diff --git a/source/de/anomic/crawler/CrawlStacker.java b/source/de/anomic/crawler/CrawlStacker.java
index b6bef6f63..6395b56fe 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/crawler/CrawlStacker.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/crawler/CrawlStacker.java
@@ -211,21 +211,21 @@ public final class CrawlStacker {
             ) /* qualified */;
 
         if (!local && !global && !remote && !proxy) {
-            error = "URL '" + entry.url().toString() + "' cannot be crawled. initiator = " + new String(entry.initiator()) + ", profile.handle = " + profile.handle();
+            error = "URL '" + entry.url().toString() + "' cannot be crawled. initiator = " + ((entry.initiator() == null) ? "" : new String(entry.initiator())) + ", profile.handle = " + profile.handle();
             this.log.logSevere(error);
             return error;
         }
         
         if (global) {
             // it may be possible that global == true and local == true, so do not check an error case against it
-            if (proxy) this.log.logWarning("URL '" + entry.url().toString() + "' has conflicting initiator properties: global = true, proxy = true, initiator = " + new String(entry.initiator()) + ", profile.handle = " + profile.handle());
+            if (proxy) this.log.logWarning("URL '" + entry.url().toString() + "' has conflicting initiator properties: global = true, proxy = true, initiator = proxy" + ", profile.handle = " + profile.handle());
             if (remote) this.log.logWarning("URL '" + entry.url().toString() + "' has conflicting initiator properties: global = true, remote = true, initiator = " + new String(entry.initiator()) + ", profile.handle = " + profile.handle());
             //int b = nextQueue.noticeURL.stackSize(NoticedURL.STACK_TYPE_LIMIT);
             nextQueue.noticeURL.push(NoticedURL.STACK_TYPE_LIMIT, entry);
             //assert b < nextQueue.noticeURL.stackSize(NoticedURL.STACK_TYPE_LIMIT);
             //this.log.logInfo("stacked/global: " + entry.url().toString() + ", stacksize = " + nextQueue.noticeURL.stackSize(NoticedURL.STACK_TYPE_LIMIT));
         } else if (local) {
-            if (proxy) this.log.logWarning("URL '" + entry.url().toString() + "' has conflicting initiator properties: local = true, proxy = true, initiator = " + new String(entry.initiator()) + ", profile.handle = " + profile.handle());
+            if (proxy) this.log.logWarning("URL '" + entry.url().toString() + "' has conflicting initiator properties: local = true, proxy = true, initiator = proxy" + ", profile.handle = " + profile.handle());
             if (remote) this.log.logWarning("URL '" + entry.url().toString() + "' has conflicting initiator properties: local = true, remote = true, initiator = " + new String(entry.initiator()) + ", profile.handle = " + profile.handle());
             //int b = nextQueue.noticeURL.stackSize(NoticedURL.STACK_TYPE_CORE);
             nextQueue.noticeURL.push(NoticedURL.STACK_TYPE_CORE, entry);
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/cora/protocol/Client.java b/source/net/yacy/cora/protocol/Client.java
index c5e9f09cd..1108904ef 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/cora/protocol/Client.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/cora/protocol/Client.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public class Client {
 		ConnectionInfo.setMaxcount(maxcon);
 		// connections per host (2 default)
 		final ConnPerRouteBean connPerRoute = new ConnPerRouteBean(2);
-		// Increase max connections for localhost to 100
+		// Increase max connections for localhost
 		HttpHost localhost = new HttpHost("locahost");
 		connPerRoute.setMaxForRoute(new HttpRoute(localhost), maxcon);
 		ConnManagerParams.setMaxConnectionsPerRoute(httpParams, connPerRoute);
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ public class Client {
 		HttpProtocolParams.setVersion(httpParams, HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1);
 		// UserAgent
 		HttpProtocolParams.setUserAgent(httpParams, "yacy (" + systemOST +") yacy.net");
+		HttpProtocolParams.setUseExpectContinue(httpParams, true);
 		/**
 		 * HTTP connection settings
 		 */
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ public class Client {
 		schemeRegistry.register(new Scheme("https", SSLSocketFactory.getSocketFactory(), 443));
 		
 		// cookie policy
-		HttpClientParams.setCookiePolicy(httpParams, CookiePolicy.BEST_MATCH);
+		HttpClientParams.setCookiePolicy(httpParams, CookiePolicy.RFC_2965);
 
 		ClientConnectionManager clientConnectionManager = new ThreadSafeClientConnManager(httpParams, schemeRegistry);