diff --git a/htmlparser/gwt2/build.sh b/htmlparser/gwt2/build.sh
index dddf8846..f17e45fc 100755
--- a/htmlparser/gwt2/build.sh
+++ b/htmlparser/gwt2/build.sh
@@ -3,19 +3,22 @@
 #
 # Autodownload Parser
 #  from mozilla HG.
-# TODO: specific specific releases
+# TODO: use specific releases
 #
 PARSER=htmlparser
 
 #
 # Use mozilla trunk
 #
+echo "HG update from http://hg.mozilla.org/projects/htmlparser"
 if [ ! -d "${PARSER}" ]; then
     hg clone http://hg.mozilla.org/projects/htmlparser
 else
     (cd "${PARSER}"; hg pull; hg update )
 fi
+echo "----"
 
+echo "Installing GWT"
 
 #
 # Autodownload GWT
@@ -28,15 +31,17 @@ if [ ! -d "${GWT}" ]; then
     wget "http://google-web-toolkit.googlecode.com/files/${GWT_ZIP}"
     unzip ${GWT_ZIP}
 fi
+echo "----"
 
-echo "Starting GWT compile..."
 CP="./src:./${PARSER}/src:./${PARSER}/super:./${GWT}/gwt-user.jar:./${GWT}/gwt-dev.jar"
 
 # Compile a new GWT linker.  Very simple to Single Script Linker but
 # removes all the "bootstrap" and client (real browser) onScriptLoad
 # events, etc.
+echo "Javac our linker"
 javac -cp ${CP} src/com/envjs/gwt/linker/ServerSingleScriptLinker.java
 
+echo "Starting GWT..."
 java \
     -Xmx256M \
     -cp "${CP}" \
@@ -46,7 +51,7 @@ java \
     nu.validator.htmlparser.HtmlParser;
 
 #    -draftCompile \
-
+echo "----"
 echo "COPY to envjs src tree"
 cp war/nu.validator.htmlparser.HtmlParser/nu.validator.htmlparser.HtmlParser.nocache.js ../../src/parser/htmlparser.js
 
diff --git a/htmlparser/gwt2/src/nu/validator/htmlparser/gwt/HtmlParser.java b/htmlparser/gwt2/src/nu/validator/htmlparser/gwt/HtmlParser.java
index 510cc75d..eab4a9eb 100644
--- a/htmlparser/gwt2/src/nu/validator/htmlparser/gwt/HtmlParser.java
+++ b/htmlparser/gwt2/src/nu/validator/htmlparser/gwt/HtmlParser.java
@@ -144,16 +144,73 @@ private void tokenize(String source, final boolean useSetTimeouts, String contex
                 pump(useSetTimeouts);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * pump pushes tokens out to the parser (I believe).
+     *
+     * The default version of this (same file/directory but in the
+     * htmlparser/src-gwt directory, works file.  However this has
+     * been hacked for the "useSetTimeout" flag which corresponses to
+     * the doc.async flag (with async --> use SetTimeouts).
+     *
+     * The async version parses a token then calls SetTimeout with 1ms,
+     * to be called again inorder to get another token.  This lets other
+     * tasks in the timer run (perhaps networking) or pre-empty the parser.
+     *
+     * The Sync version just repeatably calls pumpcore
+     */
     private void pump(boolean useSetTimeouts) throws SAXException {
 
-    	
+	if (pumpcore()) {
+	    return;
+	}
+
+        if(useSetTimeouts){
+	        // schedule
+	        Timer timer = new Timer() {
+	
+	            @Override public void run() {
+	                try {
+	                    pump(true);
+	                } catch (SAXException e) {
+	                    ending = true;
+	                    if (errorHandler != null) {
+	                        try {
+	                            errorHandler.fatalError(new SAXParseException(
+	                                    e.getMessage(), null, null, -1, -1, e));
+	                        } catch (SAXException e1) {
+	                        }
+	                    }
+	                }
+	            }
+	
+	        };
+	        timer.schedule(1);
+        }else{
+	    try {
+                while (!pumpcore()) { }
+            } catch (SAXException e) {
+                ending = true;
+                if (errorHandler != null) {
+                    try {
+                        errorHandler.fatalError(new SAXParseException(
+                                e.getMessage(), null, null, -1, -1, e));
+                    } catch (SAXException e1) {
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private boolean pumpcore() throws SAXException {
+
         if (ending) {
             tokenizer.end();
             domTreeBuilder.getDocument(); // drops the internal reference
             parseEndListener.parseComplete();
             // Don't schedule timeout
-            return;
-        }
+            return true;
+        }    	
+
 
         int docWriteLen = documentWriteBuffer.length();
         if (docWriteLen > 0) {
@@ -194,42 +251,8 @@ private void pump(boolean useSetTimeouts) throws SAXException {
                 continue;
             }
         }
+	return false;
 
-        if(useSetTimeouts){
-	        // schedule
-	        Timer timer = new Timer() {
-	
-	            @Override public void run() {
-	                try {
-	                    pump(true);
-	                } catch (SAXException e) {
-	                    ending = true;
-	                    if (errorHandler != null) {
-	                        try {
-	                            errorHandler.fatalError(new SAXParseException(
-	                                    e.getMessage(), null, null, -1, -1, e));
-	                        } catch (SAXException e1) {
-	                        }
-	                    }
-	                }
-	            }
-	
-	        };
-	        timer.schedule(1);
-        }else{
-        	try {
-                pump(false);
-            } catch (SAXException e) {
-                ending = true;
-                if (errorHandler != null) {
-                    try {
-                        errorHandler.fatalError(new SAXParseException(
-                                e.getMessage(), null, null, -1, -1, e));
-                    } catch (SAXException e1) {
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
     }
 
     private void push(UTF16Buffer buffer) {