diff --git a/ethcore/light/src/net/mod.rs b/ethcore/light/src/net/mod.rs
index 56b078b3b..4df83bf1c 100644
--- a/ethcore/light/src/net/mod.rs
+++ b/ethcore/light/src/net/mod.rs
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ impl LightProtocol {
 		let req_id = ReqId(raw.val_at(0)?);
 		let cur_credits: U256 = raw.val_at(1)?;
 
-		trace!(target: "pip", "pre-verifying response from peer {}", peer);
+		trace!(target: "pip", "pre-verifying response for {} from peer {}", req_id, peer);
 
 		let peers = self.peers.read();
 		let res = match peers.get(peer) {
diff --git a/ethcore/light/src/on_demand/mod.rs b/ethcore/light/src/on_demand/mod.rs
index bc1ba4fb7..279d7e2ac 100644
--- a/ethcore/light/src/on_demand/mod.rs
+++ b/ethcore/light/src/on_demand/mod.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ use rlp::RlpStream;
 use util::{Bytes, RwLock, Mutex, U256, H256};
 use util::sha3::{SHA3_NULL_RLP, SHA3_EMPTY_LIST_RLP};
 
-use net::{Handler, Status, Capabilities, Announcement, EventContext, BasicContext, ReqId};
+use net::{self, Handler, Status, Capabilities, Announcement, EventContext, BasicContext, ReqId};
 use cache::Cache;
 use request::{self as basic_request, Request as NetworkRequest, Response as NetworkResponse};
 
@@ -303,17 +303,21 @@ impl OnDemand {
 
 		let complete = builder.build();
 
+		let kind = complete.requests()[0].kind();
 		for (id, peer) in self.peers.read().iter() {
 			if !peer.can_handle(&pending) { continue }
 			match ctx.request_from(*id, complete.clone()) {
 				Ok(req_id) => {
-					trace!(target: "on_demand", "Assigning request to peer {}", id);
+					trace!(target: "on_demand", "{}: Assigned {:?} to peer {}",
+						req_id, kind, id);
+
 					self.pending_requests.write().insert(
 						req_id,
 						pending,
 					);
 					return
 				}
+				Err(net::Error::NoCredits) => {}
 				Err(e) =>
 					trace!(target: "on_demand", "Failed to make request of peer {}: {:?}", id, e),
 			}
diff --git a/ethcore/light/src/types/request/mod.rs b/ethcore/light/src/types/request/mod.rs
index 4c55cdfaf..aab892270 100644
--- a/ethcore/light/src/types/request/mod.rs
+++ b/ethcore/light/src/types/request/mod.rs
@@ -244,7 +244,8 @@ pub enum CompleteRequest {
 }
 
 impl Request {
-	fn kind(&self) -> Kind {
+	/// Get the request kind.
+	pub fn kind(&self) -> Kind {
 		match *self {
 			Request::Headers(_) => Kind::Headers,
 			Request::HeaderProof(_) => Kind::HeaderProof,
@@ -727,7 +728,6 @@ pub mod header_proof {
 
 	impl Decodable for Response {
 		fn decode(rlp: &UntrustedRlp) -> Result<Self, DecoderError> {
-
 			Ok(Response {
 				proof: rlp.list_at(0)?,
 				hash: rlp.val_at(1)?,
@@ -825,7 +825,6 @@ pub mod block_receipts {
 
 	impl Decodable for Response {
 		fn decode(rlp: &UntrustedRlp) -> Result<Self, DecoderError> {
-
 			Ok(Response {
 				receipts: rlp.as_list()?,
 			})
@@ -922,8 +921,8 @@ pub mod block_body {
 			use ethcore::transaction::UnverifiedTransaction;
 
 			// check body validity.
-			let _: Vec<FullHeader> = rlp.list_at(0)?;
-			let _: Vec<UnverifiedTransaction> = rlp.list_at(1)?;
+			let _: Vec<UnverifiedTransaction> = rlp.list_at(0)?;
+			let _: Vec<FullHeader> = rlp.list_at(1)?;
 
 			Ok(Response {
 				body: encoded::Body::new(rlp.as_raw().to_owned()),
@@ -1480,9 +1479,16 @@ mod tests {
 	fn check_roundtrip<T>(val: T)
 		where T: ::rlp::Encodable + ::rlp::Decodable + PartialEq + ::std::fmt::Debug
 	{
+		// check as single value.
 		let bytes = ::rlp::encode(&val);
 		let new_val: T = ::rlp::decode(&bytes);
 		assert_eq!(val, new_val);
+
+		// check as list containing single value.
+		let list = [val];
+		let bytes = ::rlp::encode_list(&list);
+		let new_list: Vec<T> = ::rlp::decode_list(&bytes);
+		assert_eq!(&list, &new_list[..]);
 	}
 
 	#[test]
@@ -1566,6 +1572,7 @@ mod tests {
 
 	#[test]
 	fn body_roundtrip() {
+		use ethcore::transaction::{Transaction, UnverifiedTransaction};
 		let req = IncompleteBodyRequest {
 			hash: Field::Scalar(Default::default()),
 		};
@@ -1573,8 +1580,12 @@ mod tests {
 		let full_req = Request::Body(req.clone());
 		let res = BodyResponse {
 			body: {
+				let header = ::ethcore::header::Header::default();
+				let tx = UnverifiedTransaction::from(Transaction::default().fake_sign(Default::default()));
 				let mut stream = RlpStream::new_list(2);
-				stream.begin_list(0).begin_list(0);
+				stream.begin_list(2).append(&tx).append(&tx)
+					.begin_list(1).append(&header);
+
 				::ethcore::encoded::Body::new(stream.out())
 			},
 		};
diff --git a/rpc/src/v1/impls/light/eth.rs b/rpc/src/v1/impls/light/eth.rs
index ba32bf35c..1851f479e 100644
--- a/rpc/src/v1/impls/light/eth.rs
+++ b/rpc/src/v1/impls/light/eth.rs
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ impl EthClient {
 	fn proved_execution(&self, req: CallRequest, num: Trailing<BlockNumber>) -> BoxFuture<ExecutionResult, Error> {
 		const DEFAULT_GAS_PRICE: U256 = U256([0, 0, 0, 21_000_000]);
 
-
 		let (sync, on_demand, client) = (self.sync.clone(), self.on_demand.clone(), self.client.clone());
 		let req: CRequest = req.into();
 		let id = num.0.into();