diff --git a/README b/README
index 1b2e70bb..c88cec5c 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Run "autoreconf -fi" to create configure.
 
-This is still pre-alpha software.  Below we list things that should be
+This is still alpha software.  Below we list things that should be
 implemented (in order of importance) before we can claim to be
 reasonably complete.  #XXXX refers to the respective Mantis bug report
 (or feature request).  ARCH indicates that implementing this feature
diff --git a/src/daemon/connection.c b/src/daemon/connection.c
index 505e4aad..4315a5bc 100644
--- a/src/daemon/connection.c
+++ b/src/daemon/connection.c
@@ -1128,6 +1128,7 @@ MHD_connection_handle_write(struct MHD_Connection * connection) {
     connection->continuePos = 0;
     connection->responseCode = 0;
     connection->response = NULL;
+    connection->headers_received = NULL;
     connection->headersReceived = 0;
     connection->headersSent = 0;
     connection->bodyReceived = 0;