diff --git a/src/app-layer-parser.c b/src/app-layer-parser.c
index 1ed7c571a4..22b0dc9182 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-parser.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-parser.c
@@ -951,11 +951,6 @@ error:
 int AppLayerTransactionGetBaseId(Flow *f) {
     SCEnter();
 
-    if (f->proto != IPPROTO_TCP && f->proto != IPPROTO_UDP) {
-        SCLogDebug("no TCP or UDP");
-        goto error;
-    }
-
     /* Get the parser state (if any) */
     if (f->aldata == NULL) {
         SCLogDebug("no aldata");
@@ -978,11 +973,6 @@ error:
 int AppLayerTransactionGetLoggableId(Flow *f) {
     SCEnter();
 
-    if (f->proto != IPPROTO_TCP && f->proto != IPPROTO_UDP) {
-        SCLogDebug("no TCP or UDP");
-        goto error;
-    }
-
     /* Get the parser state (if any) */
     if (f->aldata == NULL) {
         SCLogDebug("no aldata");
@@ -1014,11 +1004,6 @@ error:
 void AppLayerTransactionUpdateLoggedId(Flow *f) {
     SCEnter();
 
-    if (f->proto != IPPROTO_TCP && f->proto != IPPROTO_UDP) {
-        SCLogDebug("no TCP or UDP");
-        goto error;
-    }
-
     /* Get the parser state (if any) */
     if (f->aldata == NULL) {
         SCLogDebug("no aldata");
@@ -1041,11 +1026,6 @@ error:
 int AppLayerTransactionGetLoggedId(Flow *f) {
     SCEnter();
 
-    if (f->proto != IPPROTO_TCP && f->proto != IPPROTO_UDP) {
-        SCLogDebug("no TCP or UDP");
-        goto error;
-    }
-
     /* Get the parser state (if any) */
     if (f->aldata == NULL) {
         SCLogDebug("no aldata");
@@ -1076,11 +1056,6 @@ int AppLayerTransactionUpdateInspectId(Flow *f)
 
     int r = 0;
 
-    if (f->proto != IPPROTO_TCP && f->proto != IPPROTO_UDP) {
-        SCLogDebug("no TCP or UDP flow");
-        goto end;
-    }
-
     /* Get the parser state (if any) */
     AppLayerParserStateStore *parser_state_store = NULL;
 
@@ -1114,7 +1089,7 @@ int AppLayerTransactionUpdateInspectId(Flow *f)
             }
         }
     }
-end:
+
     SCReturnInt(r);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/detect-engine-state.c b/src/detect-engine-state.c
index bfa8e47f02..fbb58bfcc6 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine-state.c
+++ b/src/detect-engine-state.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "detect-engine.h"
 #include "detect-parse.h"
 #include "detect-engine-state.h"
+#include "detect-engine-uri.h"
 
 #include "stream-tcp.h"
 #include "stream-tcp-private.h"
@@ -167,7 +168,15 @@ int DeStateUpdateInspectTransactionId(Flow *f) {
     SCReturnInt(r);
 }
 
-void DeStateSignatureAppend(DetectEngineState *state, Signature *s, SigMatch *sm) {
+/**
+ *  \brief Append a signature to the detect engine state
+ *
+ *  \param state the detect engine state
+ *  \param s signature
+ *  \param sm sigmatch
+ *  \param uri did uri already match (if any)
+ */
+void DeStateSignatureAppend(DetectEngineState *state, Signature *s, SigMatch *sm, char uri) {
     DeStateStore *store = state->tail;
 
     if (store == NULL) {
@@ -195,6 +204,9 @@ void DeStateSignatureAppend(DetectEngineState *state, Signature *s, SigMatch *sm
     SigIntId idx = state->cnt % DE_STATE_CHUNK_SIZE;
     store->store[idx].sid = s->num;
     store->store[idx].flags = 0;
+    if (uri) {
+        store->store[idx].flags |= DE_STATE_FLAG_URI_MATCH;
+    }
     store->store[idx].nm = sm;
     state->cnt++;
 
