diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 5d476649..eae44c67 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -241,6 +241,14 @@ function fetch_url($url,$binary = false) {
 	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION,true);
 	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS,8);
 	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,true);
+	$prx = get_config('system','proxy');
+	if(strlen($prx)) {
+		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPPROXYTUNNEL, 1);
+		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXY, $prx);
+		$prxusr = get_config('system','proxyuser');
+		if(strlen($prxusr))
+			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD, $prxusr);
+	}
 	if($binary)
 		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_BINARYTRANSFER,1);
 
@@ -261,6 +269,14 @@ function post_url($url,$params) {
 	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,true);
 	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST,1);
 	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,$params);
+	$prx = get_config('system','proxy');
+	if(strlen($prx)) {
+		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPPROXYTUNNEL, 1);
+		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXY, $prx);
+		$prxusr = get_config('system','proxyuser');
+		if(strlen($prxusr))
+			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD, $prxusr);
+	}
 
 	$s = curl_exec($ch);
 	curl_close($ch);
diff --git a/include/dba.php b/include/dba.php
index 05006823..9e44db5f 100644
--- a/include/dba.php
+++ b/include/dba.php
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class dba {
 			else
 				$mesg = $result->num_rows.' results' . EOL;
         
-			$str =  'SQL = ' . $sql . EOL . 'SQL returned ' . $mesg . EOL;
+			$str =  'SQL = ' . printable($sql) . EOL . 'SQL returned ' . $mesg . EOL;
 
 			switch($this->debug) {
 				case 3:
diff --git a/include/notifier.php b/include/notifier.php
index dcc77245..149ce765 100644
--- a/include/notifier.php
+++ b/include/notifier.php
@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
 <?php
 
-$debugging = false;
+	$debugging = false;
 
-require_once("boot.php");
+	require_once("boot.php");
 
-$a = new App;
+	$a = new App;
 
-@include(".htconfig.php");
-require_once("dba.php");
-$db = new dba($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data, $install);
-	unset($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
+	@include(".htconfig.php");
+	require_once("dba.php");
+	$db = new dba($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data, $install);
+		unset($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
 
-require_once("session.php");
-require_once("datetime.php");
+	require_once("session.php");
+	require_once("datetime.php");
 
-if($argc < 2)
-	exit;
+	if($argc < 3)
+		exit;
 
 	$a->set_baseurl(get_config('system',url'));
 
diff --git a/mod/contacts.php b/mod/contacts.php
index 2a767102..45c0040c 100644
--- a/mod/contacts.php
+++ b/mod/contacts.php
@@ -209,17 +209,31 @@ function contacts_content(&$a) {
 
 	}
 
+
 	if(($a->argc == 2) && ($a->argv[1] == 'all'))
 		$sql_extra = '';
 	else
 		$sql_extra = " AND `blocked` = 0 ";
 
+	$search = ((x($_GET,'search')) ? notags(trim($_GET['search'])) : '');
+
 	$tpl = file_get_contents("view/contacts-top.tpl");
 	$o .= replace_macros($tpl,array(
 		'$hide_url' => ((strlen($sql_extra)) ? 'contacts/all' : 'contacts' ),
-		'$hide_text' => ((strlen($sql_extra)) ? t('Show Blocked Connections') : t('Hide Blocked Connections'))
+		'$hide_text' => ((strlen($sql_extra)) ? t('Show Blocked Connections') : t('Hide Blocked Connections')),
+		'$search' => $search,
+		'$finding' => (strlen($search) ? '<h4>' . t('Finding: ') . "'" . $search . "'" . '</h4>' : ""),
+		'$submit' => t('Find'),
+		'$cmd' => $a->cmd
+
+
 	)); 
 
+	if($search)
+		$search = dbesc($search.'*');
+	$sql_extra .= ((strlen($search)) ? " AND MATCH `name` AGAINST ('$search' IN BOOLEAN MODE) " : "");
+
+
 	switch($sort_type) {
 		case DIRECTION_BOTH :
 			$sql_extra2 = " AND `dfrn-id` != '' AND `issued-id` != '' ";
@@ -242,8 +256,11 @@ function contacts_content(&$a) {
 	if(count($r))
 		$a->set_pager_total($r[0]['total']);
 
-	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `pending` = 0 $sql_extra $sql_extra2 ",
-		intval($_SESSION['uid']));
+	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `pending` = 0 $sql_extra $sql_extra2 ORDER BY `name` ASC LIMIT %d , %d ",
+		intval($_SESSION['uid']),
+		intval($a->pager['start']),
+		intval($a->pager['itemspage'])
+	);
 
 	if(count($r)) {
 
@@ -283,8 +300,8 @@ function contacts_content(&$a) {
 			));
 		}
 		$o .= '<div id="contact-edit-end"></div>';
-		$o .= paginate($a);
 
 	}
+	$o .= paginate($a);
 	return $o;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mod/directory.php b/mod/directory.php
index dd80ef2b..8b7f34c4 100644
--- a/mod/directory.php
+++ b/mod/directory.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ function directory_content(&$a) {
 
 	$o .= replace_macros($tpl, array(
 		'$search' => $search,
-		'$finding' => (strlen($search) ? "<h4>Finding: '$search'</h4>" : "")
+		'$finding' => (strlen($search) ? '<h4>' . t('Finding: ') . "'" . $search . "'" . '</h4>' : "")
 	));
 
 	if($search)
diff --git a/mod/install.php b/mod/install.php
index cb23b31e..dafc86ee 100644
--- a/mod/install.php
+++ b/mod/install.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ function install_post(&$a) {
 
 	$db = new dba($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass, $dbdata, $true);
 
-	if(! $db->getdb()) {
+	if(mysqli_connect_errno()) {
 		notice( t('Could not connect to database.') . EOL);
 		return;
 	}
diff --git a/view/contacts-top.tpl b/view/contacts-top.tpl
index 20740ad8..2e56fa2e 100644
--- a/view/contacts-top.tpl
+++ b/view/contacts-top.tpl
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 <h1>Contacts</h1>
 
+$finding
+
+<div id="contacts-search-wrapper">
+<form id="contacts-search-form" action="$cmd" method="get" >
+<input type="text" name="search" id="contacts-search" class="search-input" onfocus="this.select();" value="$search" />
+<input type="submit" name="submit" id="contacts-search-submit" value="$submit" />
+</form>
+</div>
+<div id="contacts-search-end"></div>
+
+
+
 <div id="contacts-main" >
 <a href="$hide_url" id="contacts-show-hide-link">$hide_text</a>
 </div>
diff --git a/view/dfrn.gif b/view/theme/default/dfrn.gif
similarity index 100%
rename from view/dfrn.gif
rename to view/theme/default/dfrn.gif
diff --git a/view/theme/default/style.css b/view/theme/default/style.css
index 456465a7..59ec1dd1 100644
--- a/view/theme/default/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/default/style.css
@@ -556,6 +556,7 @@ input#dfrn-url {
 }
 
 #contacts-main {
+	margin-top: 20px;
 	margin-bottom: 20px;
 }