diff --git a/js/ccnxProtocol/modules/ndn-js.jsm b/js/ccnxProtocol/modules/ndn-js.jsm
index 8134e79..39c7661 100644
--- a/js/ccnxProtocol/modules/ndn-js.jsm
+++ b/js/ccnxProtocol/modules/ndn-js.jsm
@@ -2548,10 +2548,8 @@
 		length) {
 
 
-	if ((null == blob) || (length == 0)) {
-
+	if (null == blob)
 		return;
-	}
 	
 	if(LOG>4) console.log('LENGTH OF XML_BLOB IS '+length);
 	
@@ -3159,15 +3157,10 @@
 
 BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.decodeTypeAndVal = function() {
 	
-	/*int*/next;
-	/*int*/type = -1;
-	/*long*/val = 0;
-	/*boolean*/more = true;
+	/*int*/var type = -1;
+	/*long*/var val = 0;
+	/*boolean*/var more = true;
 
-	
-	//var savedOffset = this.offset;
-	var count = 0;
-	
 	do {
 		
 		var next = this.istream[this.offset ];
@@ -3249,14 +3242,11 @@
 	//
 	//byte [] 
 
-	bytes = this.istream.slice(this.offset, this.offset+ blobLength);
+	var bytes = this.istream.slice(this.offset, this.offset+ blobLength);
 	this.offset += blobLength;
 	
 	//int 
 	return bytes;
-	
-	count = 0;
-
 };
 
 var count =0;