diff --git a/benches/client_mock_tcp.rs b/benches/client_mock_tcp.rs
index 78af12a291..baae3d707d 100644
--- a/benches/client_mock_tcp.rs
+++ b/benches/client_mock_tcp.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ impl Clone for MockStream {
 impl MockStream {
     fn new() -> MockStream {
         let head = b"HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nServer: Mock\r\n\r\n";
-        let mut res = Vec::from_slice(head);
+        let mut res = head.to_vec();
         res.push_all(README);
         MockStream {
             read: MemReader::new(res),
diff --git a/src/net.rs b/src/net.rs
index c9b474d151..d436005aa1 100644
--- a/src/net.rs
+++ b/src/net.rs
@@ -59,15 +59,15 @@ impl Clone for Box<NetworkStream + Send> {
 
 impl Reader for Box<NetworkStream + Send> {
     #[inline]
-    fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> IoResult<uint> { self.read(buf) }
+    fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> IoResult<uint> { (**self).read(buf) }
 }
 
 impl Writer for Box<NetworkStream + Send> {
     #[inline]
-    fn write(&mut self, msg: &[u8]) -> IoResult<()> { self.write(msg) }
+    fn write(&mut self, msg: &[u8]) -> IoResult<()> { (**self).write(msg) }
 
     #[inline]
-    fn flush(&mut self) -> IoResult<()> { self.flush() }
+    fn flush(&mut self) -> IoResult<()> { (**self).flush() }
 }
 
 /// A `NetworkListener` for `HttpStream`s.
diff --git a/src/server/mod.rs b/src/server/mod.rs
index 4a3953a85e..206ad5c519 100644
--- a/src/server/mod.rs
+++ b/src/server/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 //! HTTP Server
 use std::io::{Listener, IoResult, EndOfFile};
 use std::io::net::ip::{IpAddr, Port, SocketAddr};
+use std::task::TaskBuilder;
 
 use intertwine::{Intertwine, Intertwined};
 use macceptor::MoveAcceptor;
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ impl<L: NetworkListener<S, A>, S: NetworkStream, A: NetworkAcceptor<S>> Server<L
         let mut acceptors = Vec::new();
         let mut sockets = Vec::new();
         for (ip, port) in self.pairs.into_iter() {
+            debug!("binding to {}:{}", ip, port);
             let mut listener: L = try_io!(NetworkListener::<S, A>::bind(ip.to_string().as_slice(), port));
 
             sockets.push(try_io!(listener.socket_name()));
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ impl<L: NetworkListener<S, A>, S: NetworkStream, A: NetworkAcceptor<S>> Server<L
             .map(|acceptor| acceptor.move_incoming())
             .intertwine();
 
-        spawn(proc() {
+        TaskBuilder::new().named("hyper acceptor").spawn(proc() {
             handler.handle(Incoming { from: connections });
         });
 
diff --git a/src/server/request.rs b/src/server/request.rs
index 91989dcdf6..4506bf1315 100644
--- a/src/server/request.rs
+++ b/src/server/request.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ impl Request {
     /// immediately useful.
     pub fn new<S: NetworkStream>(mut stream: S) -> HttpResult<Request> {
         let remote_addr = try_io!(stream.peer_name());
+        debug!("remote addr = {}", remote_addr);
         let mut stream = BufferedReader::new(stream.abstract());
         let (method, uri, version) = try!(read_request_line(&mut stream));
         let headers = try!(Headers::from_raw(&mut stream));