diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5cb0938..c3343d6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ testdebug: debug
 	${MAKE} -C test debug
 
 test: all
-	${MAKE} -C test test
-	${MAKE} -C test nettest
-	${MAKE} -C test nettestr
+	${MAKE} -C test test nettest
 
 doc:
 	doxygen
diff --git a/src/parser.c b/src/parser.c
index 575a546..4e50dce 100644
--- a/src/parser.c
+++ b/src/parser.c
@@ -409,6 +409,9 @@ psycParseRC psyc_parse (psycParseState *state, char *oper,
 			else // Search for the terminator.
 			{
 				size_t datac = state->cursor; // start of data
+				if (state->flags & PSYC_PARSE_ROUTING_ONLY)
+					state->startc = datac; // in routing-only mode restart from the start of data
+
 				while (1)
 				{
 					uint8_t nl = state->buffer.ptr[state->cursor] == '\n';
diff --git a/test/Makefile b/test/Makefile
index 0ead41e..722ab38 100644
--- a/test/Makefile
+++ b/test/Makefile
@@ -2,16 +2,18 @@ OPT = -O2
 DEBUG = 2
 CFLAGS = -I../include -Wall -std=c99 ${OPT}
 LDFLAGS = -L../lib
+LOADLIBES = -lpsyc -lm
+LOADLIBES_NET = ${LOADLIBES}
 TARGETS = testServer testParser testMatch testRender testText isRoutingVar getVarType
 WRAPPER =
 DIET = diet
 PORT = 4440
+NC = nc
+DIFF = diff
 
-LOADLIBES = -lpsyc -lm
 ifeq ($(shell uname),SunOS)
-  LOADLIBES_NET = ${LOADLIBES} -lsocket -lnsl
-else
-  LOADLIBES_NET = ${LOADLIBES}
+  LOADLIBES_NET := ${LOADLIBES_NET} -lsocket -lnsl
+  DIFF = gdiff
 endif
 
 all: ${TARGETS}
@@ -35,29 +37,32 @@ test: ${TARGETS}
 	./testText
 	./isRoutingVar
 	./getVarType
-	for f in packets/[0-9]*; do echo ">> $$f"; ./testParser $$f; done
-	for f in packets/[0-9]*; do echo ">> $$f"; ./testParser $$f -r; done
+	x=0; for f in packets/[0-9]*; do echo ">> $$f"; ./testParser $$f; x=$$((x+$$?)); done; exit $$x
+	x=0; for f in packets/[0-9]*; do echo ">> $$f"; ./testParser $$f -r; x=$$((x+$$?)); done; exit $$x
 
-# test packet parsing & rendering with the test server
-nettest: srvstart pkt pktsplit srvkill
+nettest: nettestfull nettestsplit
 
-# same test but parse routing headers only
-nettestr: srvstartr pkt pktsplit srvkill
+nettestrun: srvstart pkt srvkill
+
+nettestfull:
+	${MAKE} nettestrun
+	${MAKE} nettestrun srv_args=r
+
+nettestsplit:
+	for n in 1 2 3 4 5; do ${MAKE} nettestrun srv_recvbuf=$$n && ${MAKE} nettestrun srv_args=r srv_recvbuf=$$n || exit $$?; done
 
 pkt:
-	for f in packets/[0-9]*; do echo ">> $$f"; cat $$f | nc localhost ${PORT} | diff -u $$f -; done
+	x=0; for f in packets/[0-9]*; do echo ">> $$f"; cat $$f | nc localhost ${PORT} | ${DIFF} -u $$f -; x=$$((x+$$?)); done; exit $$x
 
 pktsplit:
-	for f in packets/[0-9]*; do echo ">> $$f"; ./splittest.pl $$f ${PORT} | diff -u $$f -; done
+	x=0; for f in packets/[0-9]*; do echo ">> $$f"; ./splittest.pl $$f ${PORT} | ${DIFF} -u $$f -; x=$$((x+$$?)); done; exit $$x
 
 pkterr:
 	for f in packets/err-*; do echo ">> $$f"; cat $$f | nc localhost ${PORT}; done
 
 srvstart:
-	./testServer ${PORT} &
-
-srvstartr:
-	./testServer ${PORT} -r &
+	pkill -x testServer; exit 0
+	./testServer ${PORT} -${srv_args} ${srv_recvbuf} &
 
 srvkill:
 	pkill -x testServer
diff --git a/test/splittest.pl b/test/splittest.pl
index 9794390..f467b67 100755
--- a/test/splittest.pl
+++ b/test/splittest.pl
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ use warnings;
 use IO::Socket;
 $| = 1;
 
-print "Usage: splittest.pl <packet file> [<port> [<chunk length> [-v]]]\n" and exit unless @ARGV;
-my $port = $ARGV[1] || 4440;
+print "Usage: splittest.pl <packet file> [[<host>:]<port> [<chunk length> [-v]]]\n" and exit unless @ARGV;
+my ($host, $port) = $ARGV[1] =~ /^(?:([a-z0-9.-]+):)?(\d+)$/i;
+$host ||= 'localhost'; $port ||= 4440;
 my $length = int($ARGV[2] || 1); $length = 1 if $length < 1;
 my $verbose = $ARGV[3];
 
@@ -13,8 +14,7 @@ open FILE, '<', $ARGV[0] or die "$ARGV[0]: $!\n";
 my $file = ''; $file .= $_ while <FILE>;
 close FILE;
 
-my $s = IO::Socket::INET->new(Proto => "tcp", PeerAddr => "localhost", PeerPort => $port) or die "localhost:$port: $!\n";
-$s->autoflush(1);
+my $s = IO::Socket::INET->new(Proto => "tcp", PeerAddr => $host, PeerPort => $port) or die "$host:$port: $!\n";
 
 my $c = 0;
 while ($c < length $file) {
diff --git a/test/testServer.c b/test/testServer.c
index 41b6da7..4d15d68 100644
--- a/test/testServer.c
+++ b/test/testServer.c
@@ -233,6 +233,11 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 					}
 					else
 					{
+						if (verbose >= 2)
+							printf("> %ld bytes\n", nbytes);
+						if (verbose >= 3)
+							printf("> [%.*s]", (int)nbytes, recvbuf);
+
 						// we got some data from a client
 						parsebuf = recvbuf - contbytes;
 						psyc_setParseBuffer2(&parsers[i], parsebuf, contbytes + nbytes);
@@ -434,6 +439,10 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 								case PSYC_PARSE_ROUTING:
 								case PSYC_PARSE_ENTITY:
 								case PSYC_PARSE_ENTITY_END:
+									oper = 0;
+									name.length = 0;
+									value.length = 0;
+
 									if (pname->length >= 5 && memcmp(pname->ptr, "_list", 5) == 0)
 									{
 										if (verbose >= 2)