diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cc976737..aa939f41 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES Debug)
-	ADD_DEFINITIONS(-O0)
+	ADD_DEFINITIONS(-O3)
 	ADD_DEFINITIONS(-ggdb)
 	ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DDEBUG)
 	ADD_DEFINITIONS(-Wall)
diff --git a/backends/libpurple/main.cpp b/backends/libpurple/main.cpp
index abcc8420..bc191c89 100644
--- a/backends/libpurple/main.cpp
+++ b/backends/libpurple/main.cpp
@@ -169,6 +169,11 @@ process_link(GString *ret,
 	return c;
 }
 
+static gboolean ft_ui_ready(void *data) {
+	purple_xfer_ui_ready((PurpleXfer *) data);
+	return FALSE;
+}
+
 static char *
 spectrum_markup_linkify(const char *text)
 {
@@ -863,7 +868,8 @@ class SpectrumNetworkPlugin : public NetworkPlugin {
 			tmp.swap(m_waitingXfers);
 
 			BOOST_FOREACH(PurpleXfer *xfer, tmp) {
-				purple_xfer_ui_ready(xfer);
+				purple_timeout_add(1, ft_ui_ready, xfer);
+// 				purple_xfer_ui_ready(xfer);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -1365,11 +1371,6 @@ static void fileSendStart(PurpleXfer *xfer) {
 // 	repeater->fileSendStart();
 }
 
-static gboolean ft_ui_ready(void *data) {
-	purple_xfer_ui_ready((PurpleXfer *) data);
-	return FALSE;
-}
-
 static void fileRecvStart(PurpleXfer *xfer) {
 // 	FiletransferRepeater *repeater = (FiletransferRepeater *) xfer->ui_data;
 // 	repeater->fileRecvStart();
@@ -1385,7 +1386,10 @@ static void newXfer(PurpleXfer *xfer) {
 	if (pos != std::string::npos)
 		w.erase((int) pos, w.length() - (int) pos);
 
-	xfer->ui_data = (void *) new FTData;
+	FTData *ftdata = new FTData;
+	ftdata->paused = false;
+	ftdata->id = 0;
+	xfer->ui_data = (void *) ftdata;
 
 	np->m_unhandledXfers[np->m_accounts[account] + filename + w] = xfer;
 
@@ -1408,7 +1412,9 @@ static void XferSendComplete(PurpleXfer *xfer) {
 static gssize XferWrite(PurpleXfer *xfer, const guchar *buffer, gssize size) {
 	FTData *ftData = (FTData *) xfer->ui_data;
 	std::string data((const char *) buffer, (size_t) size);
-	if (ftData->paused) {
+// 	std::cout << "xferwrite\n";
+	if (!ftData->paused) {
+// 		std::cout << "adding xfer to waitingXfers queue\n";
 		np->m_waitingXfers.push_back(xfer);
 	}
 	np->handleFTData(ftData->id, data);
diff --git a/include/Swiften/Network/DummyConnectionFactory.cpp b/include/Swiften/Network/DummyConnectionFactory.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index e458d179..00000000
--- a/include/Swiften/Network/DummyConnectionFactory.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2010 Remko Tronçon
- * Licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.
- * See Documentation/Licenses/GPLv3.txt for more information.
- */
-
-#include <Swiften/Network/DummyConnectionFactory.h>
-#include <Swiften/Network/DummyConnection.h>
-
-namespace Swift {
-
-DummyConnectionFactory::DummyConnectionFactory(EventLoop* eventLoop) : eventLoop(eventLoop) {
-}
-
-boost::shared_ptr<Connection> DummyConnectionFactory::createConnection() {
-	return boost::shared_ptr<Connection>(new DummyConnection(eventLoop));
-}
-
-}
diff --git a/include/Swiften/Network/DummyConnectionFactory.h b/include/Swiften/Network/DummyConnectionFactory.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f1a91d5..00000000
--- a/include/Swiften/Network/DummyConnectionFactory.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2010 Remko Tronçon
- * Licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.
- * See Documentation/Licenses/GPLv3.txt for more information.
- */
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include <boost/asio/io_service.hpp>
-
-#include <Swiften/Network/ConnectionFactory.h>
-#include <Swiften/Network/DummyConnection.h>
-
-namespace Swift {
-	class DummyConnection;
-
-	class DummyConnectionFactory : public ConnectionFactory {
-		public:
-			DummyConnectionFactory(EventLoop* eventLoop);
-
-			virtual boost::shared_ptr<Connection> createConnection();
-
-		private:
-			EventLoop* eventLoop;
-	};
-}
diff --git a/src/memoryreadbytestream.cpp b/src/memoryreadbytestream.cpp
index 5e373191..6702b72d 100644
--- a/src/memoryreadbytestream.cpp
+++ b/src/memoryreadbytestream.cpp
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ boost::shared_ptr<std::vector<unsigned char> > MemoryReadBytestream::read(size_t
 }
 
 bool MemoryReadBytestream::isFinished() const {
+// 	std::cout << "finished? " << m_finished << "\n";
 	return m_finished;
 }