diff --git a/include/fc/network/http/connection.hpp b/include/fc/network/http/connection.hpp
index 5918c8a..974deb6 100644
--- a/include/fc/network/http/connection.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/network/http/connection.hpp
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ namespace fc {
          ~connection();
          // used for clients
          void         connect_to( const fc::ip::endpoint& ep );
-         http::reply  request( const fc::string& method, const fc::string& url, const fc::string& body, const headers& = headers());
+         http::reply  request( const fc::string& method, const fc::string& url, const fc::string& body = std::string(), const headers& = headers());
      
          // used for servers
          fc::tcp_socket& get_socket()const;
diff --git a/include/fc/network/tcp_socket.hpp b/include/fc/network/tcp_socket.hpp
index b808f24..1a3bf2c 100644
--- a/include/fc/network/tcp_socket.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/network/tcp_socket.hpp
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ namespace fc {
       void     connect_to( const fc::ip::endpoint& e );
       fc::ip::endpoint remote_endpoint()const;
 
+      void get( char& c )
+      {
+          read( &c, 1 );
+      }
+
       /// istream interface
       /// @{
       virtual size_t   readsome( char* buffer, size_t max );
diff --git a/src/network/http/http_connection.cpp b/src/network/http/http_connection.cpp
index b283a2d..af0a91b 100644
--- a/src/network/http/http_connection.cpp
+++ b/src/network/http/http_connection.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <fc/crypto/hex.hpp>
 #include <fc/log/logger.hpp>
 #include <fc/io/stdio.hpp>
+#include <fc/network/url.hpp>
 
 
 class fc::http::connection::impl 
@@ -90,14 +91,15 @@ http::reply connection::request( const fc::string& method,
                                 const fc::string& url, 
                                 const fc::string& body, const headers& he ) {
 	
+  fc::url parsed_url(url);
   if( !my->sock.is_open() ) {
     wlog( "Re-open socket!" );
     my->sock.connect_to( my->ep );
   }
   try {
       fc::stringstream req;
-      req << method <<" "<<url<<" HTTP/1.1\r\n";
-      req << "Host: localhost\r\n";
+      req << method <<" "<<parsed_url.path()->generic_string()<<" HTTP/1.1\r\n";
+      req << "Host: "<<*parsed_url.host()<<"\r\n";
       req << "Content-Type: application/json\r\n";
       for( auto i = he.begin(); i != he.end(); ++i )
       {
diff --git a/src/rpc/json_connection.cpp b/src/rpc/json_connection.cpp
index 73feba7..0915f20 100644
--- a/src/rpc/json_connection.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/json_connection.cpp
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ namespace fc { namespace rpc {
 
             void handle_message( const variant_object& obj )
             {
-            //  wlog(  "recv: ${msg}", ("msg", obj) );
+              wlog(  "recv: ${msg}", ("msg", obj) );
                try 
                {
                   auto m = obj.find("method");