diff --git a/src/client/Makefile b/src/client/Makefile
index fa56d77164349271f35efaa3090b17f378c6150b..748819d67966a73231882f500b423809563eaf39 100644
--- a/src/client/Makefile
+++ b/src/client/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 
 CFLAGS := -Wall -Werror -g
-LDFLAGS := -g -lncurses -lssl
+LDFLAGS := -g -lncurses
+# -lssl
 
 BIN := ../../dispense
 OBJ := main.o
diff --git a/src/client/main.c b/src/client/main.c
index 2c2fb1a47cde077f534e83989c981a6faa2416c9..d7a8e49a0fe0ad091a0251f902703ecb49107a89 100644
--- a/src/client/main.c
+++ b/src/client/main.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
-#include <openssl/sha.h>	// SHA1
+//#include <openssl/sha.h>	// SHA1
 
 #define	USE_NCURSES_INTERFACE	0
 #define DEBUG_TRACE_SERVER	0
diff --git a/src/server/handler_coke.c b/src/server/handler_coke.c
index 58e3b790be4fc6042158c24a076017a178e755bd..79d0a4697b2bdb4218a43cf119bb7d2a6e84c26e 100644
--- a/src/server/handler_coke.c
+++ b/src/server/handler_coke.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include <pthread.h>
 
 #define READ_TIMEOUT	2	// 2 seconds for ReadChar
-#define TRACE_COKE	0
+#define TRACE_COKE	1
 
 #if TRACE_COKE
 # define TRACE(v...) do{printf("%s: ",__func__);printf(v);}while(0)
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ int Coke_InitHandler()
 {
 	CompileRegex(&gCoke_StatusRegex, "^slot\\s+([0-9]+)\\s+([^:]+):([a-zA-Z]+)\\s*", REG_EXTENDED);
 	
-	printf("connecting to coke machine...\n");
+	printf("Connecting to coke machine on '%s'\n", gsCoke_SerialPort);
 	
 	giCoke_SerialFD = InitSerial(gsCoke_SerialPort, 9600);
 	if( giCoke_SerialFD == -1 ) {
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ int Coke_InitHandler()
 			
 			Coke_int_UpdateSlotStatuses();
 		}
+		else
+			fprintf(stderr, "Coke machine timed out.\n");
 	}
 	
 	AddPeriodicFunction(Coke_int_UpdateSlotStatuses);
@@ -154,7 +156,8 @@ void Coke_int_UpdateSlotStatuses(void)
 	
 	for( i = 0; i <= 6; i ++ )
 	{
-		len = ReadLine(sizeof tmp, tmp);
+		// Read until non-blank line
+		while( (len = ReadLine(sizeof tmp, tmp)) == 0 )	;
 		if( len == -1 ) {
 			TRACE("Read failed on slot %i\n", i);
 			goto ret;	// I give up :(
diff --git a/src/server/main.c b/src/server/main.c
index a8d8d32dd57ef641c9fe7b0d85dc6b485cf4dbc9..18c02dc53bb55b39d5fe29f737f9ef53e53003f8 100644
--- a/src/server/main.c
+++ b/src/server/main.c
@@ -250,6 +250,8 @@ int InitSerial(const char *File, int BaudRate)
 	
 	info.c_lflag = 0;	// Non-Canoical, No Echo
 	info.c_cflag = baud | CS8 | CLOCAL | CREAD;	// baud, 8N1
+	info.c_iflag = IGNCR;	// Ignore \r
+	info.c_oflag = 0;	// ???
 	cfsetspeed(&info, baud);
 	info.c_cc[VTIME] = 0;	// No time limit
 	info.c_cc[VMIN] = 1;	// Block until 1 char