diff --git a/app/include/user_config.h b/app/include/user_config.h
index f5d33fb9..b6686004 100644
--- a/app/include/user_config.h
+++ b/app/include/user_config.h
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
 // #define BUILD_WOFS		1
 #define BUILD_SPIFFS	1
 
+#define SPIFFS_CACHE 1
+
 // #define LUA_NUMBER_INTEGRAL
 
 #define LUA_OPTRAM
diff --git a/app/lwip/core/dns.c b/app/lwip/core/dns.c
index ab6821f2..1fe7aaa4 100644
--- a/app/lwip/core/dns.c
+++ b/app/lwip/core/dns.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ struct dns_table_entry {
   u8_t  seqno;
   u8_t  err;
   u32_t ttl;
-  char name[DNS_MAX_NAME_LENGTH];
+  char *name;
   ip_addr_t ipaddr;
   /* pointer to callback on DNS query done */
   dns_found_callback found;
@@ -673,6 +673,8 @@ dns_check_entry(u8_t i)
             if (pEntry->found)
               (*pEntry->found)(pEntry->name, NULL, pEntry->arg);
             /* flush this entry */
+            mem_free (pEntry->name);
+            pEntry->name    = NULL;
             pEntry->state   = DNS_STATE_UNUSED;
             pEntry->found   = NULL;
             break;
@@ -697,6 +699,8 @@ dns_check_entry(u8_t i)
       if (--pEntry->ttl == 0) {
         LWIP_DEBUGF(DNS_DEBUG, ("dns_check_entry: \"%s\": flush\n", pEntry->name));
         /* flush this entry */
+        mem_free (pEntry->name);
+        pEntry->name    = NULL;
         pEntry->state = DNS_STATE_UNUSED;
         pEntry->found = NULL;
       }
@@ -839,6 +843,8 @@ responseerr:
     (*pEntry->found)(pEntry->name, NULL, pEntry->arg);
   }
   /* flush this entry */
+  mem_free (pEntry->name);
+  pEntry->name  = NULL;
   pEntry->state = DNS_STATE_UNUSED;
   pEntry->found = NULL;
 
@@ -898,11 +904,16 @@ dns_enqueue(const char *name, dns_found_callback found, void *callback_arg)
   LWIP_DEBUGF(DNS_DEBUG, ("dns_enqueue: \"%s\": use DNS entry %"U16_F"\n", name, (u16_t)(i)));
 
   /* fill the entry */
+  namelen = LWIP_MIN(strlen(name), DNS_MAX_NAME_LENGTH-1);
+  char *namebuf = (char *)mem_zalloc (namelen);
+  if (!namebuf)
+    return ERR_MEM;
   pEntry->state = DNS_STATE_NEW;
   pEntry->seqno = dns_seqno++;
   pEntry->found = found;
   pEntry->arg   = callback_arg;
-  namelen = LWIP_MIN(strlen(name), DNS_MAX_NAME_LENGTH-1);
+  mem_free (pEntry->name);
+  pEntry->name = namebuf;
   MEMCPY(pEntry->name, name, namelen);
   pEntry->name[namelen] = 0;
 
diff --git a/app/modules/file.c b/app/modules/file.c
index d055ef87..b4a9cfa0 100644
--- a/app/modules/file.c
+++ b/app/modules/file.c
@@ -196,11 +196,10 @@ static int file_fsinfo( lua_State* L )
 // g_read()
 static int file_g_read( lua_State* L, int n, int16_t end_char )
 {
-  if(n< 0 || n>LUAL_BUFFERSIZE) 
+  if(n <= 0 || n > LUAL_BUFFERSIZE)
     n = LUAL_BUFFERSIZE;
   if(end_char < 0 || end_char >255)
     end_char = EOF;
-  int ec = (int)end_char;
   
   luaL_Buffer b;
   if((FS_OPEN_OK - 1)==file_fd)
@@ -208,27 +207,22 @@ static int file_g_read( lua_State* L, int n, int16_t end_char )
 
   luaL_buffinit(L, &b);
   char *p = luaL_prepbuffer(&b);
-  int c = EOF;
-  int i = 0;
+  int i;
 
