diff --git a/src/erasure.rs b/src/erasure.rs
index ad922e301c..782592f27a 100644
--- a/src/erasure.rs
+++ b/src/erasure.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 // Support erasure coding
 
-use packet::{BlobRecycler, SharedBlob};
+use packet::{BlobRecycler, SharedBlob, BLOB_FLAG_IS_CODING};
 use std::result;
 
 //TODO(sakridge) pick these values
-const NUM_CODED: usize = 10;
-const MAX_MISSING: usize = 2;
+const NUM_CODED: usize = 3;
+const MAX_MISSING: usize = 1;
 const NUM_DATA: usize = NUM_CODED - MAX_MISSING;
 
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
@@ -73,12 +73,14 @@ pub fn generate_coding_blocks(coding: &mut [&mut [u8]], data: &[&[u8]]) -> Resul
     let mut data_arg = Vec::new();
     for block in data {
         if block_len != block.len() {
+            trace!("data block size incorrect {} expected {}", block.len(), block_len);
             return Err(ErasureError::InvalidBlockSize);
         }
         data_arg.push(block.as_ptr());
     }
     for mut block in coding {
         if block_len != block.len() {
+            trace!("coding block size incorrect {} expected {}", block.len(), block_len);
             return Err(ErasureError::InvalidBlockSize);
         }
         coding_arg.push(block.as_mut_ptr());
@@ -153,8 +155,8 @@ pub fn decode_blocks(data: &mut [&mut [u8]], coding: &[&[u8]], erasures: &[i32])
 // Allocate some coding blobs and insert into the blobs array
 pub fn add_coding_blobs(recycler: &BlobRecycler, blobs: &mut Vec<SharedBlob>, consumed: u64) {
     let num_data_segments = blobs.len() / NUM_DATA;
-    trace!(
-        "num_data: {} blobs.len(): {}",
+    info!(
+        "add_coding num_data: {} blobs.len(): {}",
         num_data_segments,
         blobs.len()
     );
@@ -164,6 +166,10 @@ pub fn add_coding_blobs(recycler: &BlobRecycler, blobs: &mut Vec<SharedBlob>, co
             trace!("putting coding at {}", j);
             if j <= blobs.len() {
                 let new_blob = recycler.allocate();
+                let new_blob_clone = new_blob.clone();
+                let mut new_blob_l = new_blob_clone.write().unwrap();
+                new_blob_l.meta.size = new_blob_l.data().len();
+                drop(new_blob_l);
                 blobs.insert(j, new_blob);
             }
         }
@@ -180,8 +186,8 @@ pub fn generate_coding(window: &mut Vec<Option<SharedBlob>>, consumed: usize) ->
     let mut coding_ptrs: Vec<&mut [u8]> = Vec::new();
 
     let block_start = consumed - (consumed % NUM_CODED);
-    trace!(
-        "generate start: {} end: {}",
+    info!(
+        "generate_coding start: {} end: {}",
         block_start,
         block_start + NUM_DATA
     );
@@ -198,12 +204,17 @@ pub fn generate_coding(window: &mut Vec<Option<SharedBlob>>, consumed: usize) ->
                 .expect("'data_blobs' arr in pub fn generate_coding"),
         );
     }
+    let mut max_data_size = 0;
     for b in &data_blobs {
-        data_locks.push(b.write().expect("'b' write lock in pub fn generate_coding"));
+        let lck = b.write().expect("'b' write lock in pub fn generate_coding");
+        if lck.meta.size > max_data_size {
+            max_data_size = lck.meta.size;
+        }
+        data_locks.push(lck);
     }
     for (i, l) in data_locks.iter_mut().enumerate() {
         trace!("i: {} data: {}", i, l.data[0]);
-        data_ptrs.push(&l.data);
+        data_ptrs.push(&l.data()[..max_data_size]);
     }
 