@@ -241,34 +253,80 @@ int DeStateFlowHasState(Flow *f) {
  *  \retval 1 match
  *  \retval 0 no or partial match
  */
-int DeStateDetectStartDetection(ThreadVars *tv, DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx,
-        Signature *s, Flow *f, uint8_t flags, void *alstate, uint16_t alproto)
+int DeStateDetectStartDetection(ThreadVars *tv, DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx,
+        DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx, Signature *s, Flow *f, uint8_t flags,
+        void *alstate, uint16_t alproto)
 {
     SCEnter();
 
     SigMatch *sm = s->amatch;
     int match = 0;
     int r = 0;
+    char umatch = 0;
+    char uinspect = 0;
 
     if (alstate == NULL) {
         SCReturnInt(0);
     }
 
-    for ( ; sm != NULL; sm = sm->next) {
-        SCLogDebug("sm %p, sm->next %p", sm, sm->next);
+    SCLogDebug("s->id %"PRIu32, s->id);
 
-        if (sigmatch_table[sm->type].AppLayerMatch != NULL &&
-                alproto == sigmatch_table[sm->type].alproto)
-        {
-            match = sigmatch_table[sm->type].AppLayerMatch(tv, det_ctx, f,
-                    flags, alstate, s, sm);
-            if (match == 0) {
-                break;
-            } else if (sm->next == NULL) {
-                r = 1;
-                sm = NULL; /* set to NULL as we have a match */
-                break;
+    /* Check the uricontent keywords here. */
+    if (alproto == ALPROTO_HTTP) {
+        if (s->umatch != NULL) {
+            uinspect = 1;
+
+            SCLogDebug("inspecting uri");
+
+            if (s->flags & SIG_FLAG_MPM_URI) {
+                if (det_ctx->pmq.pattern_id_bitarray != NULL) {
+                    /* filter out sigs that want pattern matches, but
+                     * have no matches */
+                    if (!(det_ctx->pmq.pattern_id_bitarray[(s->mpm_uripattern_id / 8)] & (1<<(s->mpm_uripattern_id % 8))) &&
+                            (s->flags & SIG_FLAG_MPM_URI) && !(s->flags & SIG_FLAG_MPM_URI_NEG)) {
+                        SCLogDebug("mpm sig without matches (pat id %"PRIu32
+                                " check in uri).", s->mpm_uripattern_id);
+                        goto next;
+                    }
+                }
             }
+
+            if (DetectEngineInspectPacketUris(de_ctx, det_ctx, s, f,
+                        flags, alstate) == 1)
+            {
+                SCLogDebug("uri matched");
+                umatch = 1;
+            } else {
+                SCLogDebug("uri inspected but no match");
+            }
+next:;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (s->amatch != NULL) {
+        for ( ; sm != NULL; sm = sm->next) {
+            SCLogDebug("sm %p, sm->next %p", sm, sm->next);
+
+            if (sigmatch_table[sm->type].AppLayerMatch != NULL &&
+                    alproto == sigmatch_table[sm->type].alproto)
+            {
+                match = sigmatch_table[sm->type].AppLayerMatch(tv, det_ctx, f,
+                        flags, alstate, s, sm);
+                if (match == 0) {
+                    break;
+                } else if (sm->next == NULL) {
+                    sm = NULL; /* set to NULL as we have a match */
+
+                    if (!uinspect || (uinspect && umatch)) {
+                        r = 1;
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    } else {
+        if (uinspect && umatch) {
+            r = 1;
         }
     }
 
@@ -285,7 +343,7 @@ int DeStateDetectStartDetection(ThreadVars *tv, DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx,
 
     if (f->de_state != NULL) {
         SCMutexLock(&f->de_state->m);
-        DeStateSignatureAppend(f->de_state, s, sm);
+        DeStateSignatureAppend(f->de_state, s, sm, umatch);
         SCMutexUnlock(&f->de_state->m);
     }
 
