diff --git a/doc/TESTING b/doc/TESTING
index 7e28927..f570fe5 100644
--- a/doc/TESTING
+++ b/doc/TESTING
@@ -8,3 +8,12 @@ git checkout tor-improve
 autoreconf
 ./configure PKG_CONFIG_PATH=`pwd`
 make
+
+
+To test from command line using curl
+- ssh -ND 5001 localhost
+- run the server on ports 5000->5001
+- run client on 4999->5000
+- curl --socks4 localhost:4999 http://1112.net/lastpage
+- curl -x socks4://127.0.0.1:4999 http://download.thinkbroadband.com/1MB.zip -o /dev/null
+- curl -x socks4://127.0.0.1:4999 http://download.thinkbroadband.com/1GB.zip -o /dev/null
diff --git a/src/main.cc b/src/main.cc
index 7f03620..30dfa24 100644
--- a/src/main.cc
+++ b/src/main.cc
@@ -364,6 +364,10 @@ main(int, const char *const *argv)
   if (!*begin || !config_is_supported(*begin))
     usage();
 
+  //crypto should be initialized before protocol so the protocols
+  //can use encryption
+  init_crypto();
+
   do {
     end = begin+1;
     while (*end && !config_is_supported(*end))
@@ -401,8 +405,6 @@ main(int, const char *const *argv)
     log_warn("failed to create pid-file '%s': %s", pf.pathname().c_str(),
              pf.errmsg());
 
-  init_crypto();
-
   /* Ugly method to fix a Windows problem:
      http://archives.seul.org/libevent/users/Oct-2010/msg00049.html */
 #ifdef _WIN32
diff --git a/src/protocol/chop.cc b/src/protocol/chop.cc
index 98c3d02..e728b79 100644
--- a/src/protocol/chop.cc
+++ b/src/protocol/chop.cc
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ chop_config_t::chop_config_t()
   ignore_socks_destination = true;
   trace_packets = false;
   trace_packet_data = true;
-  encryption = false;
+  encryption = true;
   retransmit = true;
   noise2signal = 0;
 }
@@ -775,13 +775,11 @@ chop_circuit_t::send_all_steg_data()
       return 0;
   }
 
-  //It makes sense to check if there is any steg data to be sent
-  //otherwise we can just return.
-  //Now we check if the protocol_data has any data
-  size_t avail = evbuffer_get_length(target->steg->cfg()->protocol_data_out);
-  if (avail == 0)
-    return 0;
-  
+  // you might think that it makes sense to check if there is any steg data to be sent
+  //otherwise we can just return. but we can't do that cause each connection has
+  //its own steg module and some of the steg module might have steg data and others might
+  //not
+
   bool no_target_connection = true;
 
   //TODO: Instead of re-implementing pick connection here I should 
@@ -807,6 +805,8 @@ chop_circuit_t::send_all_steg_data()
 
     size_t avail0;
 
+    //Now we check if the protocol_data has any data
+    size_t avail = evbuffer_get_length(target->steg->cfg()->protocol_data_out);
     //we try to send all data
     //we don't send random block or retransmit from the transmit
     //queue because we are called by the this->send which will
diff --git a/src/steg/apache_payload_server.cc b/src/steg/apache_payload_server.cc
index 81f0e7c..52a9755 100644
--- a/src/steg/apache_payload_server.cc
+++ b/src/steg/apache_payload_server.cc
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ ApachePayloadServer::ApachePayloadServer(MachineSide init_side, const string& da
     while (payload_info_stream >> file_id) {
       PayloadInfo cur_payload_info;
 
+      if (_payload_database.payloads.find(cur_payload_info.url_hash) != _payload_database.payloads.end()) {
+        log_warn("duplicate url in the url list: %s", cur_payload_info.url.c_str());
+        continue;
+      }
+
       payload_info_stream >>  cur_payload_info.type;
       payload_info_stream >>  cur_payload_info.url_hash;
       payload_info_stream >>  cur_payload_info.capacity;
@@ -76,6 +81,7 @@ ApachePayloadServer::ApachePayloadServer(MachineSide init_side, const string& da
       payload_info_stream >>  cur_payload_info.absolute_url_is_absolute;
       payload_info_stream >>  cur_payload_info.absolute_url;
 
+        
       _payload_database.payloads.insert(pair<string, PayloadInfo>(cur_payload_info.url_hash, cur_payload_info));
       _payload_database.sorted_payloads.push_back(EfficiencyIndicator(cur_payload_info.url_hash, cur_payload_info.length));