diff --git a/app/Classes/FTN/Message.php b/app/Classes/FTN/Message.php
index 8b3c0cd..c1f2866 100644
--- a/app/Classes/FTN/Message.php
+++ b/app/Classes/FTN/Message.php
@@ -211,87 +211,6 @@ class Message extends FTNBase
 		$this->unknown = collect();
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Parse a message from a packet
-	 *
-	 * @param string $msg
-	 * @param Zone|null $zone
-	 * @return Message
-	 * @throws \Exception
-	 */
-	public static function parseMessage(string $msg,Zone $zone=NULL): self
-	{
-		Log::info(sprintf('%s:Processing message [%d] bytes from zone [%d]',self::LOGKEY,strlen($msg),$zone?->zone_id));
-
-		$o = new self($zone);
-
-		try {
-			$o->header = unpack(self::unpackheader(self::header),substr($msg,0,self::HEADER_LEN));
-
-		} catch (\Exception $e) {
-			Log::error(sprintf('%s:! Error bad packet header',self::LOGKEY));
-			$validator = Validator::make([
-				'header' => substr($msg,0,self::HEADER_LEN),
-			],[
-				'header' => [function ($attribute,$value,$fail) use ($e) { return $fail($e->getMessage()); }]
-			]);
-
-			if ($validator->fails())
-				$o->errors = $validator;
-
-			return $o;
-		}
-
-		$ptr = 0;
-		// To User
-		$o->user_to = strstr(substr($msg,self::HEADER_LEN+$ptr),"\x00",TRUE);
-		$ptr += strlen($o->user_to)+1;
-
-		// From User
-		$o->user_from = strstr(substr($msg,self::HEADER_LEN+$ptr),"\x00",TRUE);
-		$ptr += strlen($o->user_from)+1;
-
-		// Subject
-		$o->subject = strstr(substr($msg,self::HEADER_LEN+$ptr),"\x00",TRUE);
-		$ptr += strlen($o->subject)+1;
-
-		// Check if this is an Echomail
-		if (! strncmp(substr($msg,self::HEADER_LEN+$ptr),'AREA:',5)) {
-			$o->echoarea = substr($msg,self::HEADER_LEN+$ptr+5,strpos($msg,"\r",self::HEADER_LEN+$ptr+5)-(self::HEADER_LEN+$ptr+5));
-			$ptr += strlen($o->echoarea)+5+1;
-		}
-
-		$o->unpackMessage(substr($msg,self::HEADER_LEN+$ptr));
-
-		if (($x=$o->validate())->fails()) {
-			Log::debug(sprintf('%s:Message fails validation (%s@%s->%s@%s)',self::LOGKEY,$o->user_from,$o->fftn,$o->user_to,$o->tftn),['result'=>$x->errors()]);
-			//throw new \Exception('Message validation fails:'.join(' ',$x->errors()->all()));
-		}
-
-		return $o;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Translate the string into something printable via the web
-	 *
-	 * @param string $string
-	 * @param array $skip
-	 * @return string
-	 */
-	public static function tr(string $string,array $skip=[0x0a,0x0d]): string
-	{
-		$tr = [];
-
-		foreach (self::CP437 as $k=>$v) {
-			if (in_array($k,$skip))
-				continue;
-
-			$tr[chr($k)] = '&#'.$v;
-		}
-
-		return strtr($string,$tr);
-	}
-
 	public function __get($key)
 	{
 		switch ($key) {
@@ -403,6 +322,16 @@ class Message extends FTNBase
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * When we serialise this object, we'll need to utf8_encode some values
+	 *
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	public function __serialize(): array
+	{
+		return $this->encode();
+	}
+
 	public function __set($key,$value)
 	{
 		switch ($key) {
@@ -438,26 +367,6 @@ class Message extends FTNBase
 		}
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * When we serialise this object, we'll need to utf8_encode some values
-	 *
-	 * @return array
-	 */
-	public function __serialize(): array
-	{
-		return $this->encode();
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * When we unserialize, we'll restore (utf8_decode) some values
-	 *
-	 * @param array $values
-	 */
-	public function __unserialize(array $values): void
-	{
-		$this->decode($values);
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Export an FTN message, ready for sending.
 	 *
@@ -530,6 +439,97 @@ class Message extends FTNBase
 		return $return;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * When we unserialize, we'll restore (utf8_decode) some values
+	 *
+	 * @param array $values
+	 */
+	public function __unserialize(array $values): void
+	{
+		$this->decode($values);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Parse a message from a packet
+	 *
+	 * @param string $msg
+	 * @param Zone|null $zone
+	 * @return Message
+	 * @throws \Exception
+	 */
+	public static function parseMessage(string $msg,Zone $zone=NULL): self
+	{
+		Log::info(sprintf('%s:Processing message [%d] bytes from zone [%d]',self::LOGKEY,strlen($msg),$zone?->zone_id));
+
+		$o = new self($zone);
+
+		try {
+			$o->header = unpack(self::unpackheader(self::header),substr($msg,0,self::HEADER_LEN));
+
+		} catch (\Exception $e) {
+			Log::error(sprintf('%s:! Error bad packet header',self::LOGKEY));
+			$validator = Validator::make([
+				'header' => substr($msg,0,self::HEADER_LEN),
+			],[
+				'header' => [function ($attribute,$value,$fail) use ($e) { return $fail($e->getMessage()); }]
+			]);
+
+			if ($validator->fails())
+				$o->errors = $validator;
+
+			return $o;
+		}
+
+		$ptr = 0;
+		// To User
+		$o->user_to = strstr(substr($msg,self::HEADER_LEN+$ptr),"\x00",TRUE);
+		$ptr += strlen($o->user_to)+1;
+
+		// From User
+		$o->user_from = strstr(substr($msg,self::HEADER_LEN+$ptr),"\x00",TRUE);
+		$ptr += strlen($o->user_from)+1;
+
+		// Subject
+		$o->subject = strstr(substr($msg,self::HEADER_LEN+$ptr),"\x00",TRUE);
+		$ptr += strlen($o->subject)+1;
+
+		// Check if this is an Echomail
+		if (! strncmp(substr($msg,self::HEADER_LEN+$ptr),'AREA:',5)) {
+			$o->echoarea = substr($msg,self::HEADER_LEN+$ptr+5,strpos($msg,"\r",self::HEADER_LEN+$ptr+5)-(self::HEADER_LEN+$ptr+5));
+			$ptr += strlen($o->echoarea)+5+1;
+		}
+
+		$o->unpackMessage(substr($msg,self::HEADER_LEN+$ptr));
+
+		if (($x=$o->validate())->fails()) {
+			Log::debug(sprintf('%s:Message fails validation (%s@%s->%s@%s)',self::LOGKEY,$o->user_from,$o->fftn,$o->user_to,$o->tftn),['result'=>$x->errors()]);
+			//throw new \Exception('Message validation fails:'.join(' ',$x->errors()->all()));
+		}
+
+		return $o;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Translate the string into something printable via the web
+	 *
+	 * @param string $string
+	 * @param array $skip
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public static function tr(string $string,array $skip=[0x0a,0x0d]): string
+	{
+		$tr = [];
+
+		foreach (self::CP437 as $k=>$v) {
+			if (in_array($k,$skip))
+				continue;
+
+			$tr[chr($k)] = '&#'.$v;
+		}
+
+		return strtr($string,$tr);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * If this message doesnt have an AREATAG, then its a netmail.
 	 *
diff --git a/app/Classes/Protocol/Binkp.php b/app/Classes/Protocol/Binkp.php
index 1bdf811..f48cebd 100644
--- a/app/Classes/Protocol/Binkp.php
+++ b/app/Classes/Protocol/Binkp.php
@@ -1300,7 +1300,7 @@ final class Binkp extends BaseProtocol
 			if (strlen($buf) == 0)
 				break;
 
