diff --git a/binr/radare2/radare2.c b/binr/radare2/radare2.c
index 2b4a0d2729..1fccdc983c 100644
--- a/binr/radare2/radare2.c
+++ b/binr/radare2/radare2.c
@@ -66,6 +66,28 @@ static int verify_version(int show) {
 	return ret;
 }
 
+// we should probably move this functionality into the r_debug API
+// r_debug_get_baddr
+static ut64 getBaddrFromDebugger(RCore *r, const char *file) {
+	RListIter *iter;
+	RDebugMap *map;
+	r_debug_attach (r->dbg, r->io->desc->fd);
+	r_debug_map_sync (r->dbg);
+	r_list_foreach (r->dbg->maps, iter, map) {
+		if (!strcmp (file, map->name)) {
+			return map->addr;
+		}
+	}
+	// fallback resolution (osx/w32?)
+	// we asume maps to be loaded in order, so lower addresses come first
+	r_list_foreach (r->dbg->maps, iter, map) {
+		if (map->perm == 5) { // r-x
+			return map->addr;
+		}
+	}
+	return 0LL;
+}
+
 static int main_help(int line) {
 	if (line<2)
 		printf ("Usage: r2 [-dDwntLqv] [-P patch] [-p prj] [-a arch] [-b bits] [-i file]\n"
@@ -442,14 +464,24 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp) {
 					if (optind<argc)
 						file = r_str_concat (file, " ");
 				}
-				if (!r_core_bin_load (&r, file, baddr)) {
-					RBinObject *obj = r_bin_get_object (r.bin);
-					if (obj && obj->info)
-						eprintf ("bits %d\n", obj->info->bits);
+				{
+					char *diskfile = strstr (file, "://");
+					if (diskfile) {
+						diskfile += 3;
+					} else diskfile = file;
+					fh = r_core_file_open (&r, file, perms, mapaddr);
+					if (fh != NULL)
+						r_debug_use (r.dbg, is_gdb? "gdb": debugbackend);
+					/* load symbols when doing r2 -d ls */
+					// NOTE: the baddr is redefined to support PIE/ASLR
+					baddr = getBaddrFromDebugger (&r, diskfile);
+					if (baddr) eprintf ("Using BADDR %llx\n", baddr);
+					if (r_core_bin_load (&r, diskfile, baddr)) {
+						RBinObject *obj = r_bin_get_object (r.bin);
+						if (obj && obj->info)
+							eprintf ("bits %d\n", obj->info->bits);
+					}
 				}
-				fh = r_core_file_open (&r, file, perms, mapaddr);
-				if (fh != NULL)
-					r_debug_use (r.dbg, is_gdb? "gdb": debugbackend);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -480,6 +512,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp) {
 								if (r.file && r.file->desc && r.file->desc->name)
 									filepath = r.file->desc->name;
 
