diff --git a/swarm/api/api_test.go b/swarm/api/api_test.go
index 0ee3ca8df7..7db25c1fda 100644
--- a/swarm/api/api_test.go
+++ b/swarm/api/api_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package api
 
 import (
-	// "bytes"
+	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
@@ -51,10 +51,8 @@ func checkResponse(t *testing.T, resp *testResponse, exp *Response) {
 		resp.Content = string(content)
 	}
 	if resp.Content != exp.Content {
-		// if !bytes.Equal(resp.Content, exp.Content) {
-		t.Errorf("incorrect content. expected '%s...', got '%s...'", string(exp.Content), string(resp.Content))
-	}
-}
+		// if !bytes.Equal(resp.Content, exp.Content)
+		t.Errorf("incorrect content. expected '%s...', got '%s...'", string(exp.Content), string(resp.Con}
 
 // func expResponse(content []byte, mimeType string, status int) *Response {
 func expResponse(content string, mimeType string, status int) *Response {
@@ -67,7 +65,13 @@ func testGet(t *testing.T, api *Api, bzzhash string) *testResponse {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
-	return &testResponse{reader, &Response{mimeType, status, reader.Size(), ""}}
+
+	s := make([]byte, reader.Size())
+	_, err = reader.Read(s)
+	if err != io.EOF {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	return &testResponse{reader, &Response{mimeType, status, reader.Size(), string(s)}}
 	// return &testResponse{reader, &Response{mimeType, status, reader.Size(), nil}}
 }
 
diff --git a/swarm/api/config_test.go b/swarm/api/config_test.go
index 48fbfacb20..c394383e5a 100644
--- a/swarm/api/config_test.go
+++ b/swarm/api/config_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ var (
     "CacheCapacity": 5000,
     "Radius": 0,
     "Branches": 128,
-    "Hash": "SHA256",
+    "Hash": "SHA3",
     "CallInterval": 3000000000,
     "KadDbPath": "` + filepath.Join("TMPDIR", "0d2f62485607cf38d9d795d93682a517661e513e", "bzz-peers.json") + `",
     "MaxProx": 8,
diff --git a/swarm/api/filesystem_test.go b/swarm/api/filesystem_test.go
index e0bb8915a9..c6be66e68f 100644
--- a/swarm/api/filesystem_test.go
+++ b/swarm/api/filesystem_test.go
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 package api
 
 import (
+	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"runtime"
 	"testing"
-)
+
+"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/logger"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/logger/glog"
+	)
 
 var (
 	testDir         string
@@ -17,8 +21,8 @@ func init() {
 	_, filename, _, _ := runtime.Caller(1)
 	testDir = path.Join(path.Dir(filename), "../test")
 	testDownloadDir, _ = ioutil.TempDir(os.TempDir(), "bzz-test")
-}
-
+ glog.SetV(logger.Detail)
+ glog.SetV = nil
 func testFileSystem(t *testing.T, f func(*FileSystem)) {
 	testApi(t, func(api *Api) {
 		f(NewFileSystem(api))
@@ -29,6 +33,7 @@ func readPath(t *testing.T, parts ...string) string {
 	// func readPath(t *testing.T, parts ...string) []byte {
 	file := path.Join(parts...)
 	content, err := ioutil.ReadFile(file)
+
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error reading '%v': %v", file, err)
 	}
@@ -45,13 +50,17 @@ func TestApiDirUpload0(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		content := readPath(t, testDir, "test0", "index.html")
+		t.Logf("content (%v): %v ", len(content), content)
 		resp := testGet(t, api, bzzhash+"/index.html")
-		exp := expResponse(content, "text/html; charset=utf-8", 0)
+		exp := expRes	ponse(content, "text/html; charset=utf-8", 0)
+		t.Logf("index.html (size%v=?=%v)", resp.Size, exp.Size)
 		checkResponse(t, resp, exp)
+		t.FailNow()
 
 		content = readPath(t, testDir, "test0", "index.css")
 		resp = testGet(t, api, bzzhash+"/index.css")
 		exp = expResponse(content, "text/css", 0)
+		t.Logf("index.css (size%v=?=%v)", resp.Size, exp.Size)
 		checkResponse(t, resp, exp)
 
 		content = readPath(t, testDir, "test0", "img", "logo.png")
@@ -163,7 +172,7 @@ func TestApiFileUploadWithRootFile(t *testing.T) {
 	testFileSystem(t, func(fs *FileSystem) {
 		api := fs.api
 		bzzhash, err := fs.Upload(path.Join(testDir, "test0", "index.html"), "index.html")
-		if err != nil {
+		if err != io.EOF {
 			t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 			return
 		}
diff --git a/swarm/api/storage.go b/swarm/api/storage.go
index 97b5590fdf..1fd3fa6008 100644
--- a/swarm/api/storage.go
+++ b/swarm/api/storage.go
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ func (self *Storage) Get(bzzpath string) (*Response, error) {
 	return &Response{mimeType, status, expsize, string(body[:size])}, err
 }
 
+// Modify(rootHash, path, contentHash, contentType) takes th e manifest trie rooted in rootHash,
+// and merge on  to it. creating an entry w conentType (mime)
 func (self *Storage) Modify(rootHash, path, contentHash, contentType string) (newRootHash string, err error) {
 	return self.api.Modify(rootHash+"/"+path, contentHash, contentType, true)
 }