diff --git a/apps/streaming/java/src/net/i2p/client/streaming/Connection.java b/apps/streaming/java/src/net/i2p/client/streaming/Connection.java
index a47d361a66..9435727c4a 100644
--- a/apps/streaming/java/src/net/i2p/client/streaming/Connection.java
+++ b/apps/streaming/java/src/net/i2p/client/streaming/Connection.java
@@ -1105,7 +1105,8 @@ public class Connection {
                 if (choke > 0)
                     _packet.setFlag(Packet.FLAG_DELAY_REQUESTED);
                 _packet.setOptionalMaxSize(getOptions().getMaxMessageSize());
-                _packet.setResendDelay(getOptions().getResendDelay());
+                // bugfix release 0.7.8, we weren't dividing by 1000
+                _packet.setResendDelay(getOptions().getResendDelay() / 1000);
                 if (_packet.getReceiveStreamId() <= 0)
                     _packet.setReceiveStreamId(_receiveStreamId);
                 if (_packet.getSendStreamId() <= 0)
diff --git a/apps/streaming/java/src/net/i2p/client/streaming/ConnectionDataReceiver.java b/apps/streaming/java/src/net/i2p/client/streaming/ConnectionDataReceiver.java
index 281203d914..3b55160d3d 100644
--- a/apps/streaming/java/src/net/i2p/client/streaming/ConnectionDataReceiver.java
+++ b/apps/streaming/java/src/net/i2p/client/streaming/ConnectionDataReceiver.java
@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ class ConnectionDataReceiver implements MessageOutputStream.DataReceiver {
         packet.setOptionalDelay(choke);
         if (choke > 0)
             packet.setFlag(Packet.FLAG_DELAY_REQUESTED);
-        packet.setResendDelay(con.getOptions().getResendDelay());
+        // bugfix release 0.7.8, we weren't dividing by 1000
+        packet.setResendDelay(con.getOptions().getResendDelay() / 1000);
         
         if (con.getOptions().getProfile() == ConnectionOptions.PROFILE_INTERACTIVE)
             packet.setFlag(Packet.FLAG_PROFILE_INTERACTIVE, true);
diff --git a/apps/streaming/java/src/net/i2p/client/streaming/Packet.java b/apps/streaming/java/src/net/i2p/client/streaming/Packet.java
index 2a6ae59ad1..85981d9e62 100644
--- a/apps/streaming/java/src/net/i2p/client/streaming/Packet.java
+++ b/apps/streaming/java/src/net/i2p/client/streaming/Packet.java
@@ -216,9 +216,21 @@ public class Packet {
      * resending this packet (if it hasn't yet been ACKed).  The 
      * value is seconds since the packet was created.
      *
+     * Unused.
+     * Broken before release 0.7.8
+     * Not to be used without sanitizing for huge values.
+     * Setters from options did not divide by 1000, and the options default
+     * is 1000, so the value sent in the 1-byte field was always
+     * 1000 & 0xff = 0xe8 = 232
+     *
      * @return Delay before resending a packet in seconds.
      */
     public int getResendDelay() { return _resendDelay; }
+    /**
+     *  Unused.
+     *  Broken before release 0.7.8
+     *  See above
+     */
     public void setResendDelay(int numSeconds) { _resendDelay = numSeconds; }
     
     public static final int MAX_PAYLOAD_SIZE = 32*1024;