@@ -303,6 +361,8 @@ int DeStateDetectContinueDetection(ThreadVars *tv, DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Dete
     SigIntId cnt = 0;
     SigIntId store_cnt = 0;
     DeStateStore *store = NULL;
+    char umatch = 0;
+    char uinspect = 0;
 
     if (f == NULL || alstate == NULL || alproto == ALPROTO_UNKNOWN) {
         return 0;
@@ -331,6 +391,7 @@ int DeStateDetectContinueDetection(ThreadVars *tv, DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Dete
                     (uintmax_t)s->id);
 
             /* if the sm is NULL, the sig matched already */
+#if 0
             if (item->nm == NULL) {
                 SCLogDebug("state detection already matched in a previous run");
                 det_ctx->de_state_sig_array[item->sid] = DE_STATE_MATCH_STORED;
@@ -339,22 +400,82 @@ int DeStateDetectContinueDetection(ThreadVars *tv, DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Dete
                         s->id, DeStateMatchResultToString(det_ctx->de_state_sig_array[item->sid]));
                 continue;
             }
-
+#endif
             PROFILING_START;
 
             /* let's continue detection */
-            SigMatch *sm;
-            int match = 0;
-            for (sm = item->nm; sm != NULL; sm = sm->next) {
-                match = sigmatch_table[sm->type].AppLayerMatch(tv,
-                        det_ctx, f, flags, alstate, s, sm);
-                if (match == 0) {
-                    item->nm = sm;
-                    det_ctx->de_state_sig_array[item->sid] = DE_STATE_MATCH_PARTIAL;
-                } else if (sm->next == NULL) {
-                    /* mark the sig as matched */
-                    item->nm = NULL;
+
+            /* first, check uricontent */
+            if (alproto == ALPROTO_HTTP) {
+                if (s->umatch != NULL) {
+                    if (!(item->flags & DE_STATE_FLAG_URI_MATCH)) {
+                        SCLogDebug("inspecting uri");
+                        uinspect = 1;
+
+                        if (s->flags & SIG_FLAG_MPM_URI) {
+                            if (det_ctx->pmq.pattern_id_bitarray != NULL) {
+                                /* filter out sigs that want pattern matches, but
+                                 * have no matches */
+                                if (!(det_ctx->pmq.pattern_id_bitarray[(s->mpm_uripattern_id / 8)] & (1<<(s->mpm_uripattern_id % 8))) &&
+                                        (s->flags & SIG_FLAG_MPM_URI) && !(s->flags & SIG_FLAG_MPM_URI_NEG)) {
+                                    SCLogDebug("mpm sig without matches (pat id %"PRIu32
+                                            " check in uri).", s->mpm_uripattern_id);
+                                    goto next;
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+
+                        if (DetectEngineInspectPacketUris(de_ctx, det_ctx, s,
+                                    f, flags, alstate) == 1)
+                        {
+                            SCLogDebug("uri matched");
+                            item->flags |= DE_STATE_FLAG_URI_MATCH;
+                            umatch = 1;
+                        } else {
+                            SCLogDebug("uri inspected but no match");
+                        }
+next:;
+                    } else {
+                        SCLogDebug("uri already inspected");
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            /* next, check the other sig matches */
+            if (item->nm != NULL) {
+                SigMatch *sm;
+                int match = 0;
+                for (sm = item->nm; sm != NULL; sm = sm->next) {
+                    match = sigmatch_table[sm->type].AppLayerMatch(tv,
+                            det_ctx, f, flags, alstate, s, sm);
+                    /* no match, break out */
+                    if (match == 0) {
+                        item->nm = sm;
+                        det_ctx->de_state_sig_array[item->sid] = DE_STATE_MATCH_PARTIAL;
+                        SCLogDebug("state set to %s", DeStateMatchResultToString(DE_STATE_MATCH_PARTIAL));
+                        break;
+
+                    /* match, and no more sm's */
+                    } else if (sm->next == NULL) {
+                        /* mark the sig as matched */
+                        item->nm = NULL;
+
+                        if (!uinspect || (uinspect && umatch)) {
+                            det_ctx->de_state_sig_array[item->sid] = DE_STATE_MATCH_NEW;
+                            SCLogDebug("state set to %s", DeStateMatchResultToString(DE_STATE_MATCH_NEW));
+                        } else {
+                            det_ctx->de_state_sig_array[item->sid] = DE_STATE_MATCH_PARTIAL;
+                            SCLogDebug("state set to %s", DeStateMatchResultToString(DE_STATE_MATCH_PARTIAL));
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            } else {
+                if (uinspect && umatch) {
                     det_ctx->de_state_sig_array[item->sid] = DE_STATE_MATCH_NEW;
+                    SCLogDebug("state set to %s", DeStateMatchResultToString(DE_STATE_MATCH_NEW));
+                } else if (uinspect && !umatch) {
+                    det_ctx->de_state_sig_array[item->sid] = DE_STATE_MATCH_PARTIAL;
+                    SCLogDebug("state set to %s", DeStateMatchResultToString(DE_STATE_MATCH_PARTIAL));
                 }
             }
 
