diff --git a/libr/core/vmarks.c b/libr/core/vmarks.c
index 4605bb7571..9bc42113b2 100644
--- a/libr/core/vmarks.c
+++ b/libr/core/vmarks.c
@@ -1,23 +1,25 @@
-/* radare - LGPL - Copyright 2009-2015 - pancake */
+/* radare - LGPL - Copyright 2009-2016 - pancake */
 
 #include <r_core.h>
 
 /* maybe move this into RCore */
 static bool marks_init = false;
-static ut64 marks[UT8_MAX+1];
+static ut64 marks[UT8_MAX + 1];
 
 R_API void r_core_visual_mark_reset(RCore *core) {
 	int i;
 	marks_init = true;
-	for (i=0; i<UT8_MAX; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < UT8_MAX; i++) {
 		marks[i] = UT64_MAX;
+	}
 }
 
 R_API void r_core_visual_mark_dump(RCore *core) {
 	int i;
-	if (!marks_init)
+	if (!marks_init) {
 		return;
-	for (i=0; i<UT8_MAX; i++) {
+	}
+	for (i = 0; i < UT8_MAX; i++) {
 		if (marks[i] != UT64_MAX) {
 			r_cons_printf ("fV %d 0x%"PFMT64x"\n", i, marks[i]);
 		}
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ R_API void r_core_visual_mark(RCore *core, ut8 ch) {
 }
 
 R_API void r_core_visual_mark_seek(RCore *core, ut8 ch) {
-	if (marks_init && marks[ch] != UT64_MAX)
+	if (marks_init && marks[ch] != UT64_MAX) {
 		r_core_seek (core, marks[ch], 1);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/libr/io/p/io_r2pipe-test.js b/libr/io/p/io_r2pipe-test.js
index 561c57f23b..c217366fed 100644
--- a/libr/io/p/io_r2pipe-test.js
+++ b/libr/io/p/io_r2pipe-test.js
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ if (!nfd_in || !nfd_out) {
 var fd_in = fs.createReadStream(null, {fd: nfd_in});
 var fd_out = fs.createWriteStream(null, {fd: nfd_out});
 
-console.log ("Running r2pipe io using fds: ", nfd_in, nfd_out);
+console.error ("Running r2pipe io using fds: ", nfd_in, nfd_out);
 
 fd_in.on('data', function(data) {
 	data = data.slice(0,-1);
 	var obj_in = JSON.parse (data);
-	console.log ("got data(",obj_in,")");
+	console.error ("got data(",obj_in,")");
 	var obj = {result:obj_in.count, data:[1,2,3]};
 	fd_out.write (JSON.stringify (obj)+"\x00");
 });
diff --git a/libr/io/p/io_r2pipe.c b/libr/io/p/io_r2pipe.c
index ac3763f230..dcdcd996d8 100644
--- a/libr/io/p/io_r2pipe.c
+++ b/libr/io/p/io_r2pipe.c
@@ -37,37 +37,47 @@ static int __write(RIO *io, RIODesc *fd, const ut8 *buf, int count) {
 	res = r2p_read (R2P (fd));
 	/* TODO: parse json back */
 	r = strstr (res, "result");
-	if (r) { count = atoi (r+6+1); }
+	if (r) {
+		count = atoi (r + 6 + 1);
+	}
 	free (res);
 	return rescount;
 }
 
