diff --git a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/EepGet.java b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/EepGet.java
index 6c16d3291..edf490241 100644
--- a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/EepGet.java
+++ b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/EepGet.java
@@ -304,12 +304,16 @@ public class EepGet {
         readHeaders();
         if (_log.shouldLog(Log.DEBUG))
             _log.debug("Headers read completely, reading " + _bytesRemaining);
-
+        
+        boolean strictSize = (_bytesRemaining >= 0);
+            
         int remaining = (int)_bytesRemaining;
         byte buf[] = new byte[1024];
-        while (_keepFetching && remaining > 0) {
+        while (_keepFetching && ( (remaining > 0) || !strictSize )) {
             int toRead = buf.length;
-            int read = _proxyIn.read(buf, 0, (buf.length > remaining ? remaining : buf.length));
+            if (strictSize && toRead > remaining)
+                toRead = remaining;
+            int read = _proxyIn.read(buf, 0, toRead);
             if (read == -1)
                 break;
             _out.write(buf, 0, read);
diff --git a/history.txt b/history.txt
index 39d12f4d8..5ca488247 100644
--- a/history.txt
+++ b/history.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-$Id: history.txt,v 1.184 2005/04/01 06:28:07 jrandom Exp $
+$Id: history.txt,v 1.185 2005/04/01 08:29:27 jrandom Exp $
+
+2005-04-03  jrandom
+    * EepGet fix for open-ended HTTP fetches (such as the news.xml 
+      feeding the NewsFetcher)
 
 2005-04-01  jrandom
     * Allow editing I2PTunnel server instances with five digit ports 
diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
index b74d7f740..6e660a416 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ import net.i2p.CoreVersion;
  *
  */
 public class RouterVersion {
-    public final static String ID = "$Revision: 1.177 $ $Date: 2005/04/01 06:28:06 $";
+    public final static String ID = "$Revision: 1.178 $ $Date: 2005/04/01 08:29:26 $";
     public final static String VERSION = "0.5.0.5";
-    public final static long BUILD = 2;
+    public final static long BUILD = 3;
     public static void main(String args[]) {
         System.out.println("I2P Router version: " + VERSION);
         System.out.println("Router ID: " + RouterVersion.ID);