diff --git a/ykval-common.php b/ykval-common.php
index ce4c9ce..6e7395e 100644
--- a/ykval-common.php
+++ b/ykval-common.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ function getHttpVal($key, $defaultVal) {
   	return $v;
 }
 
-function debug() {
+function log_format() {
   $str = "";
   foreach (func_get_args() as $msg)
     {
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ function debug() {
 	$str .= $msg . " ";
       }
     }
-  global $ykval_common_log;
-  $ykval_common_log->log(LOG_DEBUG, $str);
+  return $str;
 }
 
 // Return eg. 2008-11-21T06:11:55Z0711
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ function UnixToDbTime($unix)
 
 // Sign a http query string in the array of key-value pairs
 // return b64 encoded hmac hash
-function sign($a, $apiKey) {
+function sign($a, $apiKey, $logger) {
 	ksort($a);
 	$qs = urldecode(http_build_query($a));
 
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ function sign($a, $apiKey) {
 	$hmac = hash_hmac('sha1', utf8_encode($qs), $apiKey, true);
 	$hmac = base64_encode($hmac);
 
-	debug('SIGN: ' . $qs . ' H=' . $hmac);
+	$logger->log(LOG_DEBUG, 'SIGN: ' . $qs . ' H=' . $hmac);
 
 	return $hmac;
 
@@ -117,18 +116,18 @@ function modhex2b64 ($modhex_str) {
 // long as one of the URLs given work, data will be returned.  If all
 // URLs fail, data from some URL that did not match parameter $match
 // (defaults to ^OK) is returned, or if all URLs failed, false.
-function retrieveURLasync ($urls, $ans_req=1, $match="^OK", $returl=False) {
+function retrieveURLasync ($ident, $urls, $logger, $ans_req=1, $match="^OK", $returl=False, $timeout=10) {
   $mh = curl_multi_init();
 
   $ch = array();
   foreach ($urls as $id => $url) {
     $handle = curl_init();
-    debug("url is: " . $url);
+    $logger->log($ident . " adding URL : " . $url);
     curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
     curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "YK-VAL");
     curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
     curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_FAILONERROR, true);
-    curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 10);
+    curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, $timeout);
 
     curl_multi_add_handle($mh, $handle);
 
@@ -144,17 +143,17 @@ function retrieveURLasync ($urls, $ans_req=1, $match="^OK", $returl=False) {
       ;
 
     while ($info = curl_multi_info_read($mh)) {
-      debug ("YK-KSM multi", $info);
+      $logger->log($ident . " curl multi info : ", $info);
       if ($info['result'] == CURLE_OK) {
 	$str = curl_multi_getcontent($info['handle']);
-	debug($str);
+	$logger->log($ident . " curl multi content : " . $str);
 	if (preg_match("/".$match."/", $str)) {
+	  $logger->log($ident . " response matches " . $match);
 	  $error = curl_error ($info['handle']);
 	  $errno = curl_errno ($info['handle']);
 	  $cinfo = curl_getinfo ($info['handle']);
-	  debug("YK-KSM errno/error: " . $errno . "/" . $error, $cinfo);
+	  $logger->log($ident . " errno/error: " . $errno . "/" . $error, $cinfo);
 	  $ans_count++;
-	  debug("found entry");
 	  if ($returl) $ans_arr[]="url=" . $cinfo['url'] . "\n" . $str;
 	  else $ans_arr[]=$str;
 	}
@@ -166,8 +165,7 @@ function retrieveURLasync ($urls, $ans_req=1, $match="^OK", $returl=False) {
 	  }
 	  curl_multi_close ($mh);
 
-	  if ($ans_count==1) return $ans_arr[0];
-	  else return $ans_arr;
+	  return $ans_arr;
 	}
 
 	curl_multi_remove_handle ($mh, $info['handle']);
@@ -185,6 +183,7 @@ function retrieveURLasync ($urls, $ans_req=1, $match="^OK", $returl=False) {
   }
   curl_multi_close ($mh);
 
+  if ($ans_count>0) return $ans_arr;
   return $str;
 }
 
@@ -198,17 +197,20 @@ function retrieveURLsimple ($url, $match="^OK") {
 }
 
 // $otp: A yubikey OTP
-function KSMdecryptOTP($urls) {
+function KSMdecryptOTP($urls, $logger) {
   $ret = array();
   if (!is_array($urls)) {
     $response = retrieveURLsimple ($urls);
   } elseif (count($urls) == 1) {
     $response = retrieveURLsimple ($urls[0]);
   } else {
-    $response = retrieveURLasync ($urls);
+    $response = retrieveURLasync ("YK-KSM", $urls, $logger, $ans_req=1, $match="^OK", $returl=False, $timeout=10);
+    if (is_array($response)) {
+      $response = $response[0];
+    }
   }
   if ($response) {
-    debug("YK-KSM response: " . $response);
+    $logger->log(LOG_DEBUG, log_format("YK-KSM response: ", $response));
   }
   if (sscanf ($response,
 	      "OK counter=%04x low=%04x high=%02x use=%02x",
@@ -229,7 +231,7 @@ function sendResp($status, $logger, $apiKey = '', $extra = null) {
   if ($extra){
     foreach ($extra as $param => $value) $a[$param] = $value;
   }
-  $h = sign($a, $apiKey);
+  $h = sign($a, $apiKey, $logger);
 
   $str = "h=" . $h . "\r\n";
   $str .= "t=" . ($a['t']) . "\r\n";
diff --git a/ykval-sync.php b/ykval-sync.php
index 55e1a53..c9fe517 100644
--- a/ykval-sync.php
+++ b/ykval-sync.php
@@ -117,15 +117,6 @@ if (!$localParams) {
   exit;
  }
 