@@ -396,8 +517,9 @@ int DeStateRestartDetection(ThreadVars *tv, DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, DetectEngin
  *  \retval 1 match
  *  \retval 0 no match
  */
-int DeStateDetectSignature(ThreadVars *tv, DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx, Signature *s,
-        Packet *p, uint8_t flags, void *alstate, uint16_t alproto)
+int DeStateDetectSignature(ThreadVars *tv, DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx,
+        DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx, Signature *s, Packet *p, uint8_t flags,
+        void *alstate, uint16_t alproto)
 {
     SCEnter();
     int r = 0;
@@ -409,63 +531,12 @@ int DeStateDetectSignature(ThreadVars *tv, DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx, Signa
     /* if there is already a state, continue the inspection of this
      * signature using that state.
      */
-    r = DeStateDetectStartDetection(tv, det_ctx, s, p->flow, flags,
+    r = DeStateDetectStartDetection(tv, de_ctx, det_ctx, s, p->flow, flags,
             alstate, alproto);
 
     SCReturnInt(r);
 }
 
-/*
-    pseudocode
-
-app_detect() {
-    if (no flow state) {
-        start_fresh_detect();
-    } else {
-        continue_where_we_left_off()
-    }
-}
-
-start_fresh_detect() {
-    if (state not updated)
-        done;
-
-    for (sigs in app list) {
-        add sig to state;
-
-        for (each sigmatch) {
-            if (not sigmatch match) {
-                store sigmatch ptr;
-                break sigmatch loop;
-            }
-
-            if (final sigmatch matches)
-                set state sm to NULL
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-continue_where_we_left_off() {
-    if (state not updated)
-        done;
-
-    for (each sig in the state) {
-        for (each sm starting at state->sm) {
-            if (not sigmatch match) {
-                store sigmatch ptr;
-                break sigmatch loop;
-            }
-
-            if (final sigmatch matches)
-                set state sm to NULL
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-
- */
-
-
 #ifdef UNITTESTS
 #include "flow-util.h"
 
@@ -492,39 +563,39 @@ static int DeStateTest02(void) {
     memset(&s, 0x00, sizeof(s));
 
     s.num = 0;
-    DeStateSignatureAppend(state, &s, NULL);
+    DeStateSignatureAppend(state, &s, NULL, 0);
     s.num = 11;
-    DeStateSignatureAppend(state, &s, NULL);
+    DeStateSignatureAppend(state, &s, NULL, 0);
     s.num = 22;
-    DeStateSignatureAppend(state, &s, NULL);
+    DeStateSignatureAppend(state, &s, NULL, 0);
     s.num = 33;
-    DeStateSignatureAppend(state, &s, NULL);
+    DeStateSignatureAppend(state, &s, NULL, 0);
     s.num = 44;
-    DeStateSignatureAppend(state, &s, NULL);
+    DeStateSignatureAppend(state, &s, NULL, 0);
     s.num = 55;
-    DeStateSignatureAppend(state, &s, NULL);
+    DeStateSignatureAppend(state, &s, NULL, 0);
     s.num = 66;
-    DeStateSignatureAppend(state, &s, NULL);
+    DeStateSignatureAppend(state, &s, NULL, 0);
     s.num = 77;
-    DeStateSignatureAppend(state, &s, NULL);
+    DeStateSignatureAppend(state, &s, NULL, 0);
     s.num = 88;
-    DeStateSignatureAppend(state, &s, NULL);
+    DeStateSignatureAppend(state, &s, NULL, 0);
     s.num = 99;
-    DeStateSignatureAppend(state, &s, NULL);
+    DeStateSignatureAppend(state, &s, NULL, 0);
     s.num = 100;
-    DeStateSignatureAppend(state, &s, NULL);
+    DeStateSignatureAppend(state, &s, NULL, 0);
     s.num = 111;
-    DeStateSignatureAppend(state, &s, NULL);
+    DeStateSignatureAppend(state, &s, NULL, 0);
     s.num = 122;
-    DeStateSignatureAppend(state, &s, NULL);
+    DeStateSignatureAppend(state, &s, NULL, 0);
     s.num = 133;
-    DeStateSignatureAppend(state, &s, NULL);
+    DeStateSignatureAppend(state, &s, NULL, 0);
     s.num = 144;
-    DeStateSignatureAppend(state, &s, NULL);
+    DeStateSignatureAppend(state, &s, NULL, 0);
     s.num = 155;
-    DeStateSignatureAppend(state, &s, NULL);
+    DeStateSignatureAppend(state, &s, NULL, 0);
     s.num = 166;
-    DeStateSignatureAppend(state, &s, NULL);
+    DeStateSignatureAppend(state, &s, NULL, 0);
 
     if (state->head == NULL) {
         goto end;
diff --git a/src/detect-engine-state.h b/src/detect-engine-state.h
index cd8ef5bc6a..ccc649b5d9 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine-state.h
+++ b/src/detect-engine-state.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 #define __DETECT_ENGINE_STATE_H__
 
 /** number of DeStateStoreItem's in one DeStateStore object */
-#define DE_STATE_CHUNK_SIZE         4
+#define DE_STATE_CHUNK_SIZE         16
 
 #define DE_STATE_FLAG_PAYLOAD_MATCH 0x01 /**< payload part of the sig matched */
 #define DE_STATE_FLAG_URI_MATCH     0x02 /**< uri part of the sig matched */
@@ -85,11 +85,15 @@ void DetectEngineStateReset(DetectEngineState *state);
 DetectEngineState *DetectEngineStateAlloc(void);
 void DetectEngineStateFree(DetectEngineState *);
 
-void DeStateSignatureAppend(DetectEngineState *, Signature *, SigMatch *);
+void DeStateSignatureAppend(DetectEngineState *, Signature *, SigMatch *, char);
 
 int DeStateFlowHasState(Flow *);
-int DeStateDetectStartDetection(ThreadVars *, DetectEngineThreadCtx *, Signature *, Flow *, uint8_t, void *, uint16_t);
-int DeStateDetectContinueDetection(ThreadVars *, DetectEngineCtx *, DetectEngineThreadCtx *, Flow *, uint8_t, void *, uint16_t);
+
+int DeStateDetectStartDetection(ThreadVars *, DetectEngineCtx *,
+        DetectEngineThreadCtx *, Signature *, Flow *, uint8_t, void *, uint16_t);
+
+int DeStateDetectContinueDetection(ThreadVars *, DetectEngineCtx *,
+        DetectEngineThreadCtx *, Flow *, uint8_t, void *, uint16_t);
 
 const char *DeStateMatchResultToString(DeStateMatchResult);
 int DeStateUpdateInspectTransactionId(Flow *f);
diff --git a/src/detect-engine-uri.c b/src/detect-engine-uri.c
index 91163d0833..fbf0dc8248 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine-uri.c
+++ b/src/detect-engine-uri.c
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
  *  \param det_ctx Detection engine thread context
  *  \param s Signature to inspect
  *  \param sm SigMatch to inspect
- *  \param p Packet
  *  \param payload ptr to the uricontent payload to inspect
  *  \param payload_len length of the uricontent payload
  *
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@
  */
 static int DoInspectPacketUri(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx,
         DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx, Signature *s, SigMatch *sm,
-        Packet *p, uint8_t *payload, uint32_t payload_len)
+        uint8_t *payload, uint32_t payload_len)
 {
     SCEnter();
 
