diff --git a/client/lualibs/utils.lua b/client/lualibs/utils.lua
index 9dcb49c7b..b86b016bd 100644
--- a/client/lualibs/utils.lua
+++ b/client/lualibs/utils.lua
@@ -285,14 +285,15 @@ local Utils =
 		return rev
 	end,
 	
-	ConvertHexToAscii = function(s)
+	ConvertHexToAscii = function(s, useSafechars)
 		if s == nil then return '' end
 		if #s == 0 then return '' end
 		local t={}
 		for k in s:gmatch"(%x%x)" do
-			local n = tonumber(k,16)
+
+			local n = tonumber(k,16)		
 			local c 
-			if  (n < 32) or (n == 127) then
+			if useSafechars and ( (n < 32) or (n == 127) ) then
 				c = '.';
 			else
 				c = string.char(n)
diff --git a/client/scripts/tnp3dump.lua b/client/scripts/tnp3dump.lua
index f3d377f71..613cf5819 100644
--- a/client/scripts/tnp3dump.lua
+++ b/client/scripts/tnp3dump.lua
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Arguments:
 	-o             : filename for the saved dumps
 ]]
 local RANDOM = '20436F707972696768742028432920323031302041637469766973696F6E2E20416C6C205269676874732052657365727665642E20'
-local TIMEOUT = 2000 -- Shouldn't take longer than 2 seconds
+local TIMEOUT = 2500 -- Shouldn't take longer than 2 seconds
 local DEBUG = false -- the debug flag
 local numBlocks = 64
 local numSectors = 16
@@ -80,17 +80,17 @@ local function readdumpkeys(infile)
 end
 
 local function waitCmd()
-	local response = core.WaitForResponseTimeout(cmds.CMD_ACK,TIMEOUT)
+	local response = core.WaitForResponseTimeout(cmds.CMD_ACK, TIMEOUT)
 	if response then
-		local count,cmd,arg0 = bin.unpack('LL',response)
+		local count, cmd, arg0 = bin.unpack('LL',response)
 		if(arg0==1) then
 			local count,arg1,arg2,data = bin.unpack('LLH511',response,count)
 			return data:sub(1,32)
 		else
-			return nil, "Couldn't read block.." 
+			return nil, "Couldn't read block.. ["..arg0.."]"
 		end
 	end
-	return nil, "No response from device"
+	return nil, 'No response from device'
 end
 
 local function main(args)
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ local function main(args)
 	if usePreCalc then
 		local pre = require('precalc')
 		akeys = pre.GetAll(result.uid)
+		dbg(akeys)
 	else
 		print('Loading dumpkeys.bin')
 		local hex, err = utils.ReadDumpFile(input)
@@ -159,7 +160,8 @@ local function main(args)
 	end
 	
 	-- Read block 0
-	cmd = Command:new{cmd = cmds.CMD_MIFARE_READBL, arg1 = 0,arg2 = 0,arg3 = 0, data = keyA}
+	dbg('Reading block 0')
+	cmd = Command:new{cmd = cmds.CMD_MIFARE_READBL, arg1 = 0, arg2 = 0, arg3 = 0, data = keyA}
 	err = core.SendCommand(cmd:getBytes())
 	if err then return oops(err) end
 	local block0, err = waitCmd()
@@ -168,7 +170,8 @@ local function main(args)
 	core.clearCommandBuffer()
 	
 	-- Read block 1
-	cmd = Command:new{cmd = cmds.CMD_MIFARE_READBL, arg1 = 1,arg2 = 0,arg3 = 0, data = keyA}
+	dbg('Reading block 1')
+	cmd = Command:new{cmd = cmds.CMD_MIFARE_READBL, arg1 = 1, arg2 = 0, arg3 = 0, data = keyA}
 	err = core.SendCommand(cmd:getBytes())
 	if err then return oops(err) end
 	local block1, err = waitCmd()
@@ -187,6 +190,8 @@ local function main(args)
 	io.write('Reading blocks > ')
 	for blockNo = 0, numBlocks-1, 1 do
 
+		io.flush()
+		
 		if core.ukbhit() then
 			print("aborted by user")
 			break
diff --git a/client/scripts/ufodump.lua b/client/scripts/ufodump.lua
index f1e4be1e9..65d779f02 100644
--- a/client/scripts/ufodump.lua
+++ b/client/scripts/ufodump.lua
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ end
 -- @param usbpacket the data received from the device
 function showdata(blockno, data)
 	local xorkey = '55AA55AA55AA55AA6262'
-	--local s = data.." | "..utils.ConvertHexToAscii(data).." | "
 	local s = data.." | "
 	local dex = ''
 	local rs 
@@ -86,7 +85,6 @@ function showdata(blockno, data)
 		end
 		dex = (dex..'%04X'):format(rs)
 	end 
-	--s = s..dex.." | "..utils.ConvertHexToAscii(dex)
 	s = s..dex.." | "
 	print( (" %02d | %s"):format(blockno,s))
 end