diff --git a/doc/rtorrent.1 b/doc/rtorrent.1
index 627e33e2..8378e2d4 100644
--- a/doc/rtorrent.1
+++ b/doc/rtorrent.1
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 .\" <http://shell.ipoline.com/~elmert/comp/docbook2X/> 
 .\" Please send any bug reports, improvements, comments, patches, 
 .\" etc. to Steve Cheng <steve@ggi-project.org>.
-.TH "RTORRENT" "1" "24 March 2007" "BitTorrent client for ncurses" ""
+.TH "RTORRENT" "1" "20 June 2007" "BitTorrent client for ncurses" ""
 
 .SH NAME
 rtorrent \- a BitTorrent client for ncurses
@@ -358,6 +358,12 @@ peers we want. A negative value disables this feature.
 \fBuse_udp_trackers = \fIyes\fB\fR
 Use UDP trackers. Disable if you are behind a firewall, etc, that does
 not allow connections to UDP trackers.
+.TP
+\fBhttp_capath = \fIpath\fB\fR
+.TP
+\fBhttp_cacert = \fIfilename\fB\fR
+Set the certificates to use in http requests. See Curl's
+CURLOPT_CAPATH and CURLOPT_CAINFO options for further information.
 .SH "USER-INTERFACE SETTINGS"
 .PP
 Display related settings.
diff --git a/doc/rtorrent.1.xml b/doc/rtorrent.1.xml
index bc5b26da..0b50a4ea 100644
--- a/doc/rtorrent.1.xml
+++ b/doc/rtorrent.1.xml
@@ -699,6 +699,15 @@ not allow connections to UDP trackers.
         </para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term>http_capath = <replaceable>path</replaceable></term>
+        <term>http_cacert = <replaceable>filename</replaceable></term>
+        <listitem><para>
+Set the certificates to use in http requests. See Curl's
+CURLOPT_CAPATH and CURLOPT_CAINFO options for further information.
+        </para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
     </variablelist>
 
   </refsect1>
diff --git a/src/command_events.cc b/src/command_events.cc
index c4248066..f48a36b1 100644
--- a/src/command_events.cc
+++ b/src/command_events.cc
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ apply_download_list(const torrent::Object& rawArgs) {
   core::ViewManager* viewManager = control->view_manager();
   core::ViewManager::iterator viewItr;
 
-  if (argsItr != args.end())
+  if (argsItr != args.end() && !(argsItr++)->as_string().empty())
     viewItr = viewManager->find((argsItr++)->as_string());
   else
     viewItr = viewManager->find("main");