-  do{
-    c = fs_getc(file_fd);
-    if(c==EOF){
+  n = fs_read(file_fd, p, n);
+  for (i = 0; i < n; ++i)
+    if (p[i] == end_char)
+    {
+      ++i;
       break;
     }
-    p[i++] = (char)(0xFF & c);
-  }while((c!=EOF) && (c!=ec) && (i<n) );
 
-#if 0
-  if(i>0 && p[i-1] == '\n')
-    i--;    /* do not include `eol' */
-#endif
-    
   if(i==0){
     luaL_pushresult(&b);  /* close buffer */
     return (lua_objlen(L, -1) > 0);  /* check whether read something */
   }
 
+  fs_seek(file_fd, -(n - i), SEEK_CUR);
   luaL_addsize(&b, i);
   luaL_pushresult(&b);  /* close buffer */
   return 1;  /* read at least an `eol' */ 
diff --git a/app/platform/common.c b/app/platform/common.c
index 711a8a4a..617f6831 100644
--- a/app/platform/common.c
+++ b/app/platform/common.c
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ uint32_t platform_flash_read( void *to, uint32_t fromaddr, uint32_t size )
 #else // #ifindef INTERNAL_FLASH_READ_UNIT_SIZE
   uint32_t temp, rest, ssize = size;
   unsigned i;
-  char tmpdata[ INTERNAL_FLASH_READ_UNIT_SIZE ];
+  char tmpdata[ INTERNAL_FLASH_READ_UNIT_SIZE ] __attribute__ ((aligned(INTERNAL_FLASH_READ_UNIT_SIZE)));
   uint8_t *pto = ( uint8_t* )to;
   const uint32_t blksize = INTERNAL_FLASH_READ_UNIT_SIZE;
   const uint32_t blkmask = INTERNAL_FLASH_READ_UNIT_SIZE - 1;
diff --git a/app/platform/platform.c b/app/platform/platform.c
index 40aa50ad..b31d55e7 100644
--- a/app/platform/platform.c
+++ b/app/platform/platform.c
@@ -460,13 +460,19 @@ spi_data_type platform_spi_send_recv( unsigned id, spi_data_type data )
 // ****************************************************************************
 // Flash access functions
 
+/*
+ * Assumptions:
+ * > toaddr is INTERNAL_FLASH_WRITE_UNIT_SIZE aligned
+ * > size is a multiple of INTERNAL_FLASH_WRITE_UNIT_SIZE
+ */
 uint32_t platform_s_flash_write( const void *from, uint32_t toaddr, uint32_t size )
 {
   toaddr -= INTERNAL_FLASH_START_ADDRESS;
   SpiFlashOpResult r;
   const uint32_t blkmask = INTERNAL_FLASH_WRITE_UNIT_SIZE - 1;
   uint32_t *apbuf = NULL;
-  if( ((uint32_t)from) & blkmask ){
+  uint32_t fromaddr = (uint32_t)from;
+  if( (fromaddr & blkmask ) || (fromaddr >= INTERNAL_FLASH_START_ADDRESS)) {
     apbuf = (uint32_t *)c_malloc(size);
     if(!apbuf)
       return 0;
@@ -484,12 +490,37 @@ uint32_t platform_s_flash_write( const void *from, uint32_t toaddr, uint32_t siz
   }
 }
 
