diff --git a/components/modules/ble.c b/components/modules/ble.c
index 1d6ecf47..277cebbb 100644
--- a/components/modules/ble.c
+++ b/components/modules/ble.c
@@ -412,6 +412,7 @@ lble_build_gatt_svcs(lua_State *L, struct ble_gatt_svc_def **resultp) {
   // -1 is the services list
   int nc = 0;
   for (int i = 1; i <= ns; i++) {
+    MODLOG_DFLT(INFO, "Counting -- service %d (top %d)\n", i, lua_gettop(L));
     lua_geti(L, -1, i);
     // -1 is now the service which should be a table. It must have a uuid
     if (lua_type(L, -1) != LUA_TTABLE) {
@@ -427,6 +428,8 @@ lble_build_gatt_svcs(lua_State *L, struct ble_gatt_svc_def **resultp) {
     lua_pop(L, 2);
   }
 
+  MODLOG_DFLT(INFO, "Discovered %d services with %d characteristics\n", ns, nc);
+
   int size = (ns + 1) * sizeof(struct ble_gatt_svc_def) + (nc + ns) * sizeof(struct ble_gatt_chr_def) + (ns + nc) * sizeof(ble_uuid_any_t);
 
 
@@ -444,6 +447,7 @@ lble_build_gatt_svcs(lua_State *L, struct ble_gatt_svc_def **resultp) {
   // Now fill out the data structure
   // -1 is the services list
   for (int i = 1; i <= ns; i++) {
+    MODLOG_DFLT(INFO, "Processing service %d (top %d)\n", i, lua_gettop(L));
     struct ble_gatt_svc_def *svc = svcs++;
     lua_geti(L, -1, i);
     // -1 is now the service which should be a table. It must have a uuid
@@ -457,9 +461,7 @@ lble_build_gatt_svcs(lua_State *L, struct ble_gatt_svc_def **resultp) {
       free_gatt_svcs(L, result);
       return luaL_error(L, "Unable to convert UUID: %s", lua_tostring(L, -1));
     }
-    if (i == 1) {
-      svc->type = BLE_GATT_SVC_TYPE_PRIMARY;
-    }
+    svc->type = BLE_GATT_SVC_TYPE_PRIMARY;
     svc->uuid = (ble_uuid_t *) uuids++;
     svc->characteristics = chrs;
     lua_pop(L, 1);
@@ -467,6 +469,7 @@ lble_build_gatt_svcs(lua_State *L, struct ble_gatt_svc_def **resultp) {
     lua_getfield(L, -1, "characteristics");
     int nc = lua_rawlen(L, -1);
     for (int j = 1; j <= nc; j++) {
+      MODLOG_DFLT(INFO, "Processing characteristic %d (top %d)\n", j, lua_gettop(L));
       struct ble_gatt_chr_def *chr = chrs++;
       lua_geti(L, -1, j);
 
@@ -488,13 +491,13 @@ lble_build_gatt_svcs(lua_State *L, struct ble_gatt_svc_def **resultp) {
         chr->flags = BLE_GATT_CHR_F_READ | BLE_GATT_CHR_F_WRITE;
         lua_pop(L, 1); // pop off value
       } else {
-        lua_getfield(L, -1, "read");
+        lua_getfield(L, -2, "read");
 	if (!lua_isnoneornil (L, -1)) {
 	  luaL_checkfunction (L, -1);
 	  chr->flags |= BLE_GATT_CHR_F_READ;
 	}
 
-        lua_getfield(L, -1, "write");
+        lua_getfield(L, -3, "write");
 	if (!lua_isnoneornil (L, -1)) {
 	  luaL_checkfunction (L, -1);
 	  chr->flags |= BLE_GATT_CHR_F_WRITE;
@@ -508,6 +511,7 @@ lble_build_gatt_svcs(lua_State *L, struct ble_gatt_svc_def **resultp) {
       chr->access_cb = lble_access_cb;
     }
     lua_pop(L, 2);
+    chrs++;	// terminate the list of characteristics for this service
   }
   lua_pop(L, 1);
 
diff --git a/components/modules/file.c b/components/modules/file.c
index 2c579cf2..933bfea8 100644
--- a/components/modules/file.c
+++ b/components/modules/file.c
@@ -534,6 +534,58 @@ static int file_fsinfo( lua_State* L )
   return 3;
 }
 
+// Lua: getfile(filename)
+static int file_getfile( lua_State* L )
+{
+  // Warning this code C calls other file_* routines to avoid duplication code.  These
+  // use Lua stack addressing of arguments, so this does Lua stack maniplation to
+  // align these
+  int ret_cnt = 0;
+  lua_settop(L ,1);
+  // Stack [1] = FD
+  file_open(L);
+  // Stack [1] = filename; [2] = FD or nil
+  if (!lua_isnil(L, -1)) {
+    lua_remove(L, 1);  // dump filename, so [1] = FD
+    file_fd_ud *ud = (file_fd_ud *)luaL_checkudata(L, 1, "file.obj");
+    ret_cnt = file_g_read(L, LUAI_MAXINT32, EOF, ud->fd);
+    // Stack [1] = FD; [2] = contents if ret_cnt = 1;
+    file_close(L);     // leaves Stack unchanged if [1] = FD
+    lua_remove(L, 1);  // Dump FD leaving contents as [1] / ToS
+  }
+  return ret_cnt;
+}
+
+// Lua: getfile(filename)
+static int file_putfile( lua_State* L )
+{
+  // Warning this code C calls other file_* routines to avoid duplication code.  These
+  // use Lua stack addressing of arguments, so this does Lua stack maniplation to
+  // align these
+  int ret_cnt = 0;
+  lua_settop(L, 2);
+  lua_pushvalue(L, 2); //dup contents onto the ToS [3]
+  lua_pushliteral(L, "w+");
+  lua_replace(L, 2);
+  // Stack [1] = filename; [2] "w+" [3] contents;
+  file_open(L);
+  // Stack [1] = filename; [2] "w+" [3] contents; [4] FD or nil
+
+  if (!lua_isnil(L, -1)) {
+    lua_remove(L, 2);  //dump "w+" attribute literal
+    lua_replace(L, 1);
+    // Stack [1] = FD; [2] contents
+    file_write(L);
+    // Stack [1] = FD; [2] contents; [3] result status
+    lua_remove(L, 2);  //dump contents
+    file_close(L);
+    lua_remove(L, 1); // Dump FD leaving status as ToS
+  }
+  return 1;
+}
+
+
+
 typedef struct {
   vfs_vol *vol;
 } volume_type;
@@ -570,6 +622,8 @@ LROT_BEGIN(file, NULL, 0)
   LROT_FUNCENTRY( writeline, file_writeline )
   LROT_FUNCENTRY( read,      file_read )
   LROT_FUNCENTRY( readline,  file_readline )
+  LROT_FUNCENTRY( getcontents,  file_getfile )
+  LROT_FUNCENTRY( putcontents,  file_putfile )
 #ifdef CONFIG_NODEMCU_BUILD_SPIFFS
   LROT_FUNCENTRY( format,    file_format )
   LROT_FUNCENTRY( fscfg,     file_fscfg )