     // generate coding ptr array
@@ -215,6 +226,10 @@ pub fn generate_coding(window: &mut Vec<Option<SharedBlob>>, consumed: usize) ->
             trace!("coding block is null @ {}", n);
             return Ok(());
         }
+        let w_l = window[n].clone().unwrap();
+        w_l.write().unwrap().meta.size = max_data_size;
+        let flags = w_l.write().unwrap().get_flags().unwrap();
+        w_l.write().unwrap().set_flags(flags | BLOB_FLAG_IS_CODING);
         coding_blobs.push(
             window[n]
                 .clone()
@@ -229,7 +244,7 @@ pub fn generate_coding(window: &mut Vec<Option<SharedBlob>>, consumed: usize) ->
     }
     for (i, l) in coding_locks.iter_mut().enumerate() {
         trace!("i: {} coding: {}", i, l.data[0]);
-        coding_ptrs.push(&mut l.data);
+        coding_ptrs.push(&mut l.data_mut()[..max_data_size]);
     }
 
     generate_coding_blocks(coding_ptrs.as_mut_slice(), &data_ptrs)?;
@@ -252,12 +267,12 @@ pub fn recover(
     let block_start = consumed - (consumed % NUM_CODED);
     let coding_start = block_start + NUM_DATA;
     let coding_end = block_start + NUM_CODED;
-    trace!(
-        "block_start: {} coding_start: {} coding_end: {}",
+    /*info!(
+        "recover: block_start: {} coding_start: {} coding_end: {}",
         block_start,
         coding_start,
         coding_end
-    );
+    );*/
     for i in block_start..coding_end {
         let n = i % window.len();
         if window[n].is_none() {
@@ -268,9 +283,9 @@ pub fn recover(
             }
         }
     }
-    trace!("missing: data: {} coding: {}", data_missing, coded_missing);
     if data_missing > 0 {
         if (data_missing + coded_missing) <= MAX_MISSING {
+            trace!("recovering: data: {} coding: {}", data_missing, coded_missing);
             let mut blobs: Vec<SharedBlob> = Vec::new();
             let mut locks = Vec::new();
             let mut data_ptrs: Vec<&mut [u8]> = Vec::new();
@@ -322,6 +337,10 @@ mod test {
     use erasure;
     use logger;
     use packet::{BlobRecycler, SharedBlob};
+    use crdt;
+    use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
+    use signature::KeyPair;
+    use signature::KeyPairUtil;
 
     #[test]
     pub fn test_coding() {
@@ -377,10 +396,11 @@ mod test {
         for (i, w) in window.iter().enumerate() {
             print!("window({}): ", i);
             if w.is_some() {
-                let window_lock = w.clone().unwrap();
-                let window_data = window_lock.read().unwrap().data;
+                let window_l1 = w.clone().unwrap();
+                let window_l2 = window_l1.read().unwrap();
+                print!("index: {:?} meta.size: {} data: ", window_l2.get_index(), window_l2.meta.size);
                 for i in 0..8 {
-                    print!("{} ", window_data[i]);
+                    print!("{} ", window_l2.data()[i]);
                 }
             } else {
                 print!("null");
@@ -400,8 +420,6 @@ mod test {
             let b = blob_recycler.allocate();
             let b_ = b.clone();
             let mut w = b.write().unwrap();
-            w.set_index(i as u64).unwrap();
-            assert_eq!(i as u64, w.get_index().unwrap());
             w.meta.size = data_len;
             for k in 0..data_len {
                 w.data_mut()[k] = (k + i) as u8;
@@ -409,8 +427,20 @@ mod test {
             blobs.push(b_);
         }
         erasure::add_coding_blobs(blob_recycler, &mut blobs, offset as u64);
+
+        let d = crdt::ReplicatedData::new(
+            KeyPair::new().pubkey(),
+            "127.0.0.1:1234".parse().unwrap(),
+            "127.0.0.1:1235".parse().unwrap(),
+            "127.0.0.1:1236".parse().unwrap(),
+            "127.0.0.1:1237".parse().unwrap(),
+        );
+        let crdt = Arc::new(RwLock::new(crdt::Crdt::new(d.clone())));
+
+        assert!(crdt::Crdt::index_blobs(&crdt, &blobs, &mut (offset as u64)).is_ok());
         for (i, b) in blobs.into_iter().enumerate() {
-            window[i] = Some(b);
+            let idx = b.read().unwrap().get_index().unwrap() as usize;
+            window[idx] = Some(b);
         }
         window
     }
@@ -422,7 +452,7 @@ mod test {
         let blob_recycler = BlobRecycler::default();
 
         // Generate a window
-        let offset = 4;
+        let offset = 1;
         let mut window = generate_window(data_len, &blob_recycler, 0);
         println!("** after-gen-window:");
         print_window(&window);
@@ -432,9 +462,10 @@ mod test {
         println!("** after-gen-coding:");
         print_window(&window);
 
