diff --git a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/config.go b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/config.go
index 3d1db5c..23c4134 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/config.go
+++ b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/config.go
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ func GenSRNdConfig() *configparser.Configuration {
 	sect = conf.NewSection("articles")
 
 	sect.Add("store_dir", "articles")
-	sect.Add("incoming_dir", "/tmp/articles")
+	sect.Add("incoming_dir", "articles/tmp")
 	sect.Add("attachments_dir", "webroot/img")
 	sect.Add("thumbs_dir", "webroot/thm")
 	sect.Add("convert_bin", "/usr/bin/convert")
diff --git a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/daemon.go b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/daemon.go
index 32bfe05..6ae362b 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/daemon.go
+++ b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/daemon.go
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ func (self *NNTPDaemon) syncAllMessages() {
 
 // load a message from the infeed directory
 func (self *NNTPDaemon) loadFromInfeed(msgid string) {
-	self.processMessage(msgid)
+	go self.processMessage(msgid)
 }
 
 // reload all configs etc
@@ -853,14 +853,16 @@ func (self *NNTPDaemon) processMessage(msgid string) {
 		}
 		if self.expire != nil {
 			// expire posts
+			log.Println("expire", group, "for", rollover, "threads")
 			self.expire.ExpireGroup(group, rollover)
 		}
 		// send to mod panel
 		if group == "ctl" {
+			log.Println("process mod message", msgid)
 			self.mod.HandleMessage(msgid)
 		}
 		// inform callback hooks
-		self.informHooks(group, msgid, ref)
+		go self.informHooks(group, msgid, ref)
 		// federate
 		self.sendAllFeeds(ArticleEntry{msgid, group})
 		// send to frontend
diff --git a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/nntp.go b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/nntp.go
index d398e44..b4470b6 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/nntp.go
+++ b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/nntp.go
@@ -65,8 +65,10 @@ type nntpConnection struct {
 	// lock help when expecting non pipelined activity
 	access sync.Mutex
 
-	// ARTICLE <message-id>
-	article chan string
+	// pending articles to request
+	articles []string
+	// lock for accessing articles to request
+	articles_access sync.Mutex
 	// map of message-id -> stream state
 	pending map[string]*syncEvent
 	// lock for accessing self.pending map
@@ -121,7 +123,6 @@ func createNNTPConnection(addr string) *nntpConnection {
 	}
 	return &nntpConnection{
 		hostname: host,
-		article:  make(chan string, 1024),
 		pending:  make(map[string]*syncEvent),
 	}
 }
@@ -475,7 +476,7 @@ func (self *nntpConnection) checkMIMEHeaderNoAuth(daemon *NNTPDaemon, hdr textpr
 		return
 	} else if daemon.database.HasArticle(msgid) {
 		// this article is too old
-		reason = "we have this article already"
+		reason = "article already seen"
 		// don't ban
 		return
 	} else if is_ctl {
@@ -1339,9 +1340,11 @@ func (self *nntpConnection) askForArticle(msgid string) {
 	if self.messageIsQueued(msgid) {
 		// already queued
 	} else {
+		self.articles_access.Lock()
 		log.Println(self.name, "asking for", msgid)
 		self.messageSetPendingState(msgid, "queued", 0)
-		self.article <- msgid
+		self.articles = append(self.articles, msgid)
+		self.articles_access.Unlock()
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1498,14 +1501,23 @@ func (self *nntpConnection) startReader(daemon *NNTPDaemon, conn *textproto.Conn
 			conn.PrintfLine("QUIT")
 			chnl <- true
 			break
-		case msgid := <-self.article:
-			// next article to ask for
-			log.Println(self.name, "obtaining", msgid)
-			self.messageSetPendingState(msgid, "article", 0)
-			err = self.requestArticle(daemon, conn, msgid)
-			self.messageSetProcessed(msgid)
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Println(self.name, "error while in reader mode:", err)
+		default:
+			var msgid string
+			self.articles_access.Lock()
+			if len(self.articles) > 0 {
+				msgid = self.articles[0]
+				self.articles = self.articles[1:]
+			}
+			self.articles_access.Unlock()
+			if len(msgid) > 0 {
+				// next article to ask for
+				log.Println(self.name, "obtaining", msgid)
+				self.messageSetPendingState(msgid, "article", 0)
+				err = self.requestArticle(daemon, conn, msgid)
+				self.messageSetProcessed(msgid)
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Println(self.name, "error while in reader mode:", err)
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/store.go b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/store.go
index 498cff6..44df224 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/store.go
+++ b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/store.go
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ type ArticleStore interface {
 	GetMIMEHeader(msgid string) textproto.MIMEHeader
 	// get our temp directory for articles
 	TempDir() string
+	// get temp filename for article
+	GetFilenameTemp(msgid string) string
 	// get a list of all the attachments we have
 	GetAllAttachments() ([]string, error)
 	// generate a thumbnail
@@ -97,6 +99,9 @@ type ArticleStore interface {
 