-static int __read(RIO *io, RIODesc *fd, ut8 *buf, const int count) {
+static int __read(RIO *io, RIODesc *fd, ut8 *buf, int count) {
 	char fmt[4096], num[128];
 	int rv, rescount = -1;
 	int bufi, numi;
 	char *res, *r;
-	if (fd == NULL || fd->data == NULL)
+	if (!fd || !fd->data) {
 		return -1;
+	}
+	if (count > 1024) {
+		count = 1024;
+	}
 	snprintf (fmt, sizeof (fmt),
 		"{\"op\":\"read\",\"address\":%"PFMT64d",\"count\":%d}",
 		io->off, count);
 	rv = r2p_write (R2P (fd), fmt);
-	if (rv <1) {
+	if (rv < 1) {
 		eprintf ("r2p_write: error\n");
 		return -1;
 	}
 	res = r2p_read (R2P (fd));
+
 	/* TODO: parse json back */
 	r = strstr (res, "result");
-	if (r) { rescount = atoi (r+6+2); }
+	if (r) {
+		rescount = atoi (r + 6 + 2);
+	}
 	r = strstr (res, "data");
 	if (r) {
 		char *arr = strchr (r, ':');
-		if (!arr) goto beach;
-		if (arr[1]!='[') goto beach;
+		if (!arr || arr[1]!='[') {
+			goto beach;
+		}
 		arr += 2;
-		for (num[0]=numi=bufi=0; bufi<count && *arr; arr++) {
+		for (num[0] = numi = bufi = 0; bufi < count && *arr; arr++) {
 			switch (*arr) {
 			case '0'...'9':
 				num[numi++] = *arr;
@@ -114,14 +124,14 @@ static ut64 __lseek(RIO *io, RIODesc *fd, ut64 offset, int whence) {
 	return offset;
 }
 
-static bool __plugin_open(RIO *io, const char *pathname, bool many) {
+static bool __check(RIO *io, const char *pathname, bool many) {
 	return (!strncmp (pathname, "r2pipe://", 9));
 }
 
 static RIODesc *__open(RIO *io, const char *pathname, int rw, int mode) {
 	R2Pipe *r2p = NULL;
-	if (__plugin_open (io, pathname, 0)) {
-		r2p = r2p_open (pathname+9);
+	if (__check (io, pathname, 0)) {
+		r2p = r2p_open (pathname + 9);
 	}
 	return r2p? r_io_desc_new (&r_io_plugin_r2pipe,
 		r2p->child, pathname, rw, mode, r2p): NULL;
@@ -156,7 +166,7 @@ RIOPlugin r_io_plugin_r2pipe = {
         .open = __open,
         .close = __close,
 	.read = __read,
-        .check = __plugin_open,
+        .check = __check,
 	.lseek = __lseek,
 	.write = __write,
 	.system = __system
diff --git a/libr/socket/r2pipe.c b/libr/socket/r2pipe.c
index 46431a263d..51462d3e2b 100644
--- a/libr/socket/r2pipe.c
+++ b/libr/socket/r2pipe.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-/* radare - LGPL - Copyright 2015 - pancake */
+/* radare - LGPL - Copyright 2015-2016 - pancake */
 
 #include <r_util.h>
+#include <r_cons.h>
 #include <r_socket.h>
 
 #define R2P_MAGIC 0x329193
@@ -133,12 +134,17 @@ R_API R2Pipe *r2p_open(const char *cmd) {
 
 	if (r2p->child) {
 		char ch;
-		eprintf ("Child is %d\n", r2p->child);
+		eprintf ("[+] r2pipe child is %d\n", r2p->child);
+#if 0
 		if (read (r2p->output[0], &ch, 1) != 1) {
 			eprintf ("Failed to read 1 byte\n");
 			r2p_close (r2p);
 			return NULL;
 		}
+		if (ch == 0x00) {
+			eprintf ("[+] r2pipe-io link stablished\n");
+		}
+#endif
 	} else {
 		int rc = 0;
 		if (cmd && *cmd) {
@@ -198,14 +204,13 @@ R_API char *r2p_cmdf(R2Pipe *r2p, const char *fmt, ...) {
 R_API int r2p_write(R2Pipe *r2p, const char *str) {
 	char *cmd;
 	int ret, len;
-	if (!r2p || !str)
+	if (!r2p || !str) {
 		return -1;
+	}
 	len = strlen (str) + 1; /* include \x00 */
 	cmd = malloc (len + 2);
 	if (!cmd) return 0;
 	memcpy (cmd, str, len);
-	cmd[len++] = '\n';
-	cmd[len] = 0;
 #if __WINDOWS__ && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
 	DWORD dwWritten = -1;
 	WriteFile (r2p->pipe, cmd, len, &dwWritten, NULL);
@@ -233,7 +238,7 @@ R_API char *r2p_read(R2Pipe *r2p) {
 	if (!bSuccess || !buf[0]) {
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	if (dwRead>0) {
+	if (dwRead > 0) {
 		buf[dwRead] = 0;
 	}
 	buf[bufsz-1] = 0;