diff --git a/sleekxmpp/basexmpp.py b/sleekxmpp/basexmpp.py
index e120a71..965570e 100644
--- a/sleekxmpp/basexmpp.py
+++ b/sleekxmpp/basexmpp.py
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ class basexmpp(object):
 				with self.lock:
 					self.event_handlers[name].pop(self.event_handlers[name].index(handler))
 	
-	def makeMessage(self, mto, mbody='', msubject=None, mtype=None, mhtml=None, mfrom=None):
+	def makeMessage(self, mto, mbody='', msubject=None, mtype=None, mhtml=None, mfrom=None, mnick=None):
 		message = ET.Element('{%s}message' % self.default_ns)
 		if mfrom is None:
 			message.attrib['from'] = self.fulljid
@@ -289,6 +289,11 @@ class basexmpp(object):
 			subject = ET.Element('subject')
 			subject.text = msubject
 			message.append(subject)
+		if mnick:
+			print("generating nick")
+			nick = ET.Element("{http://jabber.org/protocol/nick}nick")
+			nick.text = mnick
+			message.append(nick)
 		return message
 	
 	def makePresence(self, pshow=None, pstatus=None, ppriority=None, pto=None, ptype=None, pfrom=None):
@@ -315,8 +320,8 @@ class basexmpp(object):
 			presence.attrib['from'] = pfrom
 		return presence
 	
-	def sendMessage(self, mto, mbody, msubject=None, mtype=None, mhtml=None, mfrom=None):
-		self.send(self.makeMessage(mto,mbody,msubject,mtype,mhtml,mfrom))
+	def sendMessage(self, mto, mbody, msubject=None, mtype=None, mhtml=None, mfrom=None, mnick=None):
+		self.send(self.makeMessage(mto,mbody,msubject,mtype,mhtml,mfrom,mnick))
 	
 	def sendPresence(self, pshow=None, pstatus=None, ppriority=None, pto=None, pfrom=None):
 		self.send(self.makePresence(pshow,pstatus,ppriority,pto, pfrom=pfrom))
diff --git a/sleekxmpp/componentxmpp.py b/sleekxmpp/componentxmpp.py
index 7f95241..ad89758 100755
--- a/sleekxmpp/componentxmpp.py
+++ b/sleekxmpp/componentxmpp.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class ComponentXMPP(basexmpp, XMLStream):
 	def start_stream_handler(self, xml):
 		sid = xml.get('id', '')
 		handshake = ET.Element('{jabber:component:accept}handshake')
-		handshake.text = hashlib.sha1.new(b"%s%s" % (sid, self.secret)).hexdigest().lower()
+		handshake.text = hashlib.sha1(bytes("%s%s" % (sid, self.secret), 'utf-8')).hexdigest().lower()
 		self.send(handshake)
 	
 	def _handleHandshake(self, xml):
diff --git a/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/xmlstream.py b/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/xmlstream.py
index 198aba0..bfad7cd 100644
--- a/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/xmlstream.py
+++ b/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/xmlstream.py
@@ -248,8 +248,8 @@ class XMLStream(object):
 	def __spawnEvent(self, xmlobj):
 		"watching xmlOut and processes handlers"
 		#convert XML into Stanza
+		logging.debug("RECV: %s" % cElementTree.tostring(xmlobj))
 		xmlobj = self.incoming_filter(xmlobj)
-		logging.debug("PROCESSING: %s" % xmlobj.tag)
 		stanza = None
 		for stanza_class in self.__root_stanza:
 			if self.__root_stanza[stanza_class].match(xmlobj):