diff --git a/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/connection/ConnectionAcceptor.groovy b/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/connection/ConnectionAcceptor.groovy
index d2a40486..d1591c27 100644
--- a/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/connection/ConnectionAcceptor.groovy
+++ b/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/connection/ConnectionAcceptor.groovy
@@ -256,10 +256,10 @@ class ConnectionAcceptor {
     
     private void processBROWSE(Endpoint e) {
         try {
-            byte [] rowse = new byte[5]
+            byte [] rowse = new byte[7]
             DataInputStream dis = new DataInputStream(e.getInputStream())
             dis.readFully(rowse)
-            if (rowse != "OWSE\r\n".getBytes(StandardCharsets.US_ASCII))
+            if (rowse != "ROWSE\r\n".getBytes(StandardCharsets.US_ASCII))
                 throw new IOException("Invalid BROWSE connection")
             String header
             while ((header = DataUtil.readTillRN(dis)) != ""); // ignore headers for now
diff --git a/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/search/BrowseManager.groovy b/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/search/BrowseManager.groovy
index a5fccf7f..88fa1e83 100644
--- a/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/search/BrowseManager.groovy
+++ b/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/search/BrowseManager.groovy
@@ -7,11 +7,14 @@ import com.muwire.core.connection.I2PConnector
 import com.muwire.core.util.DataUtil
 
 import groovy.json.JsonSlurper
+import groovy.util.logging.Log
 
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
 import java.util.concurrent.Executor
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors
+import java.util.logging.Level
 
+@Log
 class BrowseManager {
     
     private final I2PConnector connector
@@ -73,6 +76,7 @@ class BrowseManager {
                 eventBus.publish(new BrowseStatusEvent(status : BrowseStatus.FINISHED))
                 
             } catch (Exception bad) {
+                log.log(Level.WARNING, "browse failed", bad)
                 eventBus.publish(new BrowseStatusEvent(status : BrowseStatus.FAILED))
             } finally {
                 endpoint?.close()