diff --git a/libretroshare/src/ft/ftchunkmap.cc b/libretroshare/src/ft/ftchunkmap.cc
index cb4d0eac2..c2348f01a 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/ft/ftchunkmap.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/ft/ftchunkmap.cc
@@ -402,6 +402,16 @@ void ChunkMap::getChunksInfo(FileChunksInfo& info) const
 		info.compressed_peer_availability_maps[it->first] = it->second.cmap ;
 }
 
+void ChunkMap::removeFileSource(const std::string& peer_id)
+{
+	std::map<std::string,SourceChunksInfo>::iterator it(_peers_chunks_availability.find(peer_id)) ;
+
+	if(it == _peers_chunks_availability.end())
+		return ;
+
+	_peers_chunks_availability.erase(it) ;
+}
+
 void ChunkMap::getAvailabilityMap(CompressedChunkMap& compressed_map) const 
 {
 	compressed_map = CompressedChunkMap(_map) ; 
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/ft/ftchunkmap.h b/libretroshare/src/ft/ftchunkmap.h
index b3a3b3227..7cbdc6484 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/ft/ftchunkmap.h
+++ b/libretroshare/src/ft/ftchunkmap.h
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ class ChunkMap
       virtual void getAvailabilityMap(CompressedChunkMap& cmap) const ;
 		void setAvailabilityMap(const CompressedChunkMap& cmap) ;
 
+		/// Removes the source availability map. The map
+		void removeFileSource(const std::string& peer_id) ;
+
 		/// This function fills in a plain map for a file of the given size. This
 		/// is used to ensure that the chunk size will be consistent with the rest
 		/// of the code.
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/ft/ftcontroller.cc b/libretroshare/src/ft/ftcontroller.cc
index ea09c5d85..28c7c2f77 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/ft/ftcontroller.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/ft/ftcontroller.cc
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ void ftController::removeFileSource(const std::string& hash,const std::string& p
 		if(it->first == hash)
 		{
 			it->second->mTransfer->removeFileSource(peer_id);
+			it->second->mCreator->removeFileSource(peer_id);
 
 //			setPeerState(it->second.mTransfer, peer_id, rate, mConnMgr->isOnline(peer_id));
 
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/ft/ftfilecreator.cc b/libretroshare/src/ft/ftfilecreator.cc
index 45aa44276..205390b7f 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/ft/ftfilecreator.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/ft/ftfilecreator.cc
@@ -177,6 +177,15 @@ void ftFileCreator::removeInactiveChunks()
 #endif
 }
 
+void ftFileCreator::removeFileSource(const std::string& peer_id)
+{
+	RsStackMutex stack(ftcMutex); /********** STACK LOCKED MTX ******/
+#ifdef FILE_DEBUG
+	std::cerr << "ftFileCreator:: removign file source " << peer_id << " from chunkmap." << std::endl ;
+#endif
+	chunkMap.removeFileSource(peer_id) ;
+}
+
 int ftFileCreator::initializeFileAttrs()
 {
         #ifdef FILE_DEBUG
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/ft/ftfilecreator.h b/libretroshare/src/ft/ftfilecreator.h
index a68bba213..b11710ce7 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/ft/ftfilecreator.h
+++ b/libretroshare/src/ft/ftfilecreator.h
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ class ftFileCreator: public ftFileProvider
 		//
 		void removeInactiveChunks() ;
 
+		// removes the designated file source from the chunkmap.
+		void removeFileSource(const std::string& peer_id) ;
+
 		// Returns the time stamp of the last data receive.
 		time_t lastRecvTimeStamp() ;
 
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/ft/ftfileprovider.cc b/libretroshare/src/ft/ftfileprovider.cc
index 731f6ffad..4cc903313 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/ft/ftfileprovider.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/ft/ftfileprovider.cc
@@ -217,28 +217,28 @@ void ftFileProvider::getClientMap(const std::string& peer_id,CompressedChunkMap&
 
 int ftFileProvider::initializeFileAttrs()
 {
-        #ifdef DEBUG_FT_FILE_PROVIDER
-        std::cerr << "ftFileProvider::initializeFileAttrs() Filename: " << file_name << std::endl;
-        #endif
-	
-        RsStackMutex stack(ftcMutex); /********** STACK LOCKED MTX ******/
+#ifdef DEBUG_FT_FILE_PROVIDER
+	std::cerr << "ftFileProvider::initializeFileAttrs() Filename: " << file_name << std::endl;
+#endif
+
+	RsStackMutex stack(ftcMutex); /********** STACK LOCKED MTX ******/
 	if (fd)
 		return 1;
 
