diff --git a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/EepGet.java b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/EepGet.java
index 4f3dc22abb..b67d864902 100644
--- a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/EepGet.java
+++ b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/EepGet.java
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ public class EepGet {
                     increment(lookahead, cur);
             }
             
-            if (buf.length() > 1024)
+            if (buf.length() > 4096)
                 throw new IOException("Header line too long: " + buf.toString());
         }
     }
diff --git a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/SSLEepGet.java b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/SSLEepGet.java
index 403e168e3f..58c7e38ac2 100644
--- a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/SSLEepGet.java
+++ b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/SSLEepGet.java
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ public class SSLEepGet extends EepGet {
         boolean noVerify = false;
         String proxyHost = "127.0.0.1";
         int proxyPort = 0;
-        ProxyType ptype = ProxyType.HTTP;
+        ProxyType ptype = ProxyType.NONE;
         boolean error = false;
         Getopt g = new Getopt("ssleepget", args, "p:y:sz");
         try {
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ public class SSLEepGet extends EepGet {
                 case 'y':
                     String y = g.getOptarg().toUpperCase(Locale.US);
                     if (y.equals("HTTP") || y.equals("HTTPS")) {
-                        // already set
+                        ptype = ProxyType.HTTP;
                     } else if (y.equals("SOCKS4")) {
                         ptype = ProxyType.SOCKS4;
                     } else if (y.equals("SOCKS5")) {