+        let erase_offset = offset;
         // Create a hole in the window
-        let refwindow = window[offset + 1].clone();
-        window[offset + 1] = None;
+        let refwindow = window[erase_offset].clone();
+        window[erase_offset] = None;
 
         // Recover it from coding
         assert!(erasure::recover(&blob_recycler, &mut window, offset).is_ok());
@@ -442,12 +473,14 @@ mod test {
         print_window(&window);
 
         // Check the result
-        let window_l = window[offset + 1].clone().unwrap();
+        let window_l = window[erase_offset].clone().unwrap();
         let ref_l = refwindow.clone().unwrap();
         assert_eq!(
             window_l.read().unwrap().data()[..data_len],
             ref_l.read().unwrap().data()[..data_len]
         );
+        assert_eq!(window_l.read().unwrap().meta.size, data_len);
+        assert_eq!(window_l.read().unwrap().get_index().unwrap(), erase_offset as u64);
     }
 
     //TODO This needs to be reworked
diff --git a/src/packet.rs b/src/packet.rs
index 4441565ef4..d7d6b0020f 100644
--- a/src/packet.rs
+++ b/src/packet.rs
@@ -271,6 +271,9 @@ pub fn to_blobs<T: Serialize>(
 
 const BLOB_INDEX_END: usize = size_of::<u64>();
 const BLOB_ID_END: usize = BLOB_INDEX_END + size_of::<usize>() + size_of::<PublicKey>();
+const BLOB_FLAGS_END: usize = BLOB_ID_END + size_of::<u32>();
+
+pub const BLOB_FLAG_IS_CODING: u32 = 0x1;
 
 impl Blob {
     pub fn get_index(&self) -> Result<u64> {
@@ -297,14 +300,27 @@ impl Blob {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    pub fn get_flags(&self) -> Result<u32> {
+        let mut rdr = io::Cursor::new(&self.data[BLOB_ID_END..BLOB_FLAGS_END]);
+        let r = rdr.read_u32::<LittleEndian>()?;
+        Ok(r)
+    }
+
+    pub fn set_flags(&mut self, ix: u32) -> Result<()> {
+        let mut wtr = vec![];
+        wtr.write_u32::<LittleEndian>(ix)?;
+        self.data[BLOB_ID_END..BLOB_FLAGS_END].clone_from_slice(&wtr);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     pub fn data(&self) -> &[u8] {
-        &self.data[BLOB_ID_END..]
+        &self.data[BLOB_FLAGS_END..]
     }
     pub fn data_mut(&mut self) -> &mut [u8] {
-        &mut self.data[BLOB_ID_END..]
+        &mut self.data[BLOB_FLAGS_END..]
     }
     pub fn set_size(&mut self, size: usize) {
-        self.meta.size = size + BLOB_ID_END;
+        self.meta.size = size + BLOB_FLAGS_END;
     }
     pub fn recv_from(re: &BlobRecycler, socket: &UdpSocket) -> Result<VecDeque<SharedBlob>> {
         let mut v = VecDeque::new();
diff --git a/src/streamer.rs b/src/streamer.rs
index 86ad3264c9..4600ec110d 100644
--- a/src/streamer.rs
+++ b/src/streamer.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 use crdt::Crdt;
 #[cfg(feature = "erasure")]
 use erasure;
-use packet::{Blob, BlobRecycler, PacketRecycler, SharedBlob, SharedPackets, BLOB_SIZE};
+use packet::{Blob, BlobRecycler, PacketRecycler, SharedBlob, SharedPackets, BLOB_SIZE, BLOB_FLAG_IS_CODING};
 use result::{Error, Result};
 use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use std::net::{SocketAddr, UdpSocket};
@@ -290,6 +290,11 @@ fn recv_window(
                 if window[k].is_none() {
                     break;
                 }
+                let w_l1 = window[k].clone().unwrap();
+                let w_l2 = w_l1.read().unwrap();
+                if (w_l2.get_flags().unwrap() & BLOB_FLAG_IS_CODING) != 0 {
+                    break;
+                }
                 contq.push_back(window[k].clone().expect("clone in fn recv_window"));
                 window[k] = None;
                 *consumed += 1;