-			Log::warning(sprintf('%s: - Purged (%s) [%d] bytes from input stream',self::LOGKEY,serialize($buf),strlen($buf)));
+			Log::warning(sprintf('%s: - Purged (%s) [%d] bytes from input stream',self::LOGKEY,hex_dump($buf),strlen($buf)));
 		}
 
 		while (! $this->error && ($this->mqueue->count() || $this->tx_left) && $this->binkp_send());
diff --git a/app/helpers.php b/app/helpers.php
index 4c99787..f1e7e57 100644
--- a/app/helpers.php
+++ b/app/helpers.php
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@
  * Calculate CCITT-CRC16 checksum
  */
 if (! function_exists('crc16')) {
-    function crc16($data)
+    function crc16($data): int
     {
         $crc = 0x0000;
-        for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($data); $i++)
-        {
+        for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($data); $i++) {
             $x = (($crc >> 8) ^ ord($data[$i])) & 0xFF;
             $x ^= $x >> 4;
             $crc = (($crc << 8) ^ ($x << 12) ^ ($x << 5) ^ $x) & 0xFFFF;
@@ -21,15 +20,14 @@ if (! function_exists('crc16')) {
  * Dump out data into a hex dump
  */
 if (! function_exists('hex_dump')) {
-	function hex_dump($data,$newline="\n",$width=16)
+	function hex_dump($data,$newline="\n",$width=16): string
 	{
 		$result = '';
 
 		$pad = '.'; # padding for non-visible characters
 		$to = $from = '';
 
-		for ($i=0; $i<=0xFF; $i++)
-		{
+		for ($i=0; $i<=0xFF; $i++) {
 			$from .= chr($i);
 			$to .= ($i >= 0x20 && $i <= 0x7E) ? chr($i) : $pad;
 		}
@@ -38,8 +36,7 @@ if (! function_exists('hex_dump')) {
 		$chars = str_split(strtr($data,$from,$to),$width);
 
 		$offset = 0;
-		foreach ($hex as $i => $line)
-		{
+		foreach ($hex as $i => $line) {
 			$result .= sprintf('%08X: %-48s  [%s]%s',
 				$offset,
 				substr_replace(implode(' ',str_split($line,2)),' ',8*3,0),
@@ -57,7 +54,7 @@ if (! function_exists('hex_dump')) {
  * Send a value has hex chars
  */
 if (! function_exists('hexstr')) {
-	function hexstr(int $int)
+	function hexstr(int $int): string
 	{
 		if ($int > 0xffff)
 			throw new Exception('Int too large for hexstr');
@@ -176,6 +173,7 @@ if (! function_exists('optimize_path')) {
 			if ($host !== $cur) {
 				$cur = $host;
 				$result->push($address);
+
 			} else {
 				$result->push($node);
 			}