diff --git a/include/fc/ip.hpp b/include/fc/ip.hpp
index ddb7dbd..a34ee6b 100644
--- a/include/fc/ip.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/ip.hpp
@@ -37,7 +37,14 @@ namespace fc {
     
       private:
         address  _ip;
-        uint16_t _port;
+        /**
+         *  The compiler pads endpoint to a full 8 bytes, so while
+         *  a port number is limited in range to 16 bits, we specify
+         *  a full 32 bits so that memcmp can be used with sizeof(), 
+         *  otherwise 2 bytes will be 'random' and you do not know 
+         *  where they are stored.
+         */
+        uint32_t _port; 
     };
   }
 }
diff --git a/include/fc/optional.hpp b/include/fc/optional.hpp
index fb4b5a7..4902360 100644
--- a/include/fc/optional.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/optional.hpp
@@ -41,15 +41,15 @@ namespace fc {
           new (&**this) T( fc::forward<U>(u) );
           _valid = true;
         } else {
-          **this = u;
+          **this = fc::forward<U>(u);
         }
         return *this;
       }
 
       optional& operator=( const optional& o ) {
-        if( _valid && o.valid ) { **this = *o; }
+        if( _valid && o._valid ) { **this = *o; }
         else if( !_valid && o._valid ) {
-          *this = **o;
+          *this = *o;
         } // else !_valid && !o._valid == same!
         return *this;
       }
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ namespace fc {
       T&       operator*()      { void* v = &_value[0]; return *static_cast<T*>(v); }
       const T& operator*()const { const void* v = &_value[0]; return *static_cast<const T*>(v); }
 
-      T&       operator->()      { void* v = &_value[0]; return *static_cast<T*>(v); }
-      const T& operator->()const { const void* v = &_value[0]; return *static_cast<const T*>(v); }
+      T*       operator->()      { void* v = &_value[0]; return static_cast<T*>(v); }
+      const T* operator->()const { const void* v = &_value[0]; return static_cast<const T*>(v); }
 
     private:
       // force alignment... to 8 byte boundaries 
diff --git a/include/fc/reflect_vector.hpp b/include/fc/reflect_vector.hpp
index 8421b73..49e5e22 100644
--- a/include/fc/reflect_vector.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/reflect_vector.hpp
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 #define _FC_REFLECT_VECTOR_HPP_
 #include <fc/reflect.hpp>
 #include <fc/vector.hpp>
+#include <fc/hex.hpp>
+
 namespace fc {
   template<typename T> 
   class reflector<fc::vector<T>> : public detail::reflector_impl<vector<T>, reflector<vector<T>> >{
@@ -23,5 +25,24 @@ namespace fc {
     }
     static reflector& instance() { static reflector inst; return inst; }
   };
+  template<>
+  class reflector<fc::vector<char>> : public detail::reflector_impl<vector<char>, reflector<vector<char>> >{
+        public:
+    virtual const char* name()const { 
+        return "vector<char>";
+    }
+    virtual void visit( void* s, const abstract_visitor& v )const {
+      vector<char>& vec = *((vector<char>*)s);
+      fc::string hex;
+      v.visit( hex );
+      vec.resize( hex.size() / 2 );
+      fc::from_hex( hex, vec.data(), vec.size() );
+    }
+    virtual void visit( const void* s, const abstract_const_visitor& v )const {
+       const vector<char>& vec = *((const vector<char>*)s);
+       v.visit( fc::to_hex( vec.data(), vec.size() ) );
+    }
+    static reflector& instance() { static reflector inst; return inst; }
+  };
 } // namespace fc 
 #endif // _FC_REFLECT_VECTOR_HPP_
diff --git a/include/fc/vector.hpp b/include/fc/vector.hpp
index f49a31e..94e9514 100644
--- a/include/fc/vector.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/vector.hpp
@@ -56,12 +56,15 @@ namespace fc {
     struct vector_impl {
       public:
           vector_impl():_data(nullptr){}
-          vector_impl( vector_impl&& c):_data(c._data){c._data =nullptr; }
+          vector_impl( vector_impl&& c):_data(c._data){c._data =nullptr; slog( "move size %d",size()); }
           vector_impl( const vector_impl& c):_data(nullptr) {
+            slog( "copy: c.size %d", c.size() );
             if( c.size() ) {
               _data  = detail::data<T>::allocate( c.size() );
+              _data->size = c.size();
               memcpy(begin(),c.begin(),c.size() );
             }
+            slog( "copy: this.size %d", size() );
           }
           vector_impl(uint64_t s):_data(nullptr){
             resize(s);
diff --git a/src/ip.cpp b/src/ip.cpp
index 6e45c42..48b22e0 100644
--- a/src/ip.cpp
+++ b/src/ip.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ namespace fc { namespace ip {
 
 
   endpoint::endpoint()
-  :_port(0){}
+  :_port(0){  }
   endpoint::endpoint(const address& a, uint16_t p)
   :_port(p),_ip(a){}
 
diff --git a/src/thread.cpp b/src/thread.cpp
index 668986e..fba03bd 100644
--- a/src/thread.cpp
+++ b/src/thread.cpp
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ namespace fc {
    }
 
    void thread::async_task( task_base* t, const priority& p, const time_point& tp, const char* desc ) {
+      assert(my);
       t->_when = tp;
      // slog( "when %lld", t->_when.time_since_epoch().count() );
      // slog( "delay %lld", (tp - fc::time_point::now()).count() );
diff --git a/src/udp_socket.cpp b/src/udp_socket.cpp
index 4901062..4ed2bc1 100644
--- a/src/udp_socket.cpp
+++ b/src/udp_socket.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ namespace fc {
   class udp_socket::impl {
     public:
       impl():_sock( fc::asio::default_io_service() ){}
+      ~impl(){
+        _sock.cancel();
+      }
 
       boost::asio::ip::udp::socket _sock;
   };