diff --git a/uppsrc/CodeEditor/LogSyntax.cpp b/uppsrc/CodeEditor/LogSyntax.cpp
index d50a13ff4..83ed0f126 100644
--- a/uppsrc/CodeEditor/LogSyntax.cpp
+++ b/uppsrc/CodeEditor/LogSyntax.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ void LogSyntax::Highlight(const wchar *s, const wchar *end, HighlightOutput& hls
 			hl_line = hl_line || hl;
 		}
 		else {
-			bool hl = findarg(c, '[', ']', '(', ')', ':', '-', '=', '{', '}', '/', '<', '>', '*', '#', '@') >= 0;
+			bool hl = findarg(c, '[', ']', '(', ')', ':', '-', '=', '{', '}', '/', '<', '>', '*',
+			                     '#', '@', '\\', '.') >= 0
 			hls.Put(1, hl ? hl_style[INK_OPERATOR] : ink);
 			s++;
 		}
diff --git a/uppsrc/Core/Http.cpp b/uppsrc/Core/Http.cpp
index 1298267bb..667c3cf5d 100644
--- a/uppsrc/Core/Http.cpp
+++ b/uppsrc/Core/Http.cpp
@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@ bool HttpRequest::Do()
 	}
 	
 	if(phase == FAILED) {
+		DDUMP(max_retries);
 		if(retry_count++ < max_retries) {
 			LLOGS("HTTP retry on error " << GetErrorDesc());
 			start_time = msecs();
diff --git a/uppsrc/Core/Rpc/Client.cpp b/uppsrc/Core/Rpc/Client.cpp
index 02ef1775f..c04ea2955 100644
--- a/uppsrc/Core/Rpc/Client.cpp
+++ b/uppsrc/Core/Rpc/Client.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ void RpcRequest::Init()
 {
 	ContentType("text/xml");
 	RequestTimeout(30000);
+	MaxRetries(0);
 	json = false;
 }