diff --git a/electrum b/electrum
index a3222538..be0a944a 100755
--- a/electrum
+++ b/electrum
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     # config is an object passed to the various constructors (wallet, interface, gui)
     if 'ANDROID_DATA' in os.environ:
-        config_options = {'wallet_path':"/sdcard/electrum.dat", 'blockchain_headers_path':'/sdcard/sl4a/', 'gui':'android'}
+        config_options = {'wallet_path':"/sdcard/electrum.dat", 'portable':True, 'verbose':True, 'gui':'android'}
     else:
         config_options = eval(str(options))
         for k, v in config_options.items():
diff --git a/lib/verifier.py b/lib/verifier.py
index 51e41d7a..6e35a9a9 100644
--- a/lib/verifier.py
+++ b/lib/verifier.py
@@ -296,15 +296,11 @@ class WalletVerifier(threading.Thread):
         filename = self.path()
         if os.path.exists(filename):
             return
-        import urllib2
+        
         try:
+            import urllib
             print_error("downloading ", self.headers_url )
-            f = urllib2.urlopen(self.headers_url)
-            s = f.read()
-            f.close()
-            f = open(filename,'wb+')
-            f.write(s)
-            f.close()
+            urllib.urlretrieve(self.headers_url, filename)
         except:
             print_error( "download failed. creating file", filename )
             open(filename,'wb+').close()