 	/* 
-         * check if the file exists 
-         */
-	
+	 * check if the file exists 
+	 */
+
 	{
-                #ifdef DEBUG_FT_FILE_PROVIDER
-                std::cerr << "ftFileProvider::initializeFileAttrs() trying (r+b) " << std::endl;
-                #endif
+#ifdef DEBUG_FT_FILE_PROVIDER
+		std::cerr << "ftFileProvider::initializeFileAttrs() trying (r+b) " << std::endl;
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/* 
-         * attempt to open file 
-         */
-	
+	 * attempt to open file 
+	 */
+
 	fd = fopen64(file_name.c_str(), "rb");
 	if (!fd)
 	{
@@ -251,28 +251,28 @@ int ftFileProvider::initializeFileAttrs()
 		{
 			std::cerr << "ftFileProvider::initializeFileAttrs() Failed to open (rb): ";
 			std::cerr << file_name << std::endl;
-	
+
 			/* try opening read only */
 			return 0;
 		}
 	}
 
 	/*
-         * if it opened, find it's length 
+	 * if it opened, find it's length 
 	 * move to the end 
-         */
-	
-	if (0 != fseeko64(fd, 0L, SEEK_END))
-	{
-        	std::cerr << "ftFileProvider::initializeFileAttrs() Seek Failed" << std::endl;
-		return 0;
-	}
+	 */
 
-	uint64_t recvdsize = ftello64(fd);
+//	if (0 != fseeko64(fd, 0L, SEEK_END))
+//	{
+//		std::cerr << "ftFileProvider::initializeFileAttrs() Seek Failed" << std::endl;
+//		return 0;
+//	}
+//
+//	uint64_t recvdsize = ftello64(fd);
+//
+//#ifdef DEBUG_FT_FILE_PROVIDER
+//	std::cerr << "ftFileProvider::initializeFileAttrs() File Expected Size: " << mSize << " RecvdSize: " << recvdsize << std::endl;
+//#endif
 
-        #ifdef DEBUG_FT_FILE_PROVIDER
-        std::cerr << "ftFileProvider::initializeFileAttrs() File Expected Size: " << mSize << " RecvdSize: " << recvdsize << std::endl;
-        #endif
-	
 	return 1;
 }
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/turtle/p3turtle.cc b/libretroshare/src/turtle/p3turtle.cc
index 91a183c81..a16d2890d 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/turtle/p3turtle.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/turtle/p3turtle.cc
@@ -247,9 +247,9 @@ void p3turtle::autoWash()
 
 			if(it == _incoming_file_hashes.end())
 			{
-                                #ifdef P3TURTLE_DEBUG
+#ifdef P3TURTLE_DEBUG
 				std::cerr << "p3turtle: asked to stop monitoring file hash " << _hashes_to_remove[i] << ", but this hash is actually not handled by the turtle router." << std::endl ;
-                                #endif
+#endif
 				continue ;
 			}
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/FileTransferInfoWidget.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/FileTransferInfoWidget.cpp
index f64a793ca..d60b07e01 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/FileTransferInfoWidget.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/FileTransferInfoWidget.cpp
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ void FileTransferInfoWidget::draw(const FileInfo& nfo,const FileChunksInfo& info
 	 y += block_sep ;
 	 y += text_height ;
 	 painter->setPen(QColor::fromRgb(0,0,0)) ;
-	 painter->drawText(0,y,tr("Availability map (")+QString::number(info.compressed_peer_availability_maps.size())+ tr(" sources")+")") ;
+	 painter->drawText(0,y,tr("Availability map (")+QString::number(info.compressed_peer_availability_maps.size())+ tr(" active sources")+")") ;
 	 y += block_sep ;
 
 	 // Note (for non geeks): the !! operator transforms anything positive into 1 and 0 into 0.