diff --git a/libtorrent/bindings/python/src/session.cpp b/libtorrent/bindings/python/src/session.cpp
index 9202079de..5d9e9fddf 100755
--- a/libtorrent/bindings/python/src/session.cpp
+++ b/libtorrent/bindings/python/src/session.cpp
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ void bind_session()
         .def("stop_dht", allow_threads(&session::stop_dht), session_stop_dht_doc)
         .def("dht_state", allow_threads(&session::dht_state), session_dht_state_doc)
         .def("set_dht_proxy", allow_threads(&session::set_dht_proxy))
+        .def("dht_proxy", allow_threads(&session::dht_proxy), return_value_policy<copy_const_reference>())
 #endif
         .def("add_torrent", &add_torrent, session_add_torrent_doc)
 #ifndef TORRENT_NO_DEPRECATE
@@ -373,6 +374,9 @@ void bind_session()
         .def("set_peer_proxy", allow_threads(&session::set_peer_proxy))
         .def("set_tracker_proxy", allow_threads(&session::set_tracker_proxy))
         .def("set_web_seed_proxy", allow_threads(&session::set_web_seed_proxy))
+        .def("peer_proxy", allow_threads(&session::peer_proxy), return_value_policy<copy_const_reference>())
+        .def("tracker_proxy", allow_threads(&session::tracker_proxy), return_value_policy<copy_const_reference>())
+        .def("web_seed_proxy", allow_threads(&session::web_seed_proxy), return_value_policy<copy_const_reference>())
         .def("start_upnp", &start_upnp, session_start_upnp_doc)
         .def("stop_upnp", allow_threads(&session::stop_upnp), session_stop_upnp_doc)
         .def("start_lsd", allow_threads(&session::start_lsd), session_start_lsd_doc)
diff --git a/libtorrent/src/disk_io_thread.cpp b/libtorrent/src/disk_io_thread.cpp
index 3ff193c3c..e446964b0 100644
--- a/libtorrent/src/disk_io_thread.cpp
+++ b/libtorrent/src/disk_io_thread.cpp
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 			{
 				l.unlock();
 				ret += p.storage->read_impl(p.blocks[i], p.piece, piece_offset, block_size);
-				if (!p.storage->error()) { return -1; }
+				if (p.storage->error()) { return -1; }
 				l.lock();
 				++m_cache_stats.reads;
 			}
diff --git a/libtorrent/src/kademlia/dht_tracker.cpp b/libtorrent/src/kademlia/dht_tracker.cpp
index 485471555..88bc7738d 100644
--- a/libtorrent/src/kademlia/dht_tracker.cpp
+++ b/libtorrent/src/kademlia/dht_tracker.cpp
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ namespace libtorrent { namespace dht
 		int peers = 0;
 		std::for_each(m_dht.begin_data(), m_dht.end_data(), count_peers(peers));
 
-		std::ofstream pc("libtorrent_logs/dht_stats.log", std::ios_base::app);
+		std::ofstream pc("libtorrent_logs/dht_stats.log", first ? std::ios_base::trunc : std::ios_base::app);
 		if (first)
 		{
 			first = false;
diff --git a/libtorrent/src/kademlia/rpc_manager.cpp b/libtorrent/src/kademlia/rpc_manager.cpp
index 6aa410061..a2082b2e3 100644
--- a/libtorrent/src/kademlia/rpc_manager.cpp
+++ b/libtorrent/src/kademlia/rpc_manager.cpp
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ bool rpc_manager::incoming(msg const& m)
 		}
 
 #ifdef TORRENT_DHT_VERBOSE_LOGGING
-		std::ofstream reply_stats("libtorrent_logs/round_trip_ms.log", std::ios::app);
+		std::ofstream reply_stats("round_trip_ms.log", std::ios::app);
 		reply_stats << m.addr << "\t" << total_milliseconds(time_now() - o->sent)
 			<< std::endl;
 #endif
diff --git a/libtorrent/src/torrent.cpp b/libtorrent/src/torrent.cpp
index dffcf18bc..efb97a77d 100755
--- a/libtorrent/src/torrent.cpp
+++ b/libtorrent/src/torrent.cpp
@@ -3421,6 +3421,8 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		TORRENT_ASSERT(m_torrent_file->is_valid());
 		INVARIANT_CHECK;
 
+		if (m_abort) return;
+
 		// we might be finished already, in which case we should
 		// not switch to downloading mode.
 		if (m_state != torrent_status::finished)
diff --git a/libtorrent/src/torrent_info.cpp b/libtorrent/src/torrent_info.cpp
index e7f173d6c..7c109e693 100755
--- a/libtorrent/src/torrent_info.cpp
+++ b/libtorrent/src/torrent_info.cpp
@@ -74,13 +74,12 @@ namespace
 		str += 0x80 | (chr & 0x3f);
 	}
 
-	void verify_encoding(file_entry& target)
+	bool verify_encoding(std::string& target)
 	{
 		std::string tmp_path;
-		std::string file_path = target.path.string();
 		bool valid_encoding = true;
-		for (std::string::iterator i = file_path.begin()
-			, end(file_path.end()); i != end; ++i)
+		for (std::string::iterator i = target.begin()
+			, end(target.end()); i != end; ++i)
 		{
 			// valid ascii-character
 			if ((*i & 0x80) == 0)
@@ -153,7 +152,14 @@ namespace
 		// save the original encoding and replace the
 		// commonly used path with the correctly
 		// encoded string
-		if (!valid_encoding) target.path = tmp_path;
+		if (!valid_encoding) target = tmp_path;
+		return valid_encoding;
+	}
+
+	void verify_encoding(file_entry& target)
+	{
+		std::string p = target.path.string();
+		if (!verify_encoding(p)) target.path = p;
 	}
 
 	bool extract_single_file(lazy_entry const& dict, file_entry& target
@@ -420,6 +426,9 @@ namespace libtorrent
 			error = "invalid 'name' of torrent (possible exploit attempt)";
 			return false;
 		}
+
+		// correct utf-8 encoding errors
+		verify_encoding(name);
 	
 		// extract file list
 		lazy_entry const* i = info.dict_find_list("files");
@@ -573,9 +582,11 @@ namespace libtorrent
 
 		m_comment = torrent_file.dict_find_string_value("comment.utf-8");
 		if (m_comment.empty()) m_comment = torrent_file.dict_find_string_value("comment");
+		verify_encoding(m_comment);
 	
 		m_created_by = torrent_file.dict_find_string_value("created by.utf-8");
 		if (m_created_by.empty()) m_created_by = torrent_file.dict_find_string_value("created by");
+		verify_encoding(m_created_by);
 
 		lazy_entry const* info = torrent_file.dict_find_dict("info");
 		if (info == 0)