-if ($localParams['active'] != 1) {
-  /* The remote server has accepted an OTP from a YubiKey which we would not. We update our
-   * counters
-   */
-  $myLog->log(LOG_WARNING, 'Received sync-request for de-activated Yubikey ' . $yk_publicname .
-	      ' - check database synchronization!!!');
-}
-
-
 /* Conditional update local database */
 $sync->updateDbCounters($syncParams);
 
@@ -172,7 +163,15 @@ if ($sync->countersEqual($localParams, $syncParams)) {
   }
  }
 
-
+if ($localParams['active'] != 1) {
+  /* The remote server has accepted an OTP from a YubiKey which we would not.
+   * We still needed to update our counters with the counters from the OTP though.
+   */
+  $myLog->log(LOG_WARNING, 'Received sync-request for de-activated Yubikey ' . $yk_publicname .
+	      ' - check database synchronization!!!');
+  sendResp(S_BAD_OTP, $apiKey);
+  exit;
+}
 
 $extra=array('modified'=>$localParams['modified'],
 	     'nonce'=>$localParams['nonce'],
diff --git a/ykval-synclib.php b/ykval-synclib.php
index f990c42..f96e2d9 100644
--- a/ykval-synclib.php
+++ b/ykval-synclib.php
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ class SyncLib
     /*
      Send out requests
     */
-    $ans_arr=$this->retrieveURLasync($urls, $ans_req, $timeout);
+    $ans_arr=$this->retrieveURLasync_wrap($urls, $ans_req, $timeout);
 
     if (!is_array($ans_arr)) {
       $this->log(LOG_WARNING, 'No responses from validation server pool');
@@ -516,84 +516,9 @@ class SyncLib
     else return 0;
   }
 
-
-  /*
-   This function takes a list of URLs.  It will return the content of
-   the first successfully retrieved URL, whose content matches ^OK.
-   The request are sent asynchronously.  Some of the URLs can fail
-   with unknown host, connection errors, or network timeout, but as
-   long as one of the URLs given work, data will be returned.  If all
-   URLs fail, data from some URL that did not match parameter $match
-   (defaults to ^OK) is returned, or if all URLs failed, false.
-  */
-  function retrieveURLasync ($urls, $ans_req=1, $timeout=1.0) {
-    $mh = curl_multi_init();
-
-    $ch = array();
-    foreach ($urls as $id => $url) {
-      $this->log(LOG_DEBUG, "url in retrieveURLasync is " . $url);
-      $handle = curl_init();
-
-      curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
-      curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "YK-VAL");
-      curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
-      curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_FAILONERROR, true);
-      curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, $timeout);
-
-      curl_multi_add_handle($mh, $handle);
-
-      $ch[$handle] = $handle;
-    }
-
-    $str = false;
-    $ans_count = 0;
-    $ans_arr = array();
-
-    do {
-      while (($mrc = curl_multi_exec($mh, $active)) == CURLM_CALL_MULTI_PERFORM)
-	;
-
-      while ($info = curl_multi_info_read($mh)) {
-	debug ("YK-KSM multi", $info);
-	if ($info['result'] == CURLE_OK) {
-	  $str = curl_multi_getcontent($info['handle']);
-	  if (preg_match("/status=OK/", $str)) {
-	    $error = curl_error ($info['handle']);
-	    $errno = curl_errno ($info['handle']);
-	    $cinfo = curl_getinfo ($info['handle']);
-	    debug("YK-KSM errno/error: " . $errno . "/" . $error, $cinfo);
-	    $ans_count++;
-	    $ans_arr[]="url=" . $cinfo['url'] . "\n" . $str;
-	  }
-
-	  if ($ans_count >= $ans_req) {
-	    foreach ($ch as $h) {
-	      curl_multi_remove_handle ($mh, $h);
-	      curl_close ($h);
-	    }
-	    curl_multi_close ($mh);
-
-	    return $ans_arr;
-	  }
-
-	  curl_multi_remove_handle ($mh, $info['handle']);
-	  curl_close ($info['handle']);
-	  unset ($ch[$info['handle']]);
-	}
-
-	curl_multi_select ($mh);
-      }
-    } while($active);
-
-
-    foreach ($ch as $h) {
-      curl_multi_remove_handle ($mh, $h);
-      curl_close ($h);
-    }
-    curl_multi_close ($mh);
-
-    if ($ans_count>0) return $ans_arr;
-    else return $str;
+  function retrieveURLasync_wrap ($urls, $ans_req=1, $timeout=1.0)
+  {
+    return retrieveURLasync("YK-VAL sync", $urls, $this->myLog, $ans_req, $match="status=OK", $returl=True, $timeout);
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/ykval-verify.php b/ykval-verify.php
index 58a5cfa..e466190 100644
--- a/ykval-verify.php
+++ b/ykval-verify.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ if (preg_match("/\/wsapi\/([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\//", $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], $out)
   $protocol_version=1.0;
  }
 
-$myLog->log(LOG_INFO, "found protocol version " . $protocol_version);
+$myLog->log(LOG_DEBUG, "found protocol version " . $protocol_version);
 
 /* Extract values from HTTP request
  */
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ if ($h != '') {
   }
   unset($a['h']);
 
-  $hmac = sign($a, $apiKey);
+  $hmac = sign($a, $apiKey, $myLog);
   // Compare it
   if ($hmac != $h) {
     $myLog->log(LOG_DEBUG, 'client hmac=' . $h . ', server hmac=' . $hmac);
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ if (!is_array($urls)) {
 
 //// Decode OTP from input
 //
-$otpinfo = KSMdecryptOTP($urls);
+$otpinfo = KSMdecryptOTP($urls, $myLog);
 if (!is_array($otpinfo)) {
   sendResp(S_BAD_OTP, $myLog, $apiKey);
   exit;