diff --git a/src/connections.c b/src/connections.c
index bb662430..d1eddced 100644
--- a/src/connections.c
+++ b/src/connections.c
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ static int connection_handle_read(server *srv, connection *con) {
 		
 #ifdef USE_OPENSSL
 		if (srv_sock->is_ssl) {
-			int r;
+			int r, ssl_err;
 			
 			switch ((r = SSL_get_error(con->ssl, len))) {
 			case SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ:
@@ -237,8 +237,15 @@ static int connection_handle_read(server *srv, connection *con) {
 				
 				/* fall thourgh */
 			default:
-				log_error_write(srv, __FILE__, __LINE__, "sds", "SSL:", 
-						r, ERR_error_string(ERR_get_error(), NULL));
+				ssl_err = ERR_get_error();
+				switch(ssl_err) {
+				case SSL_F_SSL23_GET_CLIENT_HELLO:
+					/* a unencrypted HTTP request on a HTTPS socket. Do a redirect to the right location */
+				default:
+					log_error_write(srv, __FILE__, __LINE__, "sds", "SSL:", 
+							r, ERR_error_string(ERR_get_error(), NULL));
+					break;
+				}
 				break;
 			}
 		} else {
diff --git a/src/mod_compress.c b/src/mod_compress.c
index 5c626dce..b9b2961c 100644
--- a/src/mod_compress.c
+++ b/src/mod_compress.c
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ static int deflate_file_to_file(server *srv, connection *con, plugin_data *p, bu
 			
 			if (-1 == mkdir(p->b->ptr, 0700)) {
 				if (errno != EEXIST) {
-					log_error_write(srv, __FILE__, __LINE__, "ssss", "creating cache-directory", p->b->ptr, "failed", strerror(errno));
+					log_error_write(srv, __FILE__, __LINE__, "sbss", "creating cache-directory", p->b, "failed", strerror(errno));
 					
 					return -1;
 				}
diff --git a/src/network_openssl.c b/src/network_openssl.c
index 3929670a..d7855fe1 100644
--- a/src/network_openssl.c
+++ b/src/network_openssl.c
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ int network_write_chunkqueue_openssl(server *srv, connection *con, chunkqueue *c
 			size_t toSend;
 			stat_cache_entry *sce = NULL;
 			int ifd;
+			int write_wait = 0;
 			
 			if (HANDLER_ERROR == stat_cache_get_entry(srv, con, c->data.file.name, &sce)) {
 				log_error_write(srv, __FILE__, __LINE__, "sb",
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@ int network_write_chunkqueue_openssl(server *srv, connection *con, chunkqueue *c
 				if ((r = SSL_write(con->ssl, s, toSend)) <= 0) {
 					switch ((ssl_r = SSL_get_error(con->ssl, r))) {
 					case SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE:
+						write_wait = 1;
 						break;
 					case SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL:
 						switch(errno) {
@@ -196,7 +198,7 @@ int network_write_chunkqueue_openssl(server *srv, connection *con, chunkqueue *c
 				if (c->offset == c->data.file.length) {
 					chunk_finished = 1;
 				}
-			} while(!chunk_finished);
+			} while(!chunk_finished && !write_wait);
 			
 			break;
 		}