diff --git a/libr/asm/asm.c b/libr/asm/asm.c
index 54552ee90a..176facdf7c 100644
--- a/libr/asm/asm.c
+++ b/libr/asm/asm.c
@@ -380,7 +380,8 @@ R_API RAsmCode* r_asm_mdisassemble(RAsm *a, const ut8 *buf, int len) {
 		ret = r_asm_disassemble (a, &op, buf+idx, len-idx);
 		if (ret<1) {
 			eprintf ("disassemble error at offset %"PFMT64d"\n", idx);
-			return acode;
+ret = 1;
+//			return acode;
 		}
 		if (a->ofilter)
 			r_parse_parse (a->ofilter, op.buf_asm, op.buf_asm);
diff --git a/libr/bin/format/elf/elf.c b/libr/bin/format/elf/elf.c
index a7225ab421..9d856dd139 100644
--- a/libr/bin/format/elf/elf.c
+++ b/libr/bin/format/elf/elf.c
@@ -1038,6 +1038,15 @@ struct r_bin_elf_symbol_t* Elf_(r_bin_elf_get_symbols)(struct Elf_(r_bin_elf_obj
 	Elf_(Shdr) *strtab_section;
 	Elf_(Sym) *sym;
 	char *strtab;
+	Elf_(Shdr)* section_text = NULL;
+	ut64 section_text_offset = 0LL;
+
+	if (bin->ehdr.e_type== ET_REL) {
+		section_text = Elf_(r_bin_elf_get_section_by_name)(bin, ".text");
+		if (section_text) {
+			section_text_offset = section_text->sh_offset;
+		}
+	}
 
 	if (!bin || !bin->shdr || bin->ehdr.e_shnum == 0 || bin->ehdr.e_shnum == 0xffff)
 		return NULL;
@@ -1049,6 +1058,7 @@ struct r_bin_elf_symbol_t* Elf_(r_bin_elf_get_symbols)(struct Elf_(r_bin_elf_obj
 			data_offset = 0;
 	}
 	shdr_size = bin->ehdr.e_shnum * sizeof (Elf_(Shdr));
+
 	for (i = 0; i < bin->ehdr.e_shnum; i++) {
 #define BUGGY 0
 #if BUGGY
@@ -1136,6 +1146,8 @@ if (
 				}
 #endif
 				ret[ret_ctr].offset = (toffset >= bin->baddr ? toffset -= bin->baddr : toffset);
+				if (section_text) 
+					ret[ret_ctr].offset += section_text_offset;
 				ret[ret_ctr].size = tsize;
 				if (sym[k].st_name > strtab_section->sh_size) {
 					eprintf ("Warning: index out of strtab range\n");
diff --git a/libr/core/bin.c b/libr/core/bin.c
index ca5c7d2aef..656ccf0230 100644
--- a/libr/core/bin.c
+++ b/libr/core/bin.c
@@ -492,7 +492,6 @@ static int bin_pdb (RCore *core, int mode) {
 static int bin_main (RCore *r, int mode, ut64 baddr, int va) {
 	RBinAddr *binmain = r_bin_get_sym (r->bin, R_BIN_SYM_MAIN);
 	if (!binmain) return R_FALSE;
-
 	baddr = 0LL; // This is broken, just to make t.formats/elf/main happy
 	if ((mode & R_CORE_BIN_SIMPLE) || mode & R_CORE_BIN_JSON) {
 		r_cons_printf ("%"PFMT64d, va? (baddr+binmain->vaddr):binmain->paddr);
diff --git a/libr/core/cmd_print.c b/libr/core/cmd_print.c
index 2a6f9292a7..cc02b140ae 100644
--- a/libr/core/cmd_print.c
+++ b/libr/core/cmd_print.c
@@ -1177,9 +1177,9 @@ static int cmd_print(void *data, const char *input) {
 			r_core_block_size (core, obsz);
 		break;
 	case 'a': //pa
-		if (input[1]=='e') {
+		if (input[1]=='e') { // "pae"
 			if (input[2]=='?') {
-				r_cons_printf("|Usage: pae [hex]       assemble esil from hexpairs\n");
+				r_cons_printf ("|Usage: pae [hex]       assemble esil from hexpairs\n");
 			} else {
 				int ret, bufsz;
 				RAnalOp aop = {0};
@@ -1194,9 +1194,9 @@ static int cmd_print(void *data, const char *input) {
 				}
 				r_anal_op_fini (&aop);
 			}
-		} else if (input[1]=='d') {
+		} else if (input[1]=='d') { // "pad"
 			if (input[2]=='?') {
-				r_cons_printf("|Usage: pad [asm]       disasm\n");
+				r_cons_printf ("|Usage: pad [asm]       disasm\n");
 			} else {
 				RAsmCode *c;
 				r_asm_set_pc (core->assembler, core->offset);
diff --git a/libr/include/r_bin.h b/libr/include/r_bin.h
index b794c8edfe..82a0be970b 100644
--- a/libr/include/r_bin.h
+++ b/libr/include/r_bin.h
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ typedef struct r_bin_object_t {
 } RBinObject;
 
 // XXX: this is a copy of RBinObject
-// TODO: rename RBinFile to RBinFile
 typedef struct r_bin_file_t {
 	char *file;
 	int fd;
diff --git a/libr/io/p/io_ptrace.c b/libr/io/p/io_ptrace.c
index d810a70333..66246994e1 100644
--- a/libr/io/p/io_ptrace.c
+++ b/libr/io/p/io_ptrace.c
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static RIODesc *__open(RIO *io, const char *file, int rw, int mode) {
 			open_pidmem (riop);
 			pidpath = r_sys_pid_to_path (pid);
 			// sleep 1s to get proper path (racy)
-			r_sys_sleep (1);
+			//r_sys_sleep (1);
 			desc = r_io_desc_new (&r_io_plugin_ptrace, pid,
 				pidpath, rw | R_IO_EXEC, mode, riop);
 			free (pidpath);
diff --git a/libr/util/hex.c b/libr/util/hex.c
index 0cd0cb3e20..d64859651c 100644
--- a/libr/util/hex.c
+++ b/libr/util/hex.c
@@ -112,11 +112,16 @@ R_API int r_hex_str2bin(const char *in, ut8 *out) {
 	int len = 0, j = 0;
 	const char *ptr;
 	ut8 c = 0, d = 0;
+	int outbuf = 0;
 
 	if (!in || !*in)
 		return 0;
 	if (!memcmp (in, "0x", 2))
 		in += 2;
+	if (!out) {
+		outbuf = 1;
+		out = malloc (strlen (in));
+	}
 	for (ptr = in; ; ptr++) {
 		/* comments */
 		if (*ptr=='#') {
@@ -176,16 +181,20 @@ R_API int r_hex_str2bin(const char *in, ut8 *out) {
 		}
 		if (r_hex_to_byte (&c, ptr[0])) {
 			//eprintf("binstr: Invalid hexa string at %d ('0x%02x') (%s).\n", (int)(ptr-in), ptr[0], in);
-			return len;
+			goto beach;
 		}
 		c |= d;
 		if (j++ == 0) c <<= 4;
 	}
 	// has nibbles. requires a mask
+beach:
 	if (j) {
 		out[len] = c;
 		len = -len;
 	}
+	if (outbuf) {
+		free (out);
+	}
 	return (int)len;
 }