diff --git a/syncdir.sh b/syncdir.sh
index 0320847..5cd9c9a 100755
--- a/syncdir.sh
+++ b/syncdir.sh
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ GREEN="\e[32m"
 ENDCOLOR="\e[0m"
 
 HELP_CMD_NAME='syncdir.sh'
-HELP_LOCAL_DIR="/home/$USER/localsync"
-HELP_REMOTE_DIR="remoteuser@server:/home/remoteuser/localsync"
+HELP_LOCAL_DIR="/home/$USER/localsync/"
+HELP_REMOTE_DIR="remoteuser@server:/home/remoteuser/sync/"
 
 myhelp() {
   echo 'Synopsis: '
@@ -30,6 +30,17 @@ timestamp() {
   $(date +%s)
 }
 
+hastrailingslash() {
+  case "$1" in
+  */)
+      echo true
+      ;;
+  *)
+      echo false
+      ;;
+  esac
+}
+
 syncexists() {
   localpath_hash=$(echo "$1" | md5sum | cut -f1 --delimiter=" " -)
   if [[ $(cat "${SYNCFILE}" | grep "$localpath_hash" | wc -l) -ge 1 ]]; then 
@@ -178,6 +189,10 @@ case "$1" in
              ## create path
              mkdir -p "${localpath}"
            fi
+           lhts=$(hastrailingslash $localpath)
+           if [ ${lhts} = false ]; then
+             localpath="${localpath}"/
+           fi
         ;;
         r) echo "r option: ${option} value ${OPTARG}"
           #match an adress in this form username@from_host:/home/test
@@ -198,6 +213,10 @@ case "$1" in
             cat $SYNCFILE
             exit 1
           else
+            rhts=$(hastrailingslash $remotepath)
+            if [ ${rhts} = false ]; then
+              remotepath="${remotepath}"/
+            fi
             initsyncpath $localpath $remotepath
           fi
 
diff --git a/syncloop.sh b/syncloop.sh
index b973983..ecbe6d1 100755
--- a/syncloop.sh
+++ b/syncloop.sh
@@ -16,38 +16,10 @@ REMOTEPATH=$3
 REMOTEHOST=$(echo "$REMOTEPATH" | cut -d : -f 1 | cut -d @ -f 2)
 REMOTERELATIVEPATH=$(echo "$REMOTEPATH" | cut -d : -f 2)
 
-syncmng() {
-  #touch ${TMPLOCKFILE}
-  ## push deletion 
-  if [ -f "$TMPQUEUEDELETES" ]; then 
-    ndeletes=$(wc -l < ${TMPQUEUEDELETES})
-    echo "delete queue $ndeletes"
-    cat "${TMPQUEUEDELETES}"
-    while [ $ndeletes -gt 0 ]; do
-      ssh $REMOTEHOST "rm -rf $(head -n $ndeletes ${TMPQUEUEDELETES} | tr '\n', ' ')"
-      # remove the first ndeletes lines
-      tail -n +$(expr ${ndeletes} + 1) < ${TMPQUEUEDELETES} > ${TMPQUEUEDELETES}
-    done
-  fi
-  if [ -f "$TMPQUEUEFILE" ]; then 
-    nqueue=$(wc -l < ${TMPQUEUEFILE})
-    while [ $nqueue -gt 0 ]; do
-      echo "${TMPQUEUEFILE} not empty before removing lock... syncing ${nqueue} actions from queue"
-      sync $LOCALPATH_HASH $LOCALPATH $REMOTEPATH '--delete'
-      # remove the first nqueue lines from queue
-      tail -n +$(expr ${nqueue} + 1) < ${TMPQUEUEFILE} > ${TMPQUEUEFILE}
-      nqueue=$(wc -l < ${TMPQUEUEFILE})
-    done
-  fi
-  echo 'End sync... removing lock'
-  #rm "$TMPLOCKFILE"
-}
-
 synccycle() {
-  echo 'Starting sync consumer cycle'
   lastsynctime="$(date -u +%s.%N)"
   ### max waiting time for pull (seconds) 
-  maxpulllimit=60*2
+  maxpulllimit=30
   while :
   do
     if [ -f "$TMPQUEUEFILE" ]; then 
@@ -70,19 +42,17 @@ synccycle() {
         # remove the first nqueue lines from queue
         tail -n +$(expr ${nqueue} + 1) < ${TMPQUEUEFILE} > ${TMPQUEUEFILE}
         lastsynctime="$(date -u +%s.%N)"
-        sleep 2
         ## step to next iteration
         continue
       fi
     fi
-    echo 'Queue empty verify if it is time for pull'
     now="$(date -u +%s.%N)"
     elapsed="$(bc <<<"$now-$lastsynctime")"
-    ## if elapsed is greater than maxpulllimit sync from remote
+    ## if elapsed is greater than maxpulllimit sync from remote with delete option
     if [ 1 -eq $(echo "$elapsed>$maxpulllimit" | bc) ]; then
-      sync $LOCALPATH_HASH $REMOTEPATH $LOCALPATH
+      echo 'maxpulllimit reached: sync from remote with --delete option'
+      sync $LOCALPATH_HASH $REMOTEPATH $LOCALPATH '--delete' 
     fi
-    sleep 2
   done
 }