diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d3cf6eac..48def6b0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 since 0.7:
 ...
 
+- fixed issue with uploading files when an intercepting web proxy was in between osc and the api server
+- fixed creation of new packages/projects
 
 0.7:
 - initial support for local builds (subcommand 'build')
diff --git a/osc/commandline.py b/osc/commandline.py
index c831e7ea..7975fecc 100755
--- a/osc/commandline.py
+++ b/osc/commandline.py
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ usage: osc meta Apache              # show meta of project 'Apache'
 
     if not args:
         print 'missing argument'
+        print
         print meta.func_doc
         sys.exit(1)
 
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ usage: osc editmeta FooPrj              # edit meta of project 'FooPrj'
 
     if not args:
         print 'missing argument'
+        print
         print meta.func_doc
         sys.exit(1)
 
@@ -556,6 +558,7 @@ usage: osc buildinfo <platform> <arch>
 
     if args is None or len(args) < 2:
         print 'missing argument'
+        print
         print buildinfo.func_doc
         print 'Valid arguments for this package are:'
         print 
@@ -580,6 +583,7 @@ usage: osc buildconfig <platform> <arch>
 
     if args is None or len(args) < 2:
         print 'missing argument'
+        print
         print buildconfig.func_doc
         print 'Valid arguments for this package are:'
         print 
@@ -632,6 +636,7 @@ and set su-wrapper to 'sudo' in .oscrc.
 
     elif args is None or len(args) < 3:
         print 'missing argument'
+        print
         print build.func_doc
         print 'Valid arguments are:'
         print 'you have to choose a repo to build on'
diff --git a/osc/core.py b/osc/core.py
index 422a8b58..b2d1e1e1 100755
--- a/osc/core.py
+++ b/osc/core.py
@@ -434,7 +434,8 @@ rev: %s
         (fd, filename) = tempfile.mkstemp(prefix = 'osc_editmeta.', suffix = '.xml', dir = '/tmp')
 
         try:
-            m = show_package_meta(self.prjname, self.name)
+            u = makeurl(['source', self.prjname, self.name, '_meta'])
+            m = urllib2.urlopen(u).readlines() 
         except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 print 'package does not exist yet... creating it'
@@ -809,7 +810,7 @@ def edit_meta(prj, pac):
         # package meta
         u = makeurl(['source', prj, pac, '_meta'])
         try:
-            m = show_package_meta(prj, pac)
+            m = urllib2.urlopen(u).readlines() 
         except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 m = new_package_templ % (pac, username)
@@ -822,7 +823,7 @@ def edit_meta(prj, pac):
         # project meta
         u = makeurl(['source', prj, '_meta'])
         try:
-            m = show_project_meta(prj)
+            m = urllib2.urlopen(u).readlines() 
         except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 m = new_project_templ % (prj, username)