diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/nutch/crawl/GeneratorMapper.java b/src/java/org/apache/nutch/crawl/GeneratorMapper.java
index 29c00c79f2..aafebd7ba4 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/nutch/crawl/GeneratorMapper.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/nutch/crawl/GeneratorMapper.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.apache.nutch.crawl;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.nutch.crawl.GeneratorJob.SelectorEntry;
@@ -62,6 +63,9 @@ public void map(String reversedUrl, WebPage page,
     } catch (URLFilterException e) {
       GeneratorJob.LOG.warn("Couldn't filter url: " + url + " (" + e.getMessage() + ")");
       return;
+    } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+      GeneratorJob.LOG.warn("Couldn't filter url: " + url + " (" + e.getMessage() + ")");
+      return;
     }
 
     // check fetch schedule
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/nutch/crawl/GeneratorReducer.java b/src/java/org/apache/nutch/crawl/GeneratorReducer.java
index fce196258b..c3ebb923cb 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/nutch/crawl/GeneratorReducer.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/nutch/crawl/GeneratorReducer.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+
 import org.apache.avro.util.Utf8;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.nutch.crawl.GeneratorJob.SelectorEntry;
@@ -73,7 +75,11 @@ protected void reduce(SelectorEntry key, Iterable<WebPage> values,
       }
 
       Mark.GENERATE_MARK.putMark(page, batchId);
-      context.write(TableUtil.reverseUrl(key.url), page);
+      try {
+          context.write(TableUtil.reverseUrl(key.url), page);
+      } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+          continue;
+      }
       context.getCounter("Generator", "GENERATE_MARK").increment(1);
       count++;
     }
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/nutch/fetcher/FetcherJob.java b/src/java/org/apache/nutch/fetcher/FetcherJob.java
index 64e452611c..86d819a9ca 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/nutch/fetcher/FetcherJob.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/nutch/fetcher/FetcherJob.java
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ public Map<String,Object> run(Map<String,Object> args) throws Exception {
     Integer threads = (Integer)args.get(Nutch.ARG_THREADS);
     Boolean shouldResume = (Boolean)args.get(Nutch.ARG_RESUME);
     Integer numTasks = (Integer)args.get(Nutch.ARG_NUMTASKS);
+    Boolean parse = (Boolean)args.get(Nutch.ARG_PARSE);
  
     if (threads != null && threads > 0) {
       getConf().setInt(THREADS_KEY, threads);
@@ -166,6 +167,10 @@ public Map<String,Object> run(Map<String,Object> args) throws Exception {
       getConf().setBoolean(RESUME_KEY, shouldResume);
     }
 
+    if (parse != null) {
+      getConf().setBoolean(PARSE_KEY, parse);
+    }
+
     // set the actual time for the timelimit relative
     // to the beginning of the whole job and not of a specific task
     // otherwise it keeps trying again if a task fails
@@ -201,7 +206,7 @@ public Map<String,Object> run(Map<String,Object> args) throws Exception {
    * @return 0 on success
    * @throws Exception
    */
-  public int fetch(String batchId, int threads, boolean shouldResume, int numTasks)
+  public int fetch(String batchId, int threads, boolean shouldResume, int numTasks, boolean parse)
       throws Exception {
     LOG.info("FetcherJob: starting");
 
@@ -219,7 +224,8 @@ public int fetch(String batchId, int threads, boolean shouldResume, int numTasks
         Nutch.ARG_BATCH, batchId,
         Nutch.ARG_THREADS, threads,
         Nutch.ARG_RESUME, shouldResume,
-        Nutch.ARG_NUMTASKS, numTasks));
+        Nutch.ARG_NUMTASKS, numTasks,
+        Nutch.ARG_PARSE, parse));
     LOG.info("FetcherJob: done");
     return 0;
   }
@@ -261,6 +267,7 @@ void checkConfiguration() {
   public int run(String[] args) throws Exception {
     int threads = -1;
     boolean shouldResume = false;
+    boolean parse = false;
     String batchId;
 
     String usage = "Usage: FetcherJob (<batchId> | -all) [-crawlId <id>] " +
@@ -292,10 +299,12 @@ public int run(String[] args) throws Exception {
         numTasks = Integer.parseInt(args[++i]);
       } else if ("-crawlId".equals(args[i])) {
         getConf().set(Nutch.CRAWL_ID_KEY, args[++i]);
+      } else if ("-parse".equals(args[i])) {
+        parse = true;
       }
     }
 
-    int fetchcode = fetch(batchId, threads, shouldResume, numTasks); // run the Fetcher
+    int fetchcode = fetch(batchId, threads, shouldResume, numTasks, parse); // run the Fetcher
 
     return fetchcode;
   }
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/nutch/metadata/Nutch.java b/src/java/org/apache/nutch/metadata/Nutch.java
index a857c5f917..767063798f 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/nutch/metadata/Nutch.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/nutch/metadata/Nutch.java
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ public interface Nutch {
   public static final String ARG_CLASS = "class";
   /** Depth (number of cycles) of a crawl. */
   public static final String ARG_DEPTH = "depth";
+  /** Parse */
+  public static final String ARG_PARSE = "parse";
   
   // short constants for status / results fields
   /** Status / result message. */
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/nutch/parse/ParseUtil.java b/src/java/org/apache/nutch/parse/ParseUtil.java
index f9f5a0951e..8338316012 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/nutch/parse/ParseUtil.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/nutch/parse/ParseUtil.java
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ public URLWebPage process(String key, WebPage page) {
         } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
           return redirectedPage;
         }
-        if (newUrl == null || newUrl.equals(url)) {
+        if (newUrl != null && !newUrl.equals(url)) {
           String reprUrl = URLUtil.chooseRepr(url, newUrl,
               refreshTime < FetcherJob.PERM_REFRESH_TIME);
           WebPage newWebPage = new WebPage();
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/nutch/util/TableUtil.java b/src/java/org/apache/nutch/util/TableUtil.java
index b790fbf291..39f5d009bf 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/nutch/util/TableUtil.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/nutch/util/TableUtil.java
@@ -119,11 +119,13 @@ public static String getReversedHost(String reversedUrl) {
   }
 
   private static void reverseAppendSplits(String[] splits, StringBuilder buf) {
-    for (int i = splits.length - 1; i > 0; i--) {
-      buf.append(splits[i]);
-      buf.append('.');
+    if (splits.length > 0) {
+      for (int i = splits.length - 1; i > 0; i--) {
+        buf.append(splits[i]);
+        buf.append('.');
+      }
+      buf.append(splits[0]);
     }
-    buf.append(splits[0]);
   }
 
   /**