diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 8f0b238d..47fec3ad 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 - "header fred.png" does not work, since header uses im_open() which uses
   VipsForeign
 
+- "header x.tif[page=7]" does not work
+
 
 
 
diff --git a/libvips/conversion/tilecache.c b/libvips/conversion/tilecache.c
index a881481d..8aed10db 100644
--- a/libvips/conversion/tilecache.c
+++ b/libvips/conversion/tilecache.c
@@ -403,14 +403,14 @@ vips_tile_cache_class_init( VipsTileCacheClass *class )
 
 	VIPS_ARG_INT( class, "tile_width", 3, 
 		_( "Tile width" ), 
-		_( "TIle width in pixels" ),
+		_( "Tile width in pixels" ),
 		VIPS_ARGUMENT_OPTIONAL_INPUT,
 		G_STRUCT_OFFSET( VipsTileCache, tile_width ),
 		1, 1000000, 128 );
 
 	VIPS_ARG_INT( class, "tile_height", 3, 
 		_( "Tile height" ), 
-		_( "TIle height in pixels" ),
+		_( "Tile height in pixels" ),
 		VIPS_ARGUMENT_OPTIONAL_INPUT,
 		G_STRUCT_OFFSET( VipsTileCache, tile_height ),
 		1, 1000000, 128 );
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ vips_tilecache( VipsImage *in, VipsImage **out, ... )
 	int result;
 
 	va_start( ap, out );
-	result = vips_call_split( "cache", ap, in, out );
+	result = vips_call_split( "tilecache", ap, in, out );
 	va_end( ap );
 
 	return( result );
diff --git a/libvips/foreign/foreign.c b/libvips/foreign/foreign.c
index d5fa79bc..eb1f75e0 100644
--- a/libvips/foreign/foreign.c
+++ b/libvips/foreign/foreign.c
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ vips_foreign_load_start_cb( VipsImage *out, void *a, void *dummy )
 		 */
 		if( load->disc && 
 			disc_threshold && 
-			(load->flags & VIPS_FOREIGN_PARTIAL) &&
+			!(load->flags & VIPS_FOREIGN_PARTIAL) &&
 			image_size > disc_threshold ) 
 			if( !(load->real = vips_image_new_disc_temp( "%s.v" )) )
 				return( NULL );
diff --git a/libvips/foreign/tiff2vips.c b/libvips/foreign/tiff2vips.c
index 581e45a6..25f7a6d4 100644
--- a/libvips/foreign/tiff2vips.c
+++ b/libvips/foreign/tiff2vips.c
@@ -1253,6 +1253,10 @@ read_tilewise( ReadTiff *rtiff, VipsImage *out )
 	VipsImage *raw;
 	VipsImage *t;
 
+#ifdef DEBUG
+	printf( "tiff2vips: read_tilewise\n" );
+#endif /*DEBUG*/
+
 	/* Get tiling geometry.
 	 */
 	if( !tfget32( rtiff->tiff, TIFFTAG_TILEWIDTH, &rtiff->twidth ) ||
@@ -1276,7 +1280,7 @@ read_tilewise( ReadTiff *rtiff, VipsImage *out )
 
 	/* Process and save as VIPS.
 	 */
-        vips_demand_hint( out, 
+        vips_demand_hint( raw, 
 		VIPS_DEMAND_STYLE_SMALLTILE, NULL );
 	if( vips_image_generate( raw, 
 		tiff_seq_start, tiff_fill_region, tiff_seq_stop, 
@@ -1292,9 +1296,10 @@ read_tilewise( ReadTiff *rtiff, VipsImage *out )
 		NULL ) ) 
 		return( -1 );
 	if( vips_image_write( t, out ) ) {
-		VIPS_UNREF( t );
+		g_object_unref( t );
 		return( -1 );
 	}
+	g_object_unref( t );
 
 	return( 0 );
 }
@@ -1318,6 +1323,10 @@ read_stripwise( ReadTiff *rtiff, VipsImage *out )
 	int i;
 	PEL *p;
 
+#ifdef DEBUG
+	printf( "tiff2vips: read_stripwise\n" );
+#endif /*DEBUG*/
+
 	if( parse_header( rtiff, out ) )
 		return( -1 );
 
@@ -1471,6 +1480,7 @@ vips__tiff_read( const char *filename, VipsImage *out, int page )
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
 	printf( "tiff2vips: libtiff version is \"%s\"\n", TIFFGetVersion() );
+	printf( "tiff2vips: libtiff starting for %s\n", filename );
 #endif /*DEBUG*/
 
 	TIFFSetErrorHandler( vips__thandler_error );
diff --git a/libvips/foreign/tiffload.c b/libvips/foreign/tiffload.c
index 5bd7a45d..54be849d 100644
--- a/libvips/foreign/tiffload.c
+++ b/libvips/foreign/tiffload.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
  */
 
 /*
-#define DEBUG_VERBOSE
 #define DEBUG
  */
 
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ vips_foreign_load_tiff_get_flags( VipsForeignLoad *load )
 	VipsForeignFlags flags;
 
 	flags = 0;
-	if( vips__istifftiled( tiff->filename ) )
+	if( vips__istifftiled( tiff->filename ) ) 
 		flags |= VIPS_FOREIGN_PARTIAL;
 
 	return( flags );