diff --git a/client/equo b/client/equo
index b57576c38..d095e5039 100644
--- a/client/equo
+++ b/client/equo
@@ -199,7 +199,11 @@ def writeerrorstatus(status):
 def loadconfcache():
     if not etpUi['quiet']: print_info(red(" @@ ")+blue("Caching equo conf"), back = True)
     import confTools
-    scandata = confTools.scanfs(dcache = True)
+    try:
+        scandata = confTools.scanfs(dcache = True)
+    except: # FIXME: create specific exception, client database does not exist
+        if not etpUi['quiet']: print_info(red(" @@ ")+blue("Caching not run."))
+        return
     if not etpUi['quiet']: print_info(red(" @@ ")+blue("Caching complete."))
     if len(scandata) > 0:
         if not etpUi['quiet']:
diff --git a/client/equoTools.py b/client/equoTools.py
index ab6bc496f..5a9b124c8 100644
--- a/client/equoTools.py
+++ b/client/equoTools.py
@@ -115,13 +115,12 @@ def atomMatch(atom, caseSentitive = True, matchSlot = None, matchBranches = (),
     if xcache:
         cached = atomMatchCache.get(atom)
         if cached:
-	    if (cached['matchSlot'] == matchSlot) and (cached['matchBranches'] == matchBranches) and (cached['etpRepositories'] == matchBranches):
+	    if (cached['matchSlot'] == matchSlot) and (cached['matchBranches'] == matchBranches) and (cached['etpRepositories'] == etpRepositories):
 	        return cached['result']
 
     repoResults = {}
     exitstatus = 0
     exitErrors = {}
-    
     for repo in etpRepositories:
 	# sync database if not available
 	rc = fetchRepositoryIfNotAvailable(repo)
@@ -134,6 +133,7 @@ def atomMatch(atom, caseSentitive = True, matchSlot = None, matchBranches = (),
 	
 	# search
 	query = dbconn.atomMatch(atom, caseSensitive = caseSentitive, matchSlot = matchSlot, matchBranches = matchBranches)
+        #print "repo:",repo,"atom:",atom,"result:",query
 	if query[1] == 0:
 	    # package found, add to our dictionary
 	    repoResults[repo] = query[0]
@@ -243,8 +243,7 @@ def atomMatch(atom, caseSentitive = True, matchSlot = None, matchBranches = (),
 		    revisions = []
 		    for repo in conflictingTags:
 			revisions.append(str(conflictingTags[repo]['revision']))
-		    newerRevision = getNewerVersionTag(revisions)
-		    newerRevision = newerRevision[0]
+		    newerRevision = max(revisions)
 		    duplicatedRevisions = extractDuplicatedEntries(revisions)
 		    needFiltering = False
 		    if newerRevision in duplicatedRevisions:
@@ -494,7 +493,6 @@ def generateDependencyTree(atomInfo, emptydeps = False, deepdeps = False, usefil
         deptree.add((1,atomInfo))
     clientDbconn = openClientDatabase()
 
-    
     while mydep != None:
 
         # already analyzed in this call
@@ -522,6 +520,7 @@ def generateDependencyTree(atomInfo, emptydeps = False, deepdeps = False, usefil
         matchatom = matchdb.retrieveAtom(match[0])
         matchdb.closeDB()
         if matchatom in treecache:
+            print matchatom
             mydep = mybuffer.pop()
             continue
         else:
diff --git a/libraries/databaseTools.py b/libraries/databaseTools.py
index 64179007f..a6090fb19 100644
--- a/libraries/databaseTools.py
+++ b/libraries/databaseTools.py
@@ -309,6 +309,8 @@ class etpDatabase:
 	
 	self.connection = sqlite.connect(dbFile,timeout=300.0)
 	self.cursor = self.connection.cursor()
+        # fix for queries that contain weird text
+        self.connection.text_factory = lambda x: unicode(x, "utf-8", "ignore")
 
     def closeDB(self):
 
diff --git a/libraries/smartTools.py b/libraries/smartTools.py
index f8ad505b1..5ebfcfc9d 100644
--- a/libraries/smartTools.py
+++ b/libraries/smartTools.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def smart(options):
     elif (options[0] == "package"):
         rc = smartPackagesHandler(options[1:])
     elif (options[0] == "quickpkg"):
-        rc = QuickpkgHandler(options[1:], savedir = savedir)
+        rc = QuickpkgHandler(options[1:], savedir = smartRequestSavedir)
     elif (options[0] == "inflate") or (options[0] == "deflate") or (options[0] == "extract"):
         rc = CommonFlate(options[1:], action = options[0], savedir = smartRequestSavedir)
     else: