diff --git a/qse/include/qse/cmn/mem.h b/qse/include/qse/cmn/mem.h
index 953f6915..7e2ba46a 100644
--- a/qse/include/qse/cmn/mem.h
+++ b/qse/include/qse/cmn/mem.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * $Id: mem.h 348 2010-08-26 06:26:28Z hyunghwan.chung $
+ * $Id: mem.h 375 2010-11-30 11:35:28Z hyunghwan.chung $
  *
     Copyright 2006-2009 Chung, Hyung-Hwan.
     This file is part of QSE.
@@ -38,18 +38,27 @@
  */
 #define QSE_MMGR_SETDFL(m) ((qse_mmgr)=(m))
 
-/* allocate a memory block */
+/**
+ * The QSE_MMGR_ALLOC() macro allocates a memory block of the @a size bytes
+ * using the @a mmgr memory manager.
+ */
 #define QSE_MMGR_ALLOC(mmgr,size) \
 	((mmgr)->alloc((mmgr)->udd,size))
 
-/* reallocate a memory block */
+/**
+ * The QSE_MMGR_REALLOC() macro resizes a memory block pointed to by @a ptr 
+ * to the @a size bytes using the @a mmgr memory manager.
+ */
 #define QSE_MMGR_REALLOC(mmgr,ptr,size) \
 	((mmgr)->realloc((mmgr)->udd,ptr,size))
 
-/* free a memory block */
+/** 
+ * The QSE_MMGR_FREE() macro deallocates the memory block pointed to by @a ptr.
+ */
 #define QSE_MMGR_FREE(mmgr,ptr) \
 	((mmgr)->free((mmgr)->udd,ptr))
 
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
@@ -86,7 +95,7 @@ void* qse_memmove (
 	qse_size_t  n    /**< number of bytes to copy */
 );
 
-/*
+/**
  * The qse_memset() function fills leading @a n bytes of the destination 
  * memory block @a dst with the byte @a val.
  *
@@ -130,7 +139,7 @@ void* qse_membyte (
 	qse_size_t  n      /**< number of bytes to scan */ 
 );
 
-/*
+/**
  * The qse_memrbyte() function scans the memory block @a s from the nth byte
  * backward to the first byte in search of the byte @a val. If it finds a match,
  * it aborts scanning the memory block and returns the pointer to the matching 
@@ -162,7 +171,7 @@ void* qse_memmem (
 	qse_size_t  nl   /**< number of bytes in the block */
 );
 
-/*
+/**
  * The qse_memrmem() functions scans the first @a hl bytes of the memory
  * block @a hs backward in search of the byte block @a nd of the length 
  * @a nl bytes.
diff --git a/qse/include/qse/utl/http.h b/qse/include/qse/utl/http.h
index 099448d9..b9582aaf 100644
--- a/qse/include/qse/utl/http.h
+++ b/qse/include/qse/utl/http.h
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ enum qse_http_errnum_t
 
 typedef enum qse_http_errnum_t qse_http_errnum_t;
 
+enum qse_http_option_t
+{
+	QSE_HTTP_LEADINGEMPTYLINES = (1 << 0)
+};
+
+typedef enum qse_http_option_t qse_http_option_t;
 
 typedef struct qse_http_req_t qse_http_req_t;
 
@@ -88,11 +94,11 @@ struct qse_http_reqcbs_t
 	int (*request) (qse_http_t* http, qse_http_req_t* req);
 };
 
-
 struct qse_http_t
 {
 	QSE_DEFINE_COMMON_FIELDS (http)
 	qse_http_errnum_t errnum;
+	int option;
 
 	const qse_http_reqcbs_t* reqcbs;
 
@@ -161,6 +167,15 @@ void qse_http_clear (
 	qse_http_t* http
 );
 
+int qse_http_getoption (
+	qse_http_t* http	
+);
+
+void qse_http_setoption (
+	qse_http_t* http,
+	int         opts
+);
+
 const qse_http_reqcbs_t* qse_http_getreqcbs (
 	qse_http_t* http
 );
diff --git a/qse/lib/utl/http.c b/qse/lib/utl/http.c
index 5ddd4ca1..0d93fb44 100644
--- a/qse/lib/utl/http.c
+++ b/qse/lib/utl/http.c
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ static qse_byte_t* parse_reqline (qse_http_t* http, qse_byte_t* line)
 				/* ? must be explicit to be a argument instroducer. 
 				 * %3f is just a literal. */
 				http->req.path.len = tmp - http->req.path.ptr;
-				/**tmp++ = '\0';*/
+				*tmp++ = '\0';
 				http->req.args.ptr = tmp;
 				p++;
 			}
@@ -342,7 +342,8 @@ static qse_byte_t* parse_reqline (qse_http_t* http, qse_byte_t* line)
 		http->req.args.len = tmp - http->req.args.ptr;
 	else
 		http->req.path.len = tmp - http->req.path.ptr;
-	/* *tmp = '\0'; */ /* null-terminate the url part */
+	/* null-terminate the url part though we record the length */
+	*tmp = '\0'; 
 
 	/* skip spaces after the url part */
 	do { p++; } while (is_space_octet(*p));
@@ -393,6 +394,16 @@ void qse_http_clear (qse_http_t* http)
 	clear_request (http);
 }
 
+int qse_http_getoption (qse_http_t* http)
+{
+	return http->option;
+}
+
+void qse_http_setoption (qse_http_t* http, int opts)
+{
+	http->option = opts;
+}
+
 const qse_http_reqcbs_t* qse_http_getreqcbs (qse_http_t* http)
 {
 	return http->reqcbs;
@@ -797,7 +808,11 @@ static QSE_INLINE int parse_request (
 
 	p = http->reqx.b.raw.data;
 
-	while (is_whspace_octet(*p)) p++;
+	if (http->option & QSE_HTTP_LEADINGEMPTYLINES)
+		while (is_whspace_octet(*p)) p++;
+	else
+		while (is_space_octet(*p)) p++;
+	
 	QSE_ASSERT (*p != '\0');
 
 	/* parse the request line */
@@ -1001,7 +1016,8 @@ int qse_http_feed (qse_http_t* http, const qse_byte_t* req, qse_size_t len)
 	{
 		register qse_byte_t b = *ptr++;
 
-		if (http->reqx.s.plen <= 0 && is_whspace_octet(b)) 
+		if (http->option & QSE_HTTP_LEADINGEMPTYLINES &&
+		    http->reqx.s.plen <= 0 && is_whspace_octet(b)) 
 		{
 			/* let's drop leading whitespaces across multiple
 			 * lines */
@@ -1160,9 +1176,8 @@ int qse_http_feed (qse_http_t* http, const qse_byte_t* req, qse_size_t len)
 						}
 					}
 
-
-					QSE_ASSERTX (http->reqcbs != QSE_NULL, 
-						"Set the request callback before feeding data");
+					QSE_ASSERTX (http->reqcbs->request != QSE_NULL,
+						"set request callbacks before feeding");
 					http->errnum = QSE_HTTP_ENOERR;
 					if (http->reqcbs->request (http, &http->req) <= -1)
 					{
@@ -1216,3 +1231,4 @@ feedme_more:
 	return 0;
 
 }
+