+								/* Load rbin info from r2 dbg:// or r2 /bin/ls */
+								/* the baddr should be set manually here */
 								if (!r_core_bin_load (&r, filepath, baddr))
 									r_config_set (r.config, "io.va", "false");
 							}
diff --git a/libr/anal/p/anal_ppc.c b/libr/anal/p/anal_ppc.c
index 098dee2d79..c9ebdae7da 100644
--- a/libr/anal/p/anal_ppc.c
+++ b/libr/anal/p/anal_ppc.c
@@ -46,9 +46,11 @@ static int ppc_op(RAnal *anal, RAnalOp *op, ut64 addr, const ut8 *_bytes, int le
 		op->jump = (aa)?(baddr):(addr+baddr+4);
 		op->eob = 1;
 		break;
+#if 0
 	case 7: // sc/svc
 		op->type = R_ANAL_OP_TYPE_SWI;
 		break;
+#endif
 #if 0
 	case 15: // bl
 		// OK
diff --git a/libr/bin/bin.c b/libr/bin/bin.c
index cd7532ccca..daf31faf6f 100644
--- a/libr/bin/bin.c
+++ b/libr/bin/bin.c
@@ -491,7 +491,8 @@ R_API int r_bin_load_io_at_offset_as_sz(RBin *bin, RIODesc *desc, ut64 baseaddr,
 		// if there is no fixed size or its MAXED, there is no way to definitively
 		// load the bin-properly.  Many of the plugins require all content and are not
 		// stream based loaders
-		RIODesc *tdesc = iob->desc_open (io, desc->name, desc->flags, R_IO_READ);
+		// NOTE: For RBin we dont need to open the file in read-write. This can be problematic
+		RIODesc *tdesc = iob->desc_open (io, desc->name, R_IO_READ, 0); //desc->flags, R_IO_READ);
 		if (!tdesc) return R_FALSE;
 		file_sz = iob->desc_size (io, tdesc);
 		if (file_sz == UT64_MAX) {
diff --git a/libr/core/cmd_debug.c b/libr/core/cmd_debug.c
index 0ef40cd879..2535ccd763 100644
--- a/libr/core/cmd_debug.c
+++ b/libr/core/cmd_debug.c
@@ -422,7 +422,8 @@ static int cmd_debug_map(RCore *core, const char *input) {
 		}
 		r_debug_map_sync (core->dbg); // update process memory maps
 		r_list_foreach (core->dbg->maps, iter, map) {
-			if ((addr != -1 && (addr >= map->addr && addr < map->addr_end)) ||
+			if (core && core->bin && core->bin->cur && core->bin->cur->o && \
+				(addr != -1 && (addr >= map->addr && addr < map->addr_end)) ||
 				(libname != NULL && (strstr (map->name, libname)))) {
 				RBinObject *o = core->bin->cur->o;
 				filter.offset = 0LL;
diff --git a/libr/io/io.c b/libr/io/io.c
index 0084e435ab..76a99fab82 100644
--- a/libr/io/io.c
+++ b/libr/io/io.c
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ static inline RIODesc *__getioplugin(RIO *io, const char *_uri, int flags, int m
 	}
 	if (!desc) {
 		plugin = r_io_plugin_get_default (io, uri, 0);
-		desc = plugin ? plugin->open (io, uri, flags, mode) : NULL;
+		desc = (plugin&&plugin->open) ? plugin->open (io, uri, flags, mode) : NULL;
 		if (desc) {
 			r_io_desc_add (io, desc);
 			if (desc->fd != -1)
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ R_API RIODesc *r_io_open_nomap(RIO *io, const char *file, int flags, int mode) {
 		r_io_desc_add (io, desc);
 		if (io->autofd || !io->desc)
 			r_io_use_desc (io, desc);
-	} else 	eprintf ("r_io_open_nomap: Unable to open file: %s\n", file);
+	} else eprintf ("r_io_open_nomap: Unable to open file: %s\n", file);
 
 	return desc;
 }
diff --git a/libr/io/p/io_default.c b/libr/io/p/io_default.c
index 78310df312..b28c928669 100644
--- a/libr/io/p/io_default.c
+++ b/libr/io/p/io_default.c
@@ -244,9 +244,14 @@ static int __plugin_open_default(RIO *io, const char *file, ut8 many) {
 	return r_io_def_mmap_check_default (file);
 }
 
+// default open should permit opening 
 static RIODesc *__open_default(RIO *io, const char *file, int flags, int mode) {
+	RIODesc *iod;
 	if (!r_io_def_mmap_check_default (file) ) return NULL;
-	return r_io_def_mmap_open (io, file, flags, mode);
+	iod = r_io_def_mmap_open (io, file, flags, mode);
+	return iod;
+// NTOE: uncomment this line to support loading files in ro as fallback is rw fails
+//	return iod? iod: r_io_def_mmap_open (io, file, R_IO_READ, mode);
 }
 
 static int __read(RIO *io, RIODesc *fd, ut8 *buf, int len) {