+/*
+ * Assumptions:
+ * > fromaddr is INTERNAL_FLASH_READ_UNIT_SIZE aligned
+ * > size is a multiple of INTERNAL_FLASH_READ_UNIT_SIZE
+ */
 uint32_t platform_s_flash_read( void *to, uint32_t fromaddr, uint32_t size )
 {
+  if (size==0)
+    return 0;
+
   fromaddr -= INTERNAL_FLASH_START_ADDRESS;
   SpiFlashOpResult r;
   WRITE_PERI_REG(0x60000914, 0x73);
-  r = flash_read(fromaddr, (uint32 *)to, size);
+
+  const uint32_t blkmask = (INTERNAL_FLASH_READ_UNIT_SIZE - 1);
+  if( ((uint32_t)to) & blkmask )
+  {
+    uint32_t size2=size-INTERNAL_FLASH_READ_UNIT_SIZE;
+    uint32* to2=(uint32*)((((uint32_t)to)&(~blkmask))+INTERNAL_FLASH_READ_UNIT_SIZE);
+    r = flash_read(fromaddr, to2, size2);
+    if(SPI_FLASH_RESULT_OK == r)
+    {
+      os_memmove(to,to2,size2);
+      char back[ INTERNAL_FLASH_READ_UNIT_SIZE ] __attribute__ ((aligned(INTERNAL_FLASH_READ_UNIT_SIZE)));
+      r=flash_read(fromaddr+size2,(uint32*)back,INTERNAL_FLASH_READ_UNIT_SIZE);
+      os_memcpy((uint8_t*)to+size2,back,INTERNAL_FLASH_READ_UNIT_SIZE);
+    }
+  }
+  else
+    r = flash_read(fromaddr, (uint32 *)to, size);
+
   if(SPI_FLASH_RESULT_OK == r)
     return size;
   else{
diff --git a/app/spiffs/spiffs.c b/app/spiffs/spiffs.c
index bcb11d5c..bae70860 100644
--- a/app/spiffs/spiffs.c
+++ b/app/spiffs/spiffs.c
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ spiffs fs;
   
 static u8_t spiffs_work_buf[LOG_PAGE_SIZE*2];
 static u8_t spiffs_fds[32*4];
-static u8_t spiffs_cache[(LOG_PAGE_SIZE+32)*4];
+#if SPIFFS_CACHE
+static u8_t spiffs_cache[(LOG_PAGE_SIZE+32)*2];
+#endif
 
 static s32_t my_spiffs_read(u32_t addr, u32_t size, u8_t *dst) {
   platform_flash_read(dst, addr, size);
@@ -62,8 +64,12 @@ void myspiffs_mount() {
     spiffs_work_buf,
     spiffs_fds,
     sizeof(spiffs_fds),
+#if SPIFFS_CACHE
     spiffs_cache,
     sizeof(spiffs_cache),
+#else
+    0, 0,
+#endif
     // myspiffs_check_callback);
     0);
   NODE_DBG("mount res: %i\n", res);
diff --git a/app/spiffs/spiffs_config.h b/app/spiffs/spiffs_config.h
index 0dc19958..52d6b9d9 100644
--- a/app/spiffs/spiffs_config.h
+++ b/app/spiffs/spiffs_config.h
@@ -8,16 +8,10 @@
 #ifndef SPIFFS_CONFIG_H_
 #define SPIFFS_CONFIG_H_
 
-// ----------- 8< ------------
-// Following includes are for the linux test build of spiffs
-// These may/should/must be removed/altered/replaced in your target
-// #include "params_test.h"
+#include "user_config.h"
 #include "c_stdio.h"
-#include "c_stdlib.h"
+#include "c_stdint.h"
 #include "c_string.h"
-#include "c_stddef.h"
-#include "c_types.h"
-// ----------- >8 ------------
 
 typedef sint32_t s32_t;
 typedef uint32_t u32_t;
@@ -67,6 +61,8 @@ typedef uint8_t u8_t;
 #ifndef  SPIFFS_CACHE_STATS
 #define SPIFFS_CACHE_STATS              0
 #endif
+#else
+#define SPIFFS_CACHE_WR                 0
 #endif
 
 // Always check header of each accessed page to ensure consistent state.
diff --git a/app/spiffs/spiffs_nucleus.h b/app/spiffs/spiffs_nucleus.h
index 02ba7a96..c5c3b9e4 100644
--- a/app/spiffs/spiffs_nucleus.h
+++ b/app/spiffs/spiffs_nucleus.h
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ typedef struct __attribute(( packed )) {
 } spiffs_page_header;
 
 // object index header page header
-typedef struct __attribute(( packed, aligned(4) ))
+typedef struct __attribute(( packed ))
 {
   // common page header
   spiffs_page_header p_hdr;
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ typedef struct __attribute(( packed, aligned(4) ))
 } spiffs_page_object_ix_header;
 
 // object index page header
-typedef struct __attribute(( packed, aligned(4) )) {
+typedef struct __attribute(( packed )) {
  spiffs_page_header p_hdr;
 } spiffs_page_object_ix;