diff --git a/src/mod/asr_tts/mod_cepstral/mod_cepstral.c b/src/mod/asr_tts/mod_cepstral/mod_cepstral.c
index 0318df4a58..e8aaace236 100644
--- a/src/mod/asr_tts/mod_cepstral/mod_cepstral.c
+++ b/src/mod/asr_tts/mod_cepstral/mod_cepstral.c
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ static swift_result_t write_audio(swift_event *event, swift_event_t type, void *
 	/* Only proceed when we have success */
     if (!SWIFT_FAILED((rv = swift_event_get_audio(event, &buf, &len)))) {
 		switch_mutex_lock(cepstral->audio_lock);
+
 		if (switch_buffer_write(cepstral->audio_buffer, buf, len) <= 0) {
 			rv = SWIFT_UNKNOWN_ERROR;
 		}
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ static switch_status_t cepstral_speech_open(switch_speech_handle_t *sh, char *vo
 			return SWITCH_STATUS_MEMERR;
 		}
 
-		if (switch_buffer_create(sh->memory_pool, &cepstral->audio_buffer, SWITCH_RECCOMMENDED_BUFFER_SIZE) != SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
+		if (switch_buffer_create(sh->memory_pool, &cepstral->audio_buffer, 1024 * 256) != SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
 			switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_CRIT, "Write Buffer Failed!\n");
 			return SWITCH_STATUS_MEMERR;
 		}
@@ -168,7 +169,6 @@ static switch_status_t cepstral_speech_feed_tts(switch_speech_handle_t *sh, char
 	cepstral = sh->private_info;
 	assert(cepstral != NULL);
 
-
 	swift_port_speak_text(cepstral->port, text, 0, NULL, &cepstral->tts_stream, NULL); 
 	//swift_port_speak_text(cepstral->port, text, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL); 
 
@@ -201,8 +201,6 @@ static switch_status_t cepstral_speech_read_tts(switch_speech_handle_t *sh,
 
 		used = switch_buffer_inuse(cepstral->audio_buffer);
 
-
-		
 		if (!used && cepstral->done_gen) {
 			break;
 		}
diff --git a/src/switch_core.c b/src/switch_core.c
index 1f278146e8..08287391ff 100644
--- a/src/switch_core.c
+++ b/src/switch_core.c
@@ -1449,7 +1449,7 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_core_session_perform_kill_channel(switch_
 	switch_io_event_hook_kill_channel_t *ptr;
 	switch_status_t status = SWITCH_STATUS_FALSE;
 	
-	switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_ID_LOG, (char *) file, func, line, SWITCH_LOG_NOTICE, "Kill %s [%d]\n", switch_channel_get_name(session->channel), sig);
+	switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_ID_LOG, (char *) file, func, line, SWITCH_LOG_INFO, "Kill %s [%d]\n", switch_channel_get_name(session->channel), sig);
 
 	if (session->endpoint_interface->io_routines->kill_channel) {
 		if ((status = session->endpoint_interface->io_routines->kill_channel(session, sig)) == SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
@@ -1717,7 +1717,7 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_core_new_memory_pool(switch_memory_pool_t
 
 	assert(runtime.memory_pool != NULL);
 
-	if ((apr_pool_create(pool, runtime.memory_pool)) != SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
+	if ((apr_pool_create(pool, NULL)) != SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
 		*pool = NULL;
 		return SWITCH_STATUS_MEMERR;
 	}
diff --git a/src/switch_rtp.c b/src/switch_rtp.c
index 5a46d68865..a9661a5b76 100644
--- a/src/switch_rtp.c
+++ b/src/switch_rtp.c
@@ -696,7 +696,6 @@ static int rtp_common_read(switch_rtp_t *rtp_session, switch_payload_t *payload_
 	for(;;) {
 		bytes = sizeof(rtp_msg_t);	
 		status = switch_socket_recvfrom(rtp_session->from_addr, rtp_session->sock, 0, (void *)&rtp_session->recv_msg, &bytes);
-
 		
 		if (switch_test_flag(rtp_session, SWITCH_RTP_FLAG_BREAK)) {
 			switch_clear_flag(rtp_session, SWITCH_RTP_FLAG_BREAK);