diff --git a/sarracenia/config.py b/sarracenia/config.py
index 6fe3301d8..1ed3f8fad 100755
--- a/sarracenia/config.py
+++ b/sarracenia/config.py
@@ -2064,7 +2064,7 @@ def sundew_matchPattern(self, BN, EN, BP, keywd, defval):
 
         return defval
 
-    def variableExpansion(self, cdir, message=None ):
+    def variableExpansion(self, cdir, message=None ) -> str:
         """
             replace substitution patterns, variable substitutions as described in
             https://metpx.github.io/sarracenia/Reference/sr3_options.7.html#variables
diff --git a/sarracenia/flowcb/poll/airnow.py b/sarracenia/flowcb/poll/airnow.py
index 24206d7a0..c814aab26 100755
--- a/sarracenia/flowcb/poll/airnow.py
+++ b/sarracenia/flowcb/poll/airnow.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def poll(self):
                 logger.info(last_poll)
 
                 fakeStat = paramiko.SFTPAttributes()
-                fakeStat.st_size = resp.headers['content-length']
+                fakeStat.st_size = int(resp.headers['content-length'])
 
                 # convert datetime to numeric timestamp from beginning of POSIX epoch.
                 fakeStat.st_mtime = mtime.timestamp()
diff --git a/sarracenia/flowcb/scheduled/wiski.py b/sarracenia/flowcb/scheduled/wiski.py
index 69b550730..2c2d493a9 100644
--- a/sarracenia/flowcb/scheduled/wiski.py
+++ b/sarracenia/flowcb/scheduled/wiski.py
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ def gather(self): # placeholder
         then = now - self.ts_length
 
         logger.info( f"stations: {k.get_station_list().station_id} " )
+        directory=self.o.variableExpansion( self.o.directory )
 
         for station_id in k.get_station_list().station_id:
 
diff --git a/sarracenia/sr.py b/sarracenia/sr.py
index 559066479..e0dc11ace 100755
--- a/sarracenia/sr.py
+++ b/sarracenia/sr.py
@@ -2438,8 +2438,8 @@ def status(self):
                         txCumulativeFileRate += transferTxFileRate
                         txCumulativeDataRate += transferTxByteRate
                         
-                        rxCumulativeMessageByteRate += msgRate
-                        rxCumulativeMessageRate +=  byteRate
+                        rxCumulativeMessageByteRate += byteRate 
+                        rxCumulativeMessageRate +=  msgRate
                         
 
 
@@ -2537,9 +2537,9 @@ def status(self):
 
         print( '\t   Pub/Sub Received: %s/s (%s/s), Sent:  %s/s (%s/s) Queued: %d Retry: %d, Mean lag: %02.2fs' % ( 
                 naturalSize(rxCumulativeMessageRate).replace("B","m").replace("myte","msg"), \
-                naturalSize(rxCumulativeMessageRate),\
+                naturalSize(rxCumulativeMessageByteRate),\
                 naturalSize(txCumulativeMessageRate).replace("B","m").replace("myte","msg"),\
-                naturalSize(txCumulativeMessageRate),
+                naturalSize(txCumulativeMessageByteRate),
                 rxCumulativeMessagesQueued, rxCumulativeMessagesRetry, CumulativeMeanLag
             ))
         print( '\t      Data Received: %s/s (%s/s), Sent: %s/s (%s/s) ' % (