diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/ReseedHandler.java b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/ReseedHandler.java
index f8b92e2ea..ab44a9115 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/ReseedHandler.java
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/ReseedHandler.java
@@ -100,11 +100,12 @@ public class ReseedHandler {
         URL url = new URL(seedURL + (seedURL.endsWith("/") ? "" : "/") + "routerInfo-" + peer + ".dat");
 
         byte data[] = readURL(url);
+        System.out.println("read: " + (data != null ? data.length : -1));
         writeSeed(peer, data);
     }
     
     private static byte[] readURL(URL url) throws Exception {
-        ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream(1024);
+        ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream(4*1024);
         String hostname = url.getHost();
         int port = url.getPort();
         if (port < 0)
@@ -113,9 +114,28 @@ public class ReseedHandler {
         OutputStream out = s.getOutputStream();
         InputStream in = s.getInputStream();
         String request = getRequest(url);
-        System.out.println("Sending to " + hostname +":"+ port + ": " + request);
+        //System.out.println("Sending to " + hostname +":"+ port + ": " + request);
         out.write(request.getBytes());
         out.flush();
+        // skip the HTTP response headers
+        // (if we were smart, we'd check for HTTP 200, content-length, etc)
+        int consecutiveNL = 0;
+        while (true) {
+            int cur = in.read();
+            switch (cur) {
+                case -1: 
+                    return null;
+                case '\n':
+                case '\r':
+                    consecutiveNL++;
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    consecutiveNL = 0;
+            }
+            if (consecutiveNL == 4)
+                break;
+        }
+        // ok, past the headers, grab the goods
         byte buf[] = new byte[1024];
         while (true) {
             int read = in.read(buf);
@@ -155,6 +175,6 @@ public class ReseedHandler {
     
     public static void main(String args[]) {
         reseed();
-        System.out.println("Done reseeding");
+        //System.out.println("Done reseeding");
     }
 }
diff --git a/apps/susimail/build.xml b/apps/susimail/build.xml
index 99f69f6ff..38d4cc6a0 100644
--- a/apps/susimail/build.xml
+++ b/apps/susimail/build.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <target name="compile" depends="clean">
         <javac 
             srcdir="./src/src"
-            debug="true" deprecation="on" source="1.3" target="1.3" 
+            debug="true" deprecation="off" source="1.3" target="1.3" 
             destdir="./src/WEB-INF/classes">
             <classpath>
                 <pathelement location="../jetty/jettylib/javax.servlet.jar" />
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 2bb14a4a9..ce50f5fd4 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -265,7 +265,8 @@
         <copy file="build/addressbook.war" todir="pkg-temp/webapps/" />
         <copy file="build/susimail.war" todir="pkg-temp/webapps/" />
         <copy file="history.txt" todir="pkg-temp/" />
-        <copy file="hosts.txt" todir="pkg-temp/" />
+        <!-- the addressbook handles this for updates -->
+        <!-- <copy file="hosts.txt" todir="pkg-temp/" /> -->
         <mkdir dir="pkg-temp/eepsite" />
         <mkdir dir="pkg-temp/eepsite/webapps" />
         <mkdir dir="pkg-temp/eepsite/cgi-bin" />