diff --git a/env_universal.c b/env_universal.c
index 1e1dbf872..44439caaa 100644
--- a/env_universal.c
+++ b/env_universal.c
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ static void callback( int type, const wchar_t *name, const wchar_t *val )
 {	
 	if( type == BARRIER_REPLY )
 	{
-		debug( 3, L"Got barrier reply" );
 		barrier_reply = 1;
 	}
 	else
@@ -212,6 +211,7 @@ static void reconnect()
 	debug( 3, L"Get new fishd connection" );
 	
 	init = 0;
+	env_universal_server.buffer_consumed = env_universal_server.buffer_used = 0;
 	env_universal_server.fd = get_socket(1);
 	init = 1;
 	if( env_universal_server.fd >= 0 )
@@ -226,12 +226,13 @@ void env_universal_init( wchar_t * p,
 						 void (*sf)(),
 						 void (*cb)( int type, const wchar_t *name, const wchar_t *val ))
 {
-	debug( 3, L"env_universal_init()" );
 	path=p;
 	user=u;
 	start_fishd=sf;	
 	external_callback = cb;
 	
+	memset (&env_universal_server, 0, sizeof (connection_t));
+
 	env_universal_server.fd = -1;
 	env_universal_server.killme = 0;
 	env_universal_server.fd = get_socket(1);
@@ -245,7 +246,6 @@ void env_universal_init( wchar_t * p,
 	{
 		env_universal_barrier();
 	}
-	debug( 3, L"end env_universal_init()" );
 }
 
 void env_universal_destroy()
@@ -283,8 +283,6 @@ int env_universal_read_all()
 	if( !init)
 		return 0;
 
-	debug( 3, L"env_universal_read_all()" );
-
 	if( env_universal_server.fd == -1 )
 	{
 		reconnect();		
@@ -312,7 +310,6 @@ wchar_t *env_universal_get( const wchar_t *name )
 
 	CHECK( name, 0 );
 	
-	debug( 3, L"env_universal_get( \"%ls\" )", name );
 	return env_universal_common_get( name );
 }
 
@@ -323,7 +320,6 @@ int env_universal_get_export( const wchar_t *name )
 
 	CHECK( name, 0 );
 	
-	debug( 3, L"env_universal_get_export()" );
 	return env_universal_common_get_export( name );
 }
 
@@ -367,7 +363,7 @@ void env_universal_barrier()
 		FD_SET( env_universal_server.fd, &fds );
 		select( env_universal_server.fd+1, 0, &fds, 0, 0 );
 	}
-	
+
 	/*
 	  Wait for barrier reply
 	*/
diff --git a/env_universal_common.c b/env_universal_common.c
index cf8dad1ea..cb95254a8 100644
--- a/env_universal_common.c
+++ b/env_universal_common.c
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ static int get_names_show_unexported;
 
 void env_universal_common_init( void (*cb)(int type, const wchar_t *key, const wchar_t *val ) )
 {
-	debug( 3, L"Init env_universal_common" );
 	callback = cb;
 	hash_init( &env_universal_var, &hash_wcs_func, &hash_wcs_cmp );
 }
@@ -159,6 +158,8 @@ static int read_byte( connection_t *src )
 
 		res = read( src->fd, src->buffer, ENV_UNIVERSAL_BUFFER_SIZE );
 		
+//		debug(4, L"Read chunk '%.*s'", res, src->buffer );
+		
 		if( res < 0 )
 		{
 
@@ -296,7 +297,7 @@ static int match( const wchar_t *msg, const wchar_t *cmd )
 static void parse_message( wchar_t *msg, 
 						   connection_t *src )
 {
-	debug( 3, L"parse_message( %ls );", msg );
+//	debug( 3, L"parse_message( %ls );", msg );
 	
 	if( msg[0] == L'#' )
 		return;
@@ -403,7 +404,16 @@ static int try_send( message_t *msg,
 		   L"before write of %d chars to fd %d", strlen(msg->body), fd );	
 
 	int res = write( fd, msg->body, strlen(msg->body) );
-		
+
+	if( res != -1 )
+	{
+		debug( 4, L"Wrote message '%s'", msg->body );
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		debug( 4, L"Failed to write message '%s'", msg->body );
+	}
+	
 	if( res == -1 )
 	{
 		switch( errno )
@@ -412,7 +422,7 @@ static int try_send( message_t *msg,
 				return 0;
 				
 			default:
-				debug( 1,
+				debug( 0,
 					   L"Error while sending universal variable message to fd %d. Closing connection",
 					   fd );
 				wperror( L"write" );
@@ -431,9 +441,9 @@ static int try_send( message_t *msg,
 
 void try_send_all( connection_t *c )
 {
-	debug( 3,
+/*	debug( 3,
 		   L"Send all updates to connection on fd %d", 
-		   c->fd );
+		   c->fd );*/
 	while( !q_empty( &c->unsent) )
 	{
 		switch( try_send( (message_t *)q_peek( &c->unsent), c->fd ) )
@@ -443,7 +453,7 @@ void try_send_all( connection_t *c )
 				break;
 				
 			case 0:
-				debug( 1,
+				debug( 4,
 					   L"Socket full, send rest later" );	
 				return;
 								
@@ -462,6 +472,8 @@ message_t *create_message( int type,
 	
 	char *key=0;
 	size_t sz;
+
+//	debug( 4, L"Crete message of type %d", type );
 	
 	if( key_in )
 	{
@@ -555,6 +567,9 @@ message_t *create_message( int type,
 
 	if( msg )
 		msg->count=0;
+
+//	debug( 4, L"Message body is '%s'", msg->body );
+
 	return msg;	
 }
 
diff --git a/fish_pager.c b/fish_pager.c
index 855fd14ba..026e04297 100644
--- a/fish_pager.c
+++ b/fish_pager.c
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ static int print_max( const wchar_t *str, int max, int has_more )
 	int written = 0;
 	for( i=0; str[i]; i++ )
 	{
+		
 		if( written + wcwidth(str[i]) > max )
 			break;
 		if( ( written + wcwidth(str[i]) == max) && (has_more || str[i+1]) )
@@ -1030,7 +1031,7 @@ int main( int argc, char **argv )
 	int is_quoted=0;	
 	array_list_t *comp;
 	wchar_t *prefix;
-		
+
 	if( argc < 3 )
 	{
 		debug( 0, L"Insufficient arguments" );
diff --git a/fishd.c b/fishd.c
index 4c6b6b312..eebc778ca 100644
--- a/fishd.c
+++ b/fishd.c
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ int main( int argc, char ** argv )
 				}
 				else
 				{
-					connection_t *new = malloc( sizeof(connection_t));
+					connection_t *new = calloc( 1, sizeof(connection_t));
 					new->fd = child_socket;
 					new->next = conn;
 					q_init( &new->unsent );