diff --git a/src/main/java/org/peergos/protocol/http/HttpProtocol.java b/src/main/java/org/peergos/protocol/http/HttpProtocol.java
index 55b35c14..f04a669b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/peergos/protocol/http/HttpProtocol.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/peergos/protocol/http/HttpProtocol.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public Sender(Stream stream) {
         }
 
         @Override
-        public synchronized void onMessage(@NotNull Stream stream, FullHttpResponse msg) {
+        public void onMessage(@NotNull Stream stream, FullHttpResponse msg) {
             CompletableFuture<FullHttpResponse> req = queue.poll();
             if (req != null)
                 req.complete(msg.copy());
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public synchronized void onMessage(@NotNull Stream stream, FullHttpResponse msg)
                 msg.release();
         }
 
-        public synchronized CompletableFuture<FullHttpResponse> send(FullHttpRequest req) {
+        public CompletableFuture<FullHttpResponse> send(FullHttpRequest req) {
             CompletableFuture<FullHttpResponse> res = new CompletableFuture<>();
             queue.add(res);
             req.headers().set(HttpHeaderNames.HOST, stream.remotePeerId());
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public void onMessage(@NotNull Stream stream, HttpRequest msg) {
         }
 
         public CompletableFuture<FullHttpResponse> send(FullHttpRequest req) {
-            return CompletableFuture.failedFuture(new IllegalStateException("Cannot send form a receiver!"));
+            return CompletableFuture.failedFuture(new IllegalStateException("Cannot send from a receiver!"));
         }
     }
 
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ public static void proxyRequest(HttpRequest msg,
                     protected void initChannel(Channel ch) throws Exception {
                         ch.pipeline().addLast(new HttpRequestEncoder());
                         ch.pipeline().addLast(new HttpResponseDecoder());
+                        ch.pipeline().addLast(new HttpObjectAggregator(2*1024*1024));
                         ch.pipeline().addLast(new ResponseWriter(replyHandler));
                     }
                 });
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ protected CompletableFuture<HttpController> onStartInitiator(@NotNull Stream str
         stream.pushHandler(new HttpResponseDecoder());
         stream.pushHandler(new HttpObjectAggregator(1024*1024));
         stream.pushHandler(replyPropagator);
+        stream.pushHandler(new LoggingHandler(LogLevel.TRACE));
         return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(replyPropagator);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/peergos/HttpProxyTest.java b/src/test/java/org/peergos/HttpProxyTest.java
index 813d2f58..ac21a75a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/peergos/HttpProxyTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/peergos/HttpProxyTest.java
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ public void p2pProxyRequest() throws IOException {
         node2.start().join();
 
         // start local server with fixed HTTP response
-        byte[] httpReply = "G'day from Java P2P HTTP proxy!".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+        byte[] httpReply = new byte[1024*1024];
+        new Random(42).nextBytes(httpReply);
         HttpServer localhostServer = HttpServer.create(proxyTarget, 20);
         localhostServer.createContext("/", ex -> {
             ex.sendResponseHeaders(200, httpReply.length);
@@ -63,8 +64,7 @@ public void p2pProxyRequest() throws IOException {
                 resp.content().readBytes(bout, resp.headers().getInt("content-length"));
                 resp.release();
                 byte[] replyBody = bout.toByteArray();
-                if (!Arrays.equals(replyBody, httpReply))
-                    throw new IllegalStateException("Different http response!");
+                equal(replyBody, httpReply);
             }
             System.out.println("Average: " + totalTime / count);
         } finally {
@@ -72,4 +72,18 @@ public void p2pProxyRequest() throws IOException {
             node2.stop();
         }
     }
+
+    private static void equal(byte[] a, byte[] b) {
+        if (a.length != b.length)
+            throw new IllegalStateException("different lengths!");
+        for (int i = 0; i < a.length; i++)
+            if (a[i] != b[i]) {
+                byte[] diff = Arrays.copyOfRange(a, i, i + 24);
+                int j=0;
+                for (;j < b.length-2;j++)
+                    if (b[j] == diff[0] && b[j+1] == diff[1]&& b[j+2] == diff[2])
+                        break;
+                throw new IllegalStateException("bytes differ at " + i + " " + a[i] + " != " + b[i]);
+            }
+    }
 }