diff --git a/plugins/BlogspamNetPlugin.php b/plugins/BlogspamNetPlugin.php
index 51236001aa..d52e6006ac 100644
--- a/plugins/BlogspamNetPlugin.php
+++ b/plugins/BlogspamNetPlugin.php
@@ -72,8 +72,10 @@ class BlogspamNetPlugin extends Plugin
         common_debug("Blogspamnet args = " . print_r($args, TRUE));
         $requestBody = xmlrpc_encode_request('testComment', array($args));
 
-        $request = HTTPClient::start();
-        $httpResponse = $request->post($this->baseUrl, array('Content-Type: text/xml'), $requestBody);
+        $request = new HTTPClient($this->baseUrl, HTTPClient::METHOD_POST);
+        $request->setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/xml');
+        $request->setBody($requestBody);
+        $httpResponse = $request->send();
 
         $response = xmlrpc_decode($httpResponse->getBody());
         if (xmlrpc_is_fault($response)) {
@@ -118,7 +120,7 @@ class BlogspamNetPlugin extends Plugin
         $args['site'] = common_root_url();
         $args['version'] = $this->userAgent();
 
-        $args['options'] = "max-size=140,min-size=0,min-words=0,exclude=bayasian";
+        $args['options'] = "max-size=" . common_config('site','textlimit') . ",min-size=0,min-words=0,exclude=bayasian";
 
         return $args;
     }
diff --git a/scripts/updateavatarurl.php b/scripts/updateavatarurl.php
index 617c2e24c7..3b6681bae9 100644
--- a/scripts/updateavatarurl.php
+++ b/scripts/updateavatarurl.php
@@ -94,11 +94,11 @@ function updateAvatars($user)
                 }
             }
 
-            $orig = clone($avatar);
+            $orig_url = $avatar->url;
 
             $avatar->url = Avatar::url($avatar->filename);
 
-            if ($avatar->url != $orig->url) {
+            if ($avatar->url != $orig_url) {
                 $sql =
                   "UPDATE avatar SET url = '" . $avatar->url . "' ".
                   "WHERE profile_id = " . $avatar->profile_id . " ".
diff --git a/scripts/updateavatarurl_group.php b/scripts/updateavatarurl_group.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ada42de202
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/updateavatarurl_group.php
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env php
+<?php
+/*
+ * StatusNet - a distributed open-source microblogging tool
+ * Copyright (C) 2008, 2009, StatusNet, Inc.
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+define('INSTALLDIR', realpath(dirname(__FILE__) . '/..'));
+
+$shortoptions = 'i:n:a';
+$longoptions = array('id=', 'nickname=', 'all');
+
+$helptext = <<<END_OF_UPDATEAVATARURL_HELP
+updateavatarurl_group.php [options]
+update the URLs of all group avatars in the system
+
+  -i --id       ID of group to update
+  -n --nickname nickname of the group to update
+  -a --all      update all
+
+END_OF_UPDATEAVATARURL_HELP;
+
+require_once INSTALLDIR.'/scripts/commandline.inc';
+
+try {
+    $user = null;
+
+    if (have_option('i', 'id')) {
+        $id = get_option_value('i', 'id');
+        $group = User_group::staticGet('id', $id);
+        if (empty($group)) {
+            throw new Exception("Can't find group with id '$id'.");
+        }
+        updateGroupAvatars($group);
+    } else if (have_option('n', 'nickname')) {
+        $nickname = get_option_value('n', 'nickname');
+        $group = User_group::staticGet('nickname', $nickname);
+        if (empty($group)) {
+            throw new Exception("Can't find group with nickname '$nickname'");
+        }
+        updateGroupAvatars($group);
+    } else if (have_option('a', 'all')) {
+        $group = new User_group();
+        if ($group->find()) {
+            while ($group->fetch()) {
+                updateGroupAvatars($group);
+            }
+        }
+    } else {
+        show_help();
+        exit(1);
+    }
+} catch (Exception $e) {
+    print $e->getMessage()."\n";
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+function updateGroupAvatars($group)
+{
+    if (!have_option('q', 'quiet')) {
+        print "Updating avatars for group '".$group->nickname."' (".$group->id.")...";
+    }
+
+    if (empty($group->original_logo)) {
+        print "(none found)...";
+    } else {
+        // Using clone here was screwing up the group->find() iteration
+        $orig = User_group::staticGet('id', $group->id);
+
+        $group->original_logo = Avatar::url(basename($group->original_logo));
+        $group->homepage_logo = Avatar::url(basename($group->homepage_logo));
+        $group->stream_logo = Avatar::url(basename($group->stream_logo));
+        $group->mini_logo = Avatar::url(basename($group->mini_logo));
+
+        if (!$group->update($orig)) {
+            throw new Exception("Can't update avatars for group " . $group->nickname . ".");
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (have_option('v', 'verbose')) {
+        print "DONE.";
+    }
+    if (!have_option('q', 'quiet') || have_option('v', 'verbose')) {
+        print "\n";
+    }
+}