 	// iterate over all spam message headers
 	IterSpamHeaders(func(map[string][]string) error) error
+
+	// move temp article to article store
+	AcceptTempArticle(msgid string) error
 }
 type articleStore struct {
 	directory     string
@@ -424,9 +429,16 @@ func (self *articleStore) ThumbnailFilepath(fname string) string {
 	return filepath.Join(self.thumbs, fname+".jpg")
 }
 
+func (self *articleStore) GetFilenameTemp(msgid string) (fpath string) {
+	if ValidMessageID(msgid) {
+		fpath = filepath.Join(self.TempDir(), msgid)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
 // create a file for this article
 func (self *articleStore) CreateFile(messageID string) io.WriteCloser {
-	fname := self.GetFilename(messageID)
+	fname := self.GetFilenameTemp(messageID)
 	if CheckFile(fname) {
 		// already exists
 		log.Println("article with message-id", messageID, "already exists, not saving")
@@ -526,6 +538,7 @@ func (self *articleStore) ProcessMessage(wr io.Writer, msg io.Reader, spamfilter
 		}()
 		go func() {
 			var buff [65536]byte
+
 			_, e := io.CopyBuffer(pw_in, msg, buff[:])
 			if e != nil {
 				log.Println("failed to read entire message", e)
@@ -756,3 +769,19 @@ func (self *articleStore) IterSpamHeaders(v func(map[string][]string) error) err
 		return nil
 	})
 }
+
+func (self *articleStore) AcceptTempArticle(msgid string) (err error) {
+	if ValidMessageID(msgid) {
+		temp := self.GetFilenameTemp(msgid)
+		store := self.GetFilename(msgid)
+		if CheckFile(temp) {
+			if CheckFile(store) {
+				// already in store
+				err = os.Remove(temp)
+			} else {
+				err = os.Rename(temp, store)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
diff --git a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/util.go b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/util.go
index 9bf9925..6752506 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/util.go
+++ b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/util.go
@@ -771,17 +771,23 @@ func storeMessage(daemon *NNTPDaemon, hdr textproto.MIMEHeader, body io.Reader)
 	}()
 	err = daemon.store.ProcessMessage(f, pr, daemon.CheckText, hdr.Get("Newsgroups"))
 	pr.Close()
+	f.Close()
 	if err == nil {
+		// move temp article to articles dir
+		err = daemon.store.AcceptTempArticle(msgid)
 		// tell daemon
-		daemon.loadFromInfeed(msgid)
+		if err == nil {
+			daemon.loadFromInfeed(msgid)
+		}
 	} else {
 		log.Println("error processing message body", err)
 	}
-	f.Close()
 	if err != nil {
 		// clean up
 		if ValidMessageID(msgid) {
-			DelFile(daemon.store.GetFilename(msgid))
+			fname := daemon.store.GetFilenameTemp(msgid)
+			log.Println("clean up", fname)
+			DelFile(fname)
 		}
 		log.Println("error processing message", err)
 	}