diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 4fc917bcc7..2ac6ee7914 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -954,6 +954,7 @@ function webfinger_dfrn($s) {
 		return $s;
 	}
 	$links = webfinger($s);
+	logger('webfinger_dfrn: ' . $s . ':' . print_r($links,true), LOGGER_DATA);
 	if(count($links)) {
 		foreach($links as $link)
 			if($link['@attributes']['rel'] === NAMESPACE_DFRN)
@@ -978,6 +979,7 @@ function webfinger($s) {
 	}
 	if(strlen($host)) {
 		$tpl = fetch_lrdd_template($host);
+		logger('webfinger: lrdd template: ' . $tpl);
 		if(strlen($tpl)) {
 			$pxrd = str_replace('{uri}', urlencode('acct:'.$s), $tpl);
 			$links = fetch_xrd_links($pxrd);
@@ -1066,9 +1068,12 @@ function fetch_lrdd_template($host) {
 if(! function_exists('fetch_xrd_links')) {
 function fetch_xrd_links($url) {
 
+
 	$xml = fetch_url($url);
 	if (! $xml)
 		return array();
+
+	logger('fetch_xrd_links: ' . $xml, LOGGER_DATA);
 	$h = simplexml_load_string($xml);
 	$arr = convert_xml_element_to_array($h);
 
diff --git a/include/Photo.php b/include/Photo.php
index 98b11ab39f..9934b9a392 100644
--- a/include/Photo.php
+++ b/include/Photo.php
@@ -175,8 +175,7 @@ class Photo {
 
 
 
-	public function store($uid, $cid, $rid, $filename, $album, $scale, 
-		$profile = 0, $allow_cid = '', $allow_gid = '', $deny_cid = '', $deny_gid = '') {
+	public function store($uid, $cid, $rid, $filename, $album, $scale, $profile = 0, $allow_cid = '', $allow_gid = '', $deny_cid = '', $deny_gid = '') {
 
 		$r = q("INSERT INTO `photo`
 			( `uid`, `contact-id`, `resource-id`, `created`, `edited`, `filename`, `album`, `height`, `width`, `data`, `scale`, `profile`, `allow_cid`, `allow_gid`, `deny_cid`, `deny_gid` )
@@ -188,9 +187,9 @@ class Photo {
 			dbesc(datetime_convert()),
 			dbesc(basename($filename)),
 			dbesc($album),
-                	intval($this->height),
-                	intval($this->width),
-                	dbesc($this->imageString()),
+			intval($this->height),
+			intval($this->width),
+			dbesc($this->imageString()),
 			intval($scale),
 			intval($profile),
 			dbesc($allow_cid),
diff --git a/include/dba.php b/include/dba.php
index 54084d8358..4e3f11f7be 100644
--- a/include/dba.php
+++ b/include/dba.php
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class dba {
 			$mesg = '';
 
 			if($this->db->errno)
-				$debug_text .=  $this->db->error . EOL;
+				logger('dba: ' . $this->db->error);
 
 			if($result === false)
 				$mesg = 'false';
@@ -48,14 +48,7 @@ class dba {
         
 			$str =  'SQL = ' . printable($sql) . EOL . 'SQL returned ' . $mesg . EOL;
 
-			switch($this->debug) {
-				case 3:
-					echo $str;
-					break;
-				default:
-					$debug_text .= $str;
-					break;
-			}
+			logger('dba: ' . $str );
 		}
 		else {
 			if($result === false) {
@@ -75,11 +68,8 @@ class dba {
 			$result->free_result();
 		}
     
-		if($this->debug == 2)
-			$debug_text .= printable(print_r($r, true). EOL);
-		elseif($this->debug == 3)
-			echo printable(print_r($r, true) . EOL) ;
-
+		if($this->debug)
+			logger('dba: ' . printable(print_r($r, true)), LOGGER_DATA);
 		return($r);
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index 20f8436130..8dbb591288 100644
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -761,17 +761,12 @@ function consume_feed($xml,$importer,$contact, &$hub, $datedir = 0) {
 			$photo_url = $elems['link'][0]['attribs']['']['href'];
 		}
 	}
-	if(! $photo_timestamp) {
-		$photo_rawupdate = $feed->get_feed_tags(NAMESPACE_DFRN,'icon-updated');
-		if($photo_rawupdate) {
-			$photo_timestamp = datetime_convert('UTC','UTC',$photo_rawupdate[0]['data']);
-			$photo_url = $feed->get_image_url();
-		}
-	}
-	if((is_array($contact)) && ($photo_timestamp) && (strlen($photo_url)) && ($photo_timestamp > $contact['avatar-date'])) {
 
+	if((is_array($contact)) && ($photo_timestamp) && (strlen($photo_url)) && ($photo_timestamp > $contact['avatar-date'])) {
+		logger('Consume feed: Updating photo for ' . $contact['name']);
 		require_once("Photo.php");
 		$photo_failure = false;
+		$have_photo = false;
 
