diff --git a/src/main/select.c b/src/main/select.c
index d4d0d4b78..8b62df246 100644
--- a/src/main/select.c
+++ b/src/main/select.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ sock_cb(CURL *e, curl_socket_t s, int what, void *cbp, void *sockp)
 {
 	GlobalInfo *g = (GlobalInfo*) cbp;
 	SockInfo *fdp = (SockInfo*) sockp;
-	const char *whatstr[]={ "none", "IN", "OUT", "INOUT", "REMOVE" };
+//	const char *whatstr[]={ "none", "IN", "OUT", "INOUT", "REMOVE" };
 
 	//fprintf(stderr, "socket callback: s=%d e=%p what=%s ", s, e, whatstr[what]);
 
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ sock_cb(CURL *e, curl_socket_t s, int what, void *cbp, void *sockp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#if 0
 /* CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION */
 static size_t
 write_cb(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *data)
@@ -319,6 +320,7 @@ new_conn(char *url, GlobalInfo *g)
 
 	/* note that the add_handle() will set a time-out to trigger very soon so that the necessary socket_action() call will be called by this app */
 }
+#endif
 
 const char *
 get_libevent_version(void)
diff --git a/src/protocol/curl/ftp.c b/src/protocol/curl/ftp.c
index c0df9e944..5b385e1a4 100644
--- a/src/protocol/curl/ftp.c
+++ b/src/protocol/curl/ftp.c
@@ -542,6 +542,9 @@ out_of_mem:
 		if (add_fragment(conn->cached, conn->from, buffer, len) == 1) {
 			conn->tries = 0;
 		}
+		if (conn->from == 0 && conn->est_length == -1) {
+			curl_easy_getinfo(ftp->easy, CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD_T, &conn->est_length);
+		}
 		conn->from += len;
 		conn->received += len;
 		return;