diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 07aa9dfa..5d5d579d 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -2,20 +2,25 @@
 
 - could do small masks in a single pass
 
-- im_sharpen() won't use Vector, since it normalises to 100 and will clip
-
-  try using a smaller norm factor in sharpen, and maybe nip2 as well for sep
-  conv gen there?
+- try using a smaller norm factor in nip2 for sep conv gen there?
 
 - Lan's c4_stats.ws is broken, I guess due to vector stuff
 
 - how much time are we spending setting sources by name, profile!
 
+- morph benchmarks:
 
+	$ time vips --vips-novector im_dilate wtc1bit.v wtc2.v morph.mor 
+	real	0m0.727s
+	user	0m0.730s
+	sys	0m0.290s
+	$ time vips im_dilate wtc1bit.v wtc2.v morph.mor 
+	real	0m0.453s
+	user	0m0.150s
+	sys	0m0.260s
+	$
 
-- test fits reader more ... colour?
-
-
+  update News section of the vips website, when it comes back
 
 - maybe im_draw_smudge() is too slow :-( also, we had a sanity failure with
   it, argh
diff --git a/libvips/convolution/im_sharpen.c b/libvips/convolution/im_sharpen.c
index 38dc176c..70aba1af 100644
--- a/libvips/convolution/im_sharpen.c
+++ b/libvips/convolution/im_sharpen.c
@@ -208,9 +208,9 @@ sharpen_mask_new( int radius )
 	im_free_imask( base );
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
-#endif /*DEBUG*/
 	printf( "sharpen_mask_new: created mask:\n" );
 	im_print_imask( line );
+#endif /*DEBUG*/
 
 	return( line );
 }
diff --git a/libvips/morphology/morphology.c b/libvips/morphology/morphology.c
index 64339355..aca920a9 100644
--- a/libvips/morphology/morphology.c
+++ b/libvips/morphology/morphology.c
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ im_dilate( IMAGE *in, IMAGE *out, INTMASK *mask )
 		im_embed( in, t1, 1, mask->xsize / 2, mask->ysize / 2, 
 			in->Xsize + mask->xsize - 1, 
 			in->Ysize + mask->ysize - 1 ) ||
-		morphology( in, out, mask, DILATE ) )
+		morphology( t1, out, mask, DILATE ) )
 		return( -1 );
 
 	out->Xoffset = 0;
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ im_erode( IMAGE *in, IMAGE *out, INTMASK *mask )
 		im_embed( in, t1, 1, mask->xsize / 2, mask->ysize / 2, 
 			in->Xsize + mask->xsize - 1, 
 			in->Ysize + mask->ysize - 1 ) ||
-		morphology( in, out, mask, ERODE ) )
+		morphology( t1, out, mask, ERODE ) )
 		return( -1 );
 
 	out->Xoffset = 0;