@@ -210,7 +209,7 @@ static int DoInspectPacketUri(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx,
                 /* see if the next payload keywords match. If not, we will
                  * search for another occurence of this uricontent and see
                  * if the others match then until we run out of matches */
-                int r = DoInspectPacketUri(de_ctx,det_ctx,s,sm->next, p, payload, payload_len);
+                int r = DoInspectPacketUri(de_ctx,det_ctx,s,sm->next, payload, payload_len);
                 if (r == 1) {
                     SCReturnInt(1);
                 }
@@ -231,7 +230,7 @@ match:
     /* this sigmatch matched, inspect the next one. If it was the last,
      * the payload portion of the signature matched. */
     if (sm->next != NULL) {
-        int r = DoInspectPacketUri(de_ctx,det_ctx,s,sm->next, p, payload, payload_len);
+        int r = DoInspectPacketUri(de_ctx,det_ctx,s,sm->next, payload, payload_len);
         SCReturnInt(r);
     } else {
         SCReturnInt(1);
@@ -247,14 +246,13 @@ match:
  *  \param f Flow
  *  \param flags app layer flags
  *  \param state App layer state
- *  \param p Packet
  *
  *  \retval 0 no match
  *  \retval 1 match
  */
 int DetectEngineInspectPacketUris(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx,
         DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx, Signature *s, Flow *f, uint8_t flags,
-        void *alstate, Packet *p)
+        void *alstate)
 {
     SCEnter();
     SigMatch *sm = NULL;
@@ -302,7 +300,7 @@ int DetectEngineInspectPacketUris(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx,
 
         /* Inspect all the uricontents fetched on each
          * transaction at the app layer */
-        r = DoInspectPacketUri(de_ctx, det_ctx, s, s->umatch, p,
+        r = DoInspectPacketUri(de_ctx, det_ctx, s, s->umatch,
                 (uint8_t *) bstr_ptr(tx->request_uri_normalized),
                 bstr_len(tx->request_uri_normalized));
 
diff --git a/src/detect-engine-uri.h b/src/detect-engine-uri.h
index 91cddc7379..e68c695db4 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine-uri.h
+++ b/src/detect-engine-uri.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 int DetectEngineInspectPacketUris(DetectEngineCtx *,
         DetectEngineThreadCtx *, Signature *, Flow *, uint8_t,
-        void *, Packet *);
+        void *);
 
 #endif /* __DETECT_ENGINE_URICONTENT_H__ */
 
diff --git a/src/detect-uricontent.c b/src/detect-uricontent.c
index 80f22c33b8..221f20172b 100644
--- a/src/detect-uricontent.c
+++ b/src/detect-uricontent.c
@@ -965,11 +965,23 @@ static int DetectUriSigTest03(void) {
         goto end;
     }
 
-   /* do detect */
+    /* do detect */
     SigMatchSignatures(&th_v, de_ctx, det_ctx, &p);
 
