument + 1);
-        }
-        if (strARGS.startsWith("url=")) {
-            final String strUrl = strARGS.substring(4); // strip url=
-
-            try {
-                newurl = new URL(strUrl);
-            } catch (final MalformedURLException e) {
-
-            }
-        }
-        int port = newurl.getPort();
-        if (port < 1) {
-            port = newurl.getDefaultPort();
-        }
-        return proxyHttpURI(newurl.getProtocol(), newurl.getHost(), port, newurl.getPath());
-    }
-
     @Override
     protected HttpURI proxyHttpURI(HttpServletRequest request, String uri) throws MalformedURLException {
-        URL newurl = null;
         String strARGS = request.getQueryString();
         if (strARGS.startsWith("action=")) {
             int detectnextargument = strARGS.indexOf("&");
@@ -357,16 +332,17 @@ public class YaCyProxyServlet extends ProxyServlet implements Servlet {
             final String strUrl = strARGS.substring(4); // strip url=
 
             try {
-                newurl = new URL(strUrl);
+                URL newurl = new URL(strUrl);
+                int port = newurl.getPort();
+                if (port < 1) {
+                    port = newurl.getDefaultPort();
+                }
+                return proxyHttpURI(newurl.getProtocol(), newurl.getHost(), port, newurl.getPath());
             } catch (final MalformedURLException e) {
-
+                ConcurrentLog.fine("PROXY", "url parameter missing");
             }
         }
-        int port = newurl.getPort();
-        if (port < 1) {
-            port = newurl.getDefaultPort();
-        }
-        return proxyHttpURI(newurl.getProtocol(), newurl.getHost(), port, newurl.getPath());
+        return null;
     }
 
     @Override