diff --git a/libretroshare/src/services/p3chatservice.cc b/libretroshare/src/services/p3chatservice.cc
index c22eda594..18c2c36f1 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/services/p3chatservice.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/services/p3chatservice.cc
@@ -2948,6 +2948,8 @@ void p3ChatService::receiveTurtleData(	RsTurtleGenericTunnelItem *gitem,const st
 
 	std::cerr << "   Using IV: " << std::hex << *(uint64_t*)item->data_bytes << std::dec << std::endl;
 	std::cerr << "   Decrypted buffer size: " << decrypted_size << std::endl;
+	std::cerr << "   key  : " ; printBinaryData(aes_key,16) ; std::cerr << std::endl;
+	std::cerr << "   data : " ; printBinaryData(item->data_bytes,item->data_size) ; std::cerr << std::endl;
 
 	if(!RsAES::aes_decrypt_8_16((uint8_t*)item->data_bytes+8,item->data_size-8,aes_key,(uint8_t*)item->data_bytes,decrypted_data,decrypted_size))
 	{
@@ -3005,7 +3007,7 @@ void p3ChatService::sendTurtleData(RsChatItem *item)
 		}
 		it->second.last_contact = time(NULL) ;
 		virtual_peer_id = it->second.virtual_peer_id ;
-		memcpy(aes_key,it->second.aes_key,8) ;
+		memcpy(aes_key,it->second.aes_key,DISTANT_CHAT_AES_KEY_SIZE) ;
 	}
 	std::cerr << "p3ChatService::sendTurtleData(): tunnel found. Encrypting data." << std::endl;
 
@@ -3017,6 +3019,7 @@ void p3ChatService::sendTurtleData(RsChatItem *item)
 	uint64_t IV = RSRandom::random_u64() ; // make a random 8 bytes IV
 
 	std::cerr << "   Using IV: " << std::hex << IV << std::dec << std::endl;
+	std::cerr << "   Using Key: " ; printBinaryData(aes_key,16) ; std::cerr << std::endl;
 
 	if(!RsAES::aes_crypt_8_16(buff,rssize,aes_key,(uint8_t*)&IV,encrypted_data,encrypted_size))
 	{
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/tests/util/Makefile b/libretroshare/src/tests/util/Makefile
index 1a1a06227..9be844a06 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/tests/util/Makefile
+++ b/libretroshare/src/tests/util/Makefile
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ OPS_TOP_DIR = ../../../../openpgpsdk/src
 include $(RS_TOP_DIR)/tests/scripts/config.mk
 ###############################################################
 
-TESTOBJ  = dirtest.o sha1_test.o aes_test.o
-TESTS  = dirtest sha1_test aes_test
+TESTOBJ  = dirtest.o sha1_test.o aes_test.o dchat_decrypt.o
+TESTS  = dirtest sha1_test aes_test dchat_decrypt
 
 all: tests
 
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ dirtest: dirtest.o
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o dirtest dirtest.o $(LIBS)
 dirtest: aes_test.o 
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o aes_test aes_test.o $(LIBS)
+dchat_decrypt: dchat_decrypt.o 
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o dchat_decrypt dchat_decrypt.o $(LIBS)
 
 ###############################################################
 include $(RS_TOP_DIR)/tests/scripts/rules.mk
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/tests/util/aes_test.cc b/libretroshare/src/tests/util/aes_test.cc
index 18631de7f..f7e2531fd 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/tests/util/aes_test.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/tests/util/aes_test.cc
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ int main(int argc,char *argv[])
 	for(int i=0;i<16;++i)
 		key_data[i] = lrand48() & 0xff ;
 
+	std::cerr << "Key: " ; printHex(key_data,16);
+	std::cerr << std::endl;
+
 	for(int i=5;i<source_string.length();++i)
 	{
 		for(int j=0;j<8;++j)
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NewsFeed.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NewsFeed.cpp
index 5989411f6..28ee213c6 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NewsFeed.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NewsFeed.cpp
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static NewsFeed *instance = NULL;
 
 /** Constructor */
 NewsFeed::NewsFeed(QWidget *parent)
-: MainPage (parent)
+: RsAutoUpdatePage(1000,parent)
 {
 	/* Invoke the Qt Designer generated object setup routine */
 	setupUi(this);
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ NewsFeed::NewsFeed(QWidget *parent)
 	connect(removeAllButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(removeAll()));
 	connect(feedOptionsButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(feedoptions()));
 
-	QTimer *timer = new QTimer(this);
-	timer->connect(timer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(updateFeed()));
-	timer->start(1000);
+//	QTimer *timer = new QTimer(this);
+//	timer->connect(timer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(updateFeed()));
+//	timer->start(1000);
 }
 
 NewsFeed::~NewsFeed()
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ NewsFeed::~NewsFeed()
 	}
 }
 
-void NewsFeed::updateFeed()
+void NewsFeed::updateDisplay()
 {
 	if (!rsNotify)
 		return;
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NewsFeed.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NewsFeed.h
index 958d9bc84..d97356224 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NewsFeed.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NewsFeed.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "ui_NewsFeed.h"
 
 #include "gui/feeds/FeedHolder.h"
+#include <retroshare-gui/RsAutoUpdatePage.h>
 class RsFeedItem;
 
 class ForumNewItem;
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ class ChanMsgItem;
 class ChatMsgItem;
 class FeedNotify;
 
-class NewsFeed : public MainPage, public FeedHolder, private Ui::NewsFeed
+class NewsFeed : public RsAutoUpdatePage, public FeedHolder, private Ui::NewsFeed
 {
   Q_OBJECT
 
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ public:
   static void testFeeds(uint notifyFlags);
   static void testFeed(FeedNotify *feedNotify);
 
+  virtual void updateDisplay();
 signals:
   void newsFeedChanged(int count);
 
@@ -59,7 +61,6 @@ private slots:
  // void toggleChanMsgItems(bool on);
   void feedoptions();
  
-  void updateFeed();
   void removeAll();
   void itemDestroyed(QObject*);