diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/ServerConnector.java b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/ServerConnector.java
index 1478a6da187..4ad598b6702 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/ServerConnector.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/ServerConnector.java
@@ -327,8 +327,8 @@ public class ServerConnector extends AbstractNetworkConnector
                 serverChannel = ServerSocketChannel.open();
 
                 InetSocketAddress bindAddress = getHost() == null ? new InetSocketAddress(getPort()) : new InetSocketAddress(getHost(), getPort());
-                serverChannel.socket().bind(bindAddress, getAcceptQueueSize());
                 serverChannel.socket().setReuseAddress(getReuseAddress());
+                serverChannel.socket().bind(bindAddress, getAcceptQueueSize());
 
                 _localPort = serverChannel.socket().getLocalPort();
                 if (_localPort <= 0)
diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/handler/ResourceHandler.java b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/handler/ResourceHandler.java
index 2f95f6cc025..d047b08918a 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/handler/ResourceHandler.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/handler/ResourceHandler.java
@@ -303,6 +303,9 @@ public class ResourceHandler extends HandlerWrapper
         if (path==null || !path.startsWith("/"))
             throw new MalformedURLException(path);
 
+        if (LOG.isDebugEnabled())
+            LOG.debug("{} getResource({})",_context==null?_baseResource:_context,_baseResource,path);
+        
         Resource base = _baseResource;
         if (base==null)
         {
@@ -315,8 +318,12 @@ public class ResourceHandler extends HandlerWrapper
         {
             path=URIUtil.canonicalPath(path);
             Resource r = base.addPath(path);
-            if (r!=null && r.isAlias() && !_context.checkAlias(path, r))
+            if (r!=null && r.isAlias() && (_context==null || !_context.checkAlias(path, r)))
+            {
+                if (LOG.isDebugEnabled())
+                    LOG.debug("resource={} alias={}",r,r.getAlias());
                 return null;
+            }
             return r;
         }
         catch(Exception e)
@@ -404,6 +411,16 @@ public class ResourceHandler extends HandlerWrapper
         }
 
         Resource resource = getResource(request);
+        
+        if (LOG.isDebugEnabled())
+        { 
+            if (resource==null)
+                LOG.debug("resource=null");
+            else
+                LOG.debug("resource={} alias={} exists={}",resource,resource.getAlias(),resource.exists());
+        }
+        
+        
         // If resource is not found
         if (resource==null || !resource.exists())
         {
diff --git a/jetty-start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/StartLog.java b/jetty-start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/StartLog.java
index e7acfa13c14..96ca01aa12a 100644
--- a/jetty-start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/StartLog.java
+++ b/jetty-start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/StartLog.java
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ public class StartLog
         if (logFileName != null)
         {
             Path logfile = baseHome.getPath(logFileName);
+            logfile = logfile.toAbsolutePath();
             initLogFile(logfile);
         }
     }
diff --git a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/URIUtil.java b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/URIUtil.java
index afa8b442872..d65456ca64f 100644
--- a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/URIUtil.java
+++ b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/URIUtil.java
@@ -839,13 +839,12 @@ public class URIUtil
             if (cb=='%')
                 cb=TypeUtil.convertHexDigit(uriB.charAt(b++))*16+TypeUtil.convertHexDigit(uriB.charAt(b++));
             
-            if (ca!=cb)
-                return false;
-            
             if (ca=='/' && oa!=ob)
                 return false;
+            
+            if (ca!=cb )
+                return URIUtil.decodePath(uriA).equals(URIUtil.decodePath(uriB));
         }
-        
         return a==lenA && b==lenB;
     }
 }
diff --git a/jetty-util/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/FileSystemResourceTest.java b/jetty-util/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/FileSystemResourceTest.java
index bee8a56ffb7..a964d737314 100644
--- a/jetty-util/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/FileSystemResourceTest.java
+++ b/jetty-util/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/FileSystemResourceTest.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import org.eclipse.jetty.util.CollectionAssert;
 import org.hamcrest.BaseMatcher;
 import org.hamcrest.Description;
 import org.hamcrest.Matcher;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
@@ -1043,4 +1044,20 @@ public class FileSystemResourceTest
             assertThat("File should have been deleted.",res.exists(),is(false));
         }
     }
+
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testUtf8Dir() throws Exception
+    {
+        File dir=new File(testdir.getDir(),"bãm");
+        dir.mkdir();
+        File file = new File(dir,"file.txt");
+        file.createNewFile();
+        
+        Resource base = newResource(dir);
+        assertNull(base.getAlias());
+        
+        Resource r = base.addPath("file.txt");
+        assertNull(r.getAlias());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/jetty-xml/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/xml/XmlConfiguration.java b/jetty-xml/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/xml/XmlConfiguration.java
index 3834757a046..5c85a4cd703 100644
--- a/jetty-xml/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/xml/XmlConfiguration.java
+++ b/jetty-xml/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/xml/XmlConfiguration.java
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public class XmlConfiguration
 
     private static final Iterable<ConfigurationProcessorFactory> __factoryLoader = ServiceLoader.load(ConfigurationProcessorFactory.class);
     private static final XmlParser __parser = initParser();
-    private synchronized static XmlParser initParser()
+    private static XmlParser initParser()
     {
         XmlParser parser = new XmlParser();
         URL config60 = Loader.getResource(XmlConfiguration.class, "org/eclipse/jetty/xml/configure_6_0.dtd");