 		$r = q("SELECT `resource-id` FROM `photo` WHERE `contact-id` = %d AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
 			intval($contact['id']),
@@ -779,33 +774,45 @@ function consume_feed($xml,$importer,$contact, &$hub, $datedir = 0) {
 		);
 		if(count($r)) {
 			$resource_id = $r[0]['resource-id'];
-			$img_str = fetch_url($photo_url,true);
-			$img = new Photo($img_str);
-			if($img->is_valid()) {
-				q("DELETE FROM `photo` WHERE `resource-id` = '%s' AND contact-id` = %d AND `uid` = %d",
+			$have_photo = true;
+		}
+		else {
+			$resource_id = photo_new_resource();
+		}
+			
+		$img_str = fetch_url($photo_url,true);
+		$img = new Photo($img_str);
+		if($img->is_valid()) {
+			if($have_photo) {
+				q("DELETE FROM `photo` WHERE `resource-id` = '%s' AND `contact-id` = %d AND `uid` = %d",
 					dbesc($resource_id),
 					intval($contact['id']),
 					intval($contact['uid'])
 				);
-
-				$img->scaleImageSquare(175);
-				
-				$hash = $resource_id;
-				$r = $img->store($contact['uid'], $contact['id'], $hash, basename($photo_url), t('Contact Photos') , 4);
-				
-				$img->scaleImage(80);
-				$r = $img->store($contact['uid'], $contact['id'], $hash, basename($photo_url), t('Contact Photos') , 5);
-
-				$img->scaleImage(48);
-				$r = $img->store($contact['uid'], $contact['id'], $hash, basename($photo_url), t('Contact Photos') , 6);
-
-				if($r)
-					q("UPDATE `contact` SET `avatar-date` = '%s' WHERE `uid` = %d AND `id` = %d LIMIT 1",
-						dbesc(datetime_convert()),
-						intval($contact['uid']),
-						intval($contact['id'])
-					);
 			}
+				
+			$img->scaleImageSquare(175);
+				
+			$hash = $resource_id;
+			$r = $img->store($contact['uid'], $contact['id'], $hash, basename($photo_url), t('Contact Photos') , 4);
+				
+			$img->scaleImage(80);
+			$r = $img->store($contact['uid'], $contact['id'], $hash, basename($photo_url), t('Contact Photos') , 5);
+
+			$img->scaleImage(48);
+			$r = $img->store($contact['uid'], $contact['id'], $hash, basename($photo_url), t('Contact Photos') , 6);
+
+			$a = get_app();
+
+			q("UPDATE `contact` SET `avatar-date` = '%s', `photo` = '%s', `thumb` = '%s', `micro` = '%s'  
+				WHERE `uid` = %d AND `id` = %d LIMIT 1",
+				dbesc(datetime_convert()),
+				dbesc($a->get_baseurl() . '/photo/' . $hash . '-4.jpg'),
+				dbesc($a->get_baseurl() . '/photo/' . $hash . '-5.jpg'),
+				dbesc($a->get_baseurl() . '/photo/' . $hash . '-6.jpg'),
+				intval($contact['uid']),
+				intval($contact['id'])
+			);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/mod/dfrn_request.php b/mod/dfrn_request.php
index 8c259f231a..60106661cb 100644
--- a/mod/dfrn_request.php
+++ b/mod/dfrn_request.php
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ function dfrn_request_post(&$a) {
 			$network = 'dfrn';
 		}
 
+		logger('dfrn_request: url: ' . $url);
+
 		if(! strlen($url)) {
 			notice( t("Unable to resolve your name at the provided location.") . EOL);			
 			return;
diff --git a/mod/photos.php b/mod/photos.php
index e1926bb568..addc04d76c 100644
--- a/mod/photos.php
+++ b/mod/photos.php
@@ -453,6 +453,14 @@ function photos_post(&$a) {
 	$filename          = basename($_FILES['userfile']['name']);
 	$filesize          = intval($_FILES['userfile']['size']);
 
+	$maximagesize = get_config('system','maximagesize');
+
+	if(($maximagesize) && ($filesize > $maximagesize)) {
+		notice( t('Image exceeds size limit of ') . $maximagesize . EOL);
+		@unlink($src);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	$imagedata = @file_get_contents($src);
 	$ph = new Photo($imagedata);
 
diff --git a/mod/profile_photo.php b/mod/profile_photo.php
index 32ace62f05..39808776b7 100644
--- a/mod/profile_photo.php
+++ b/mod/profile_photo.php
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function profile_photo_post(&$a) {
 		$srcY = $_POST['ystart'];
 		$srcW = $_POST['xfinal'] - $srcX;
 		$srcH = $_POST['yfinal'] - $srcY;
-//dbg(3);
+
 		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `photo` WHERE `resource-id` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d AND `scale` = %d LIMIT 1",
 			dbesc($image_id),
 			dbesc(local_user()),
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ function profile_photo_post(&$a) {
 			else
 				notice( t('Unable to process image') . EOL);
 		}
+
 		goaway($a->get_baseurl() . '/profiles');
 		return; // NOTREACHED
 	}
@@ -105,6 +106,14 @@ function profile_photo_post(&$a) {
 	$filename = basename($_FILES['userfile']['name']);
 	$filesize = intval($_FILES['userfile']['size']);
 
+	$maximagesize = get_config('system','maximagesize');
+
+	if(($maximagesize) && ($filesize > $maximagesize)) {
+		notice( t('Image exceeds size limit of ') . $maximagesize . EOL);
+		@unlink($src);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	$imagedata = @file_get_contents($src);
 	$ph = new Photo($imagedata);