diff --git a/notes/TODO b/notes/TODO
index 10ac843..4447338 100644
--- a/notes/TODO
+++ b/notes/TODO
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+* Add a cmd counter (counter for total # of commands) to stats
+* Reply strings like NOT_FOUND, EXISTS, etc should come from a #define table
+* Add stat to track the memory overhead of hash table and connection module
+* Refactor 'struct setting' to use the preprocessor and a #define table
 * Reintroduce the functionality of MEMCACHED_PORT_FILENAME
 * Reintroduce the functionality of MEMCACHED_HASH_BULK_MOVE
-* Reply strings like NOT_FOUND, EXISTS, etc should come from a #define table
 * Move hashing of keys outside the cache_lock; exploring saving hash value in item struct
 * Analyze different hashing algorithms, choose the one that is cheapest
-* Add stat to track the memory overhead of hash table and connection module
+* Put a cap the size of hashtables
 * Build a cache warmer or bootstraper, that populates twemcache from a dataset in a file
diff --git a/src/mc_ascii.c b/src/mc_ascii.c
index 1e94c80..72dd561 100644
--- a/src/mc_ascii.c
+++ b/src/mc_ascii.c
@@ -735,14 +735,15 @@ asc_process_update(struct conn *c, struct token *token, int ntoken)
         }
     }
 
-    vlen += CRLF_LEN;
-    if (vlen < 0 || (vlen - CRLF_LEN) < 0) {
+    if (vlen < 0) {
         log_debug(LOG_INFO, "client error on c %d for req of type %d and "
                   "invalid vlen %d", c->sd, c->req_type, vlen);
         asc_write_client_error(c);
         return;
     }
 
+    vlen += CRLF_LEN;
+
     it = item_alloc(key, nkey, flags, time_reltime(exptime), vlen);
     if (it == NULL) {
         log_debug(LOG_DEBUG, "server error on c %d for req of type %d because "