diff --git a/src/SerialConsole.cpp b/src/SerialConsole.cpp
index e5c2866c2..3a8917fd3 100644
--- a/src/SerialConsole.cpp
+++ b/src/SerialConsole.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SerialConsole console;
 SerialConsole::SerialConsole() : StreamAPI(&Port), RedirectablePrint(&Port)
 {
     canWrite = false; // We don't send packets to our port until it has talked to us first
-    // setDestination(&noopPrint);
+    // setDestination(&noopPrint); for testing, try turning off 'all' debug output and see what leaks
 }
 
 /// Do late init that can't happen at constructor time
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ void SerialConsole::init()
  */
 void SerialConsole::handleToRadio(const uint8_t *buf, size_t len)
 {
-    // Note: for the time being we _allow_ debug printing to keep going out the console
+    // Note: for the time being we could _allow_ debug printing to keep going out the console
     // I _think_ this is okay because we currently only print debug msgs from loop() and we are only
     // dispatching serial protobuf msgs from loop() as well.  When things are more threaded in the future this
     // will need to change.
diff --git a/src/mesh/StreamAPI.cpp b/src/mesh/StreamAPI.cpp
index b82054877..674e758c9 100644
--- a/src/mesh/StreamAPI.cpp
+++ b/src/mesh/StreamAPI.cpp
@@ -39,9 +39,10 @@ void StreamAPI::readStream()
                     rxPtr = 0; // length is bogus, restart search for framing
             }
 
-            if (rxPtr != 0 && ptr == len + HEADER_LEN) {
+            if (rxPtr != 0 && ptr + 1 == len + HEADER_LEN) {
                 // If we didn't just fail the packet and we now have the right # of bytes, parse it
                 handleToRadio(rxBuf + HEADER_LEN, len);
+                rxPtr = 0; // start over again
             }
         }
     }