diff --git a/handlers/md5sum.php b/handlers/md5sum.php
index 68ef0d717..ca17e8ad1 100644
--- a/handlers/md5sum.php
+++ b/handlers/md5sum.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 		sqlite_query($db, $sql);
 	}
 
-        $pkgfile = urldecode($_GET['package']);
+        $pkgfile = rawurldecode($_GET['package']);
 
 	$pkgarch = $_GET['arch'];
 	$pkgpath = "../packages/" . $pkgarch . "/" . $pkgfile;
diff --git a/libraries/activatorTools.py b/libraries/activatorTools.py
index 1b7a78ab6..f47a8f42e 100644
--- a/libraries/activatorTools.py
+++ b/libraries/activatorTools.py
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ def packages(options):
 			    uploadQueueLength += 1
 		
 	            print_info(red(" * ")+blue("Packages that would be ")+red("removed:\t\t\t")+bold(str(removalQueueLength)))
-	            print_info(red(" * ")+blue("Packages that would be ")+yellow("downloaded/moved locally:\t\t")+bold(str(downloadQueueLength)))
+	            print_info(red(" * ")+blue("Packages that would be ")+yellow("downloaded/moved locally:\t")+bold(str(downloadQueueLength)))
 	            print_info(red(" * ")+blue("Packages that would be ")+green("uploaded:\t\t\t")+bold(str(uploadQueueLength)))
 	            print_info(red(" * ")+blue("Total removal ")+red("size:\t\t\t\t")+bold(bytesIntoHuman(str(totalRemovalSize))))
 	            print_info(red(" * ")+blue("Total download ")+yellow("size:\t\t\t\t")+bold(bytesIntoHuman(str(totalDownloadSize))))
diff --git a/libraries/portageTools.py b/libraries/portageTools.py
index f66da192a..e4c3093b8 100644
--- a/libraries/portageTools.py
+++ b/libraries/portageTools.py
@@ -224,6 +224,8 @@ def quickpkg(atom,dirpath):
     pkgname = atom.split("/")[1]
     pkgcat = atom.split("/")[0]
     pkgfile = pkgname+".tbz2"
+    if not os.path.isdir(dirpath):
+        os.makedirs(dirpath)
     dirpath += "/"+pkgname+".tbz2"
     dbdir = getPortageAppDbPath()+"/"+pkgcat+"/"+pkgname+"/"
 
diff --git a/libraries/remoteTools.py b/libraries/remoteTools.py
index c9de4097a..1611cf315 100644
--- a/libraries/remoteTools.py
+++ b/libraries/remoteTools.py
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ def getRemotePackageChecksum(servername, filename, branch):
     
     # does the package has "#" (== tag) ? hackish thing that works
     filename = filename.replace("#","%23")
+    # "+"
+    filename = filename.replace("+","%2b")
     
     request = url+etpHandlers['md5sum']+filename+"&branch="+branch
     remoteLog.log(ETP_LOGPRI_INFO,ETP_LOGLEVEL_VERBOSE,"getRemotePackageChecksum: requested url -> "+request)