diff --git a/lib/http/base.js b/lib/http/base.js
index 64933a6d..ca84e255 100644
--- a/lib/http/base.js
+++ b/lib/http/base.js
@@ -63,6 +63,16 @@ HTTPBase.prototype._init = function _init() {
 
   this.server.on('connection', function(socket) {
     socket.on('error', function(err) {
+      var str;
+
+      if (err.message === 'Parse Error') {
+        str = 'http_parser.execute failure (';
+        str += 'parsed=' + (err.bytesParsed || -1);
+        str += ' code=' + err.code;
+        str += ')';
+        err = new Error(str);
+      }
+
       self.emit('error', err);
 
       try {
diff --git a/lib/http/rpc.js b/lib/http/rpc.js
index 976dee1e..a19b0e09 100644
--- a/lib/http/rpc.js
+++ b/lib/http/rpc.js
@@ -1465,7 +1465,7 @@ RPC.prototype.__submitblock = co(function* submitblock(block) {
 RPC.prototype.getblocktemplate = co(function* getblocktemplate(args) {
   var mode = 'template';
   var version = -1;
-  var coinbase = true;
+  var coinbase = false;
   var i, opt, lpid, rules, cap, block;
   var coinbasevalue, coinbasetxn;
 
@@ -1510,11 +1510,13 @@ RPC.prototype.getblocktemplate = co(function* getblocktemplate(args) {
           case 'coinbasevalue':
             coinbasevalue = true;
             break;
+          case 'coinbase/append':
+            break;
         }
       }
 
-      if (!coinbasetxn)
-        coinbase = false;
+      if (coinbasetxn)
+        coinbase = true;
     }
   }
 
@@ -1629,6 +1631,7 @@ RPC.prototype.__template = co(function* _template(version, coinbase, rules) {
     mintime: block.ts,
     maxtime: this.network.now() + 2 * 60 * 60,
     mutable: mutable,
+    expires: 0xffffffff,
     noncerange: '00000000ffffffff',
     sigoplimit: constants.block.MAX_SIGOPS_COST / scale | 0,
     sizelimit: constants.block.MAX_RAW_SIZE,
diff --git a/lib/http/server.js b/lib/http/server.js
index c2588556..c8e48d3a 100644
--- a/lib/http/server.js
+++ b/lib/http/server.js
@@ -102,11 +102,11 @@ HTTPServer.prototype._init = function _init() {
   var self = this;
 
   this.server.on('request', function(req, res) {
-    if (req.pathname === '/')
-      return;
+    // if (req.pathname === '/')
+    //   return;
 
-    self.logger.debug('Request for path=%s (%s).',
-      req.pathname, req.socket.remoteAddress);
+    self.logger.debug('Request for method=%s path=%s (%s).',
+      req.method, req.pathname, req.socket.remoteAddress);
   });
 
   this.server.on('listening', function(address) {
@@ -204,6 +204,8 @@ HTTPServer.prototype._init = function _init() {
 
     if (req.method === 'POST' && req.pathname === '/') {
       enforce(typeof req.body.method === 'string', 'Method must be a string.');
+      if (!req.body.params)
+        req.body.params = [];
       enforce(Array.isArray(req.body.params), 'Params must be an array.');
       req.options = {};
       return next();
@@ -546,14 +548,15 @@ HTTPServer.prototype._init = function _init() {
       this.rpc = new RPC(this.node);
     }
 
+    this.logger.debug('RPC call for %s:', req.pathname);
+    this.logger.debug(req.body);
+
     if (req.body.method === 'getwork') {
       res.setHeader('X-Long-Polling', '/?longpoll=1');
       if (req.query.longpoll)
         req.body.method = 'getworklp';
     }
 
-    this.logger.info(req.body);
-
     try {
       json = yield this.rpc.execute(req.body);
     } catch (err) {