diff --git a/src/dmr_bs.c b/src/dmr_bs.c
index b22c5b0..a8e2f59 100644
--- a/src/dmr_bs.c
+++ b/src/dmr_bs.c
@@ -702,8 +702,8 @@ void dmrBS (dsd_opts * opts, dsd_state * state)
   }
   else if (state->payload_algid == 0x02)
   {
-    hytera_enhanced_alg_refresh(state);
     state->currentslot = 0;
+    hytera_enhanced_alg_refresh(state);
     dmr_alg_refresh (opts, state);
   }
   if (state->payload_algidR >= 0x21)
@@ -713,8 +713,8 @@ void dmrBS (dsd_opts * opts, dsd_state * state)
   }
   else if (state->payload_algidR == 0x02)
   {
-    hytera_enhanced_alg_refresh(state);
     state->currentslot = 1;
+    hytera_enhanced_alg_refresh(state);
     dmr_alg_refresh (opts, state);
   }
 
@@ -1069,10 +1069,10 @@ void dmrBSBootstrap (dsd_opts * opts, dsd_state * state)
       state->currentslot = 1;
       dmr_alg_refresh (opts, state);
     }
-    else if (state->payload_algid == 0x02)
+    else if (state->payload_algidR == 0x02)
     {
-      hytera_enhanced_alg_refresh(state);
       state->currentslot = 1;
+      hytera_enhanced_alg_refresh(state);
       dmr_alg_refresh (opts, state);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/dsd_alias.c b/src/dsd_alias.c
index 5b2086f..ec70e56 100644
--- a/src/dsd_alias.c
+++ b/src/dsd_alias.c
@@ -581,11 +581,15 @@ void tait_iso7_embedded_alias_decode (dsd_opts * opts, dsd_state * state, uint8_
   for (uint8_t i = 0; i < len; i++)
   {
     alias[i] = (uint8_t)ConvertBitIntoBytes(&input[16+(i*7)], 7);
-    fprintf (stderr, "%c", alias[i]);
+    
+    // fprintf (stderr, "%X,", alias[i]); //debug
+
     if (alias[i] == 0x2C) //change a comma to a dot
       alias[i] = 0x2E;
     else if (alias[i] < 0x20) //change any garble / control chars to a space
       alias[i] = 0x20;
+
+    fprintf (stderr, "%c", alias[i]);
   }
 
   //flag to indicate this already exists in import or group struct
diff --git a/src/rtl_sdr_fm.cpp b/src/rtl_sdr_fm.cpp
index 4e5c2f4..8667475 100644
--- a/src/rtl_sdr_fm.cpp
+++ b/src/rtl_sdr_fm.cpp
@@ -465,27 +465,27 @@ void dc_block_filter(struct demod_state *fm)
 }
 
 long int rms(int16_t *samples, int len, int step)
-/* largely lifted from rtl_power */
 {
 	int i;
-	long int rms;
-	long p, t, s;
-	double dc, err;
+	long int rms_val;
+	int64_t p = 0, t = 0;
+	int64_t s;
 
-	p = t = 0L;
-	for (i=0; i<len; i+=step) {
-		s = (long)samples[i];
+	for (i = 0; i < len; i += step) {
+		s = samples[i];
 		t += s;
 		p += s * s;
 	}
-	/* correct for dc offset in squares */
-	dc = (double)(t*step) / (double)len;
-	err = t * 2 * dc - dc * dc * len;
 
-	rms = (long int)sqrt((p-err) / len);
-	//going with a value that's easy to figure out when its done the thing
-	if (rms < 0){ rms = 999; }
-	return rms;
+	double dc = (double)(t * (int64_t)step) / (double)len;
+	double err = (double)t * 2.0 * dc - dc * dc * (double)len;
+
+	double val = ((double)p - err) / (double)len;
+	if (val < 0.0) val = 0.0;
+
+	rms_val = (long int)sqrt(val);
+	if (rms_val < 0) rms_val = 999;
+	return rms_val;
 }
 
 void full_demod(struct demod_state *d)
@@ -1214,20 +1214,18 @@ void rtl_dev_tune(dsd_opts * opts, long int frequency)
 
 }
 
-//return RMS value (root means square) power level -- used as soft squelch inside of framesync
+static long int prev_rms = 0;
+
 long int rtl_return_rms()
 {
-	long int sr = 0;
-	// #ifdef __arm__
-	// sr = 100;
-	// #else
-	//debug -- on main machine, lp_len is around 6420, so this probably contributes to very high CPU usage
-	// fprintf (stderr, "LP_LEN: %d \n", demod.lp_len);
-	//I've found that just using a sample size of 160 will give us a good approximation without killing the CPU
-	// sr = rms(demod.lowpassed, demod.lp_len, 1);
-	sr = rms(demod.lowpassed, 160, 1); //I wonder what a reasonable value would be for #2 (input len) there
-	// #endif
-	return (sr);
+
+	long int sr = rms(demod.lowpassed, 512, 1); //change 512 to 160 if using too much CPU
+
+	// simple 4-block IIR average for stability
+	sr = (prev_rms * 3 + sr) / 4;
+	prev_rms = sr;
+
+	return sr;
 }
 
 //simple function to clear the rtl sample queue when tuning and during other events (ncurses menu open/close)