+    if ((PacketAlertCheck(&p, 1))) {
+        printf("sig 1 alerted, but it should not: ");
+        goto end;
+    } else if (!PacketAlertCheck(&p, 2)) {
+        printf("sig 2 did not alert, but it should: ");
+        goto end;
+    } else if ((PacketAlertCheck(&p, 3))) {
+        printf("sig 3 alerted, but it should not: ");
+        goto end;
+    }
+
+
     r = AppLayerParse(&f, ALPROTO_HTTP, STREAM_TOSERVER, httpbuf2, httplen2);
-   if (r != 0) {
+    if (r != 0) {
         printf("toserver chunk 1 returned %" PRId32 ", expected 0: ", r);
         goto end;
     }
@@ -984,19 +996,19 @@ static int DetectUriSigTest03(void) {
     SigMatchSignatures(&th_v, de_ctx, det_ctx, &p);
 
     if ((PacketAlertCheck(&p, 1))) {
-        printf("sig: 1 alerted, but it should not\n");
+        printf("sig 1 alerted, but it should not (chunk 2): ");
         goto end;
-    } else if (! PacketAlertCheck(&p, 2)) {
-        printf("sig: 2 did not alerted, but it should\n");
+    } else if (PacketAlertCheck(&p, 2)) {
+        printf("sig 2 alerted, but it should not (chunk 2): ");
         goto end;
-    } else if (! (PacketAlertCheck(&p, 3))) {
-        printf("sig: 3 did not alerted, but it should\n");
+    } else if (!(PacketAlertCheck(&p, 3))) {
+        printf("sig 3 did not alert, but it should (chunk 2): ");
         goto end;
     }
 
     result = 1;
-end:
 
+end:
     if (de_ctx != NULL) SigGroupCleanup(de_ctx);
     if (de_ctx != NULL) SigCleanSignatures(de_ctx);
     if (det_ctx != NULL) DetectEngineThreadCtxDeinit(&th_v, det_ctx);
diff --git a/src/detect.c b/src/detect.c
index 1da808b581..46923d4a51 100644
--- a/src/detect.c
+++ b/src/detect.c
@@ -684,19 +684,6 @@ int SigMatchSignatures(ThreadVars *th_v, DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, DetectEngineTh
             goto next;
         }
 
-        if (s->flags & SIG_FLAG_MPM_URI) {
-            if (det_ctx->pmq.pattern_id_bitarray != NULL) {
-                /* filter out sigs that want pattern matches, but
-                 * have no matches */
-                if (!(det_ctx->pmq.pattern_id_bitarray[(s->mpm_uripattern_id / 8)] & (1<<(s->mpm_uripattern_id % 8))) &&
-                        (s->flags & SIG_FLAG_MPM_URI) && !(s->flags & SIG_FLAG_MPM_URI_NEG)) {
-                    SCLogDebug("mpm sig without matches (pat id %"PRIu32
-                            " check in uri).", s->mpm_uripattern_id);
-                    goto next;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
         if (s->flags & SIG_FLAG_MPM) {
             if (det_ctx->pmq.pattern_id_bitarray != NULL) {
                 /* filter out sigs that want pattern matches, but
@@ -751,12 +738,6 @@ int SigMatchSignatures(ThreadVars *th_v, DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, DetectEngineTh
             }
         }
 
-        /* Check the uricontent keywords here. */
-        if (s->umatch != NULL) {
-            if (DetectEngineInspectPacketUris(de_ctx, det_ctx, s, p->flow, flags, alstate, p) != 1)
-                goto next;
-        }
-
         /* Check the payload keywords. If we are a MPM sig and we've made
          * to here, we've had at least one of the patterns match */
         if (s->pmatch != NULL) {
@@ -801,10 +782,11 @@ int SigMatchSignatures(ThreadVars *th_v, DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, DetectEngineTh
         }
 
         SCLogDebug("s->amatch %p", s->amatch);
-        if (s->amatch != NULL && p->flow != NULL) {
+        if ((s->amatch != NULL || s->umatch != NULL) && p->flow != NULL) {
             if (de_state_start == TRUE) {
                 SCLogDebug("stateful app layer match inspection starting");
-                if (DeStateDetectStartDetection(th_v, det_ctx, s, p->flow, flags, alstate, alproto) != 1)
+                if (DeStateDetectStartDetection(th_v, de_ctx, det_ctx, s,
+                            p->flow, flags, alstate, alproto) != 1)
                     goto next;
             } else {
                 SCLogDebug("signature %"PRIu32" (%"PRIuMAX"): %s",