diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/update/PluginUpdateChecker.java b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/update/PluginUpdateChecker.java
index a9625feb9..4c2da620f 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/update/PluginUpdateChecker.java
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/update/PluginUpdateChecker.java
@@ -30,14 +30,12 @@ import net.i2p.util.VersionComparator;
  *  @since 0.7.12
  */
 class PluginUpdateChecker extends UpdateRunner {
-    private final ByteArrayOutputStream _baos;
     private final String _appName;
     private final String _oldVersion;
 
     public PluginUpdateChecker(RouterContext ctx, ConsoleUpdateManager mgr,
                                List<URI> uris, String appName, String oldVersion ) { 
-        super(ctx, mgr, uris);
-        _baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream(TrustedUpdate.HEADER_BYTES);
+        super(ctx, mgr, uris, oldVersion);
         if (!uris.isEmpty())
             _currentURI = uris.get(0);
         _appName = appName;
@@ -85,7 +83,10 @@ class PluginUpdateChecker extends UpdateRunner {
         }
 
         @Override
-        public void transferComplete(long alreadyTransferred, long bytesTransferred, long bytesRemaining, String url, String outputFile, boolean notModified) {
+        public void transferComplete(long alreadyTransferred, long bytesTransferred, long bytesRemaining,
+                                     String url, String outputFile, boolean notModified) {
+            super.transferComplete(alreadyTransferred, bytesTransferred, bytesRemaining,
+                                   url, outputFile, notModified);
             // super sets _newVersion if newer
             boolean newer = _newVersion != null;
             if (newer) {
diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/update/PluginUpdateRunner.java b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/update/PluginUpdateRunner.java
index 1f3f7fde4..6439903da 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/update/PluginUpdateRunner.java
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/update/PluginUpdateRunner.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import net.i2p.update.*;
 import net.i2p.util.EepGet;
 import net.i2p.util.FileUtil;
 import net.i2p.util.I2PAppThread;
+import net.i2p.util.Log;
 import net.i2p.util.OrderedProperties;
 import net.i2p.util.SecureDirectory;
 import net.i2p.util.SecureFile;
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ class PluginUpdateRunner extends UpdateRunner {
                 return;
             }
             File tempDir = new File(_context.getTempDir(), "tmp" + _context.random().nextInt() + "-unzip");
-            if (!FileUtil.extractZip(to, tempDir)) {
+            if (!FileUtil.extractZip(to, tempDir, Log.ERROR)) {
                 f.delete();
                 to.delete();
                 FileUtil.rmdir(tempDir, false);
@@ -374,7 +375,7 @@ class PluginUpdateRunner extends UpdateRunner {
             }
 
             // Finally, extract the zip to the plugin directory
-            if (!FileUtil.extractZip(to, destDir)) {
+            if (!FileUtil.extractZip(to, destDir, Log.WARN)) {
                 to.delete();
                 statusDone("<b>" + _("Failed to install plugin in {0}", destDir.getAbsolutePath()) + "</b>");
                 return;
diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/update/UpdateRunner.java b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/update/UpdateRunner.java
index 937f235fe..a9fc6d3c6 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/update/UpdateRunner.java
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/update/UpdateRunner.java
@@ -39,9 +39,10 @@ class UpdateRunner extends I2PAppThread implements UpdateTask, EepGet.StatusList
     protected boolean _isPartial;
     /** set by the listeners on completion */
     protected String _newVersion;
-    // 56 byte header, only used for suds
-    private final ByteArrayOutputStream _baos;
+    /** 56 byte header, only used for suds */
+    protected final ByteArrayOutputStream _baos;
     protected URI _currentURI;
+    private final String _currentVersion;
 
     private static final String SIGNED_UPDATE_FILE = "i2pupdate.sud";
 
@@ -49,7 +50,18 @@ class UpdateRunner extends I2PAppThread implements UpdateTask, EepGet.StatusList
     protected static final long INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT = 5*60*1000;
     protected static final long NOPROXY_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT = 60*1000;
 
+    /**
+     *  Uses router version for partial checks
+     */
     public UpdateRunner(RouterContext ctx, ConsoleUpdateManager mgr, List<URI> uris) { 
+        this(ctx, mgr, uris, RouterVersion.VERSION);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     *  @param currentVersion used for partial checks
+     *  @since 0.9.7
+     */
+    public UpdateRunner(RouterContext ctx, ConsoleUpdateManager mgr, List<URI> uris, String currentVersion) { 
         super("Update Runner");
         setDaemon(true);
         _context = ctx;
@@ -58,6 +70,7 @@ class UpdateRunner extends I2PAppThread implements UpdateTask, EepGet.StatusList
         _urls = uris;
         _baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream(TrustedUpdate.HEADER_BYTES);
         _updateFile = (new File(ctx.getTempDir(), "update" + ctx.random().nextInt() + ".tmp")).getAbsolutePath();
+        _currentVersion = currentVersion;
     }
 
     //////// begin UpdateTask methods
@@ -184,7 +197,7 @@ class UpdateRunner extends I2PAppThread implements UpdateTask, EepGet.StatusList
         if (_isPartial) {
             // Compare version with what we have now
             String newVersion = TrustedUpdate.getVersionString(new ByteArrayInputStream(_baos.toByteArray()));
-            boolean newer = VersionComparator.comp(newVersion, RouterVersion.VERSION) > 0;
+            boolean newer = VersionComparator.comp(newVersion, _currentVersion) > 0;
             if (newer) {
                 _newVersion = newVersion;
             } else {
diff --git a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/FileUtil.java b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/FileUtil.java
index c29422c10..2a7180547 100644
--- a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/FileUtil.java
+++ b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/FileUtil.java
@@ -89,8 +89,19 @@ public class FileUtil {
     /**
      *  As of release 0.7.12, any files inside the zip that have a .jar.pack or .war.pack suffix
      *  are transparently unpacked to a .jar or .war file using unpack200.
+     *  Logs at WARN level to wrapper.log
      */
     public static boolean extractZip(File zipfile, File targetDir) {
+        return extractZip(zipfile, targetDir, Log.WARN);
+    }
+
+    /**
+      * @param logLevel Log.WARN, etc.
+      * @return true if it was copied successfully
+      * @since 0.9.7
+      */
+    public static boolean extractZip(File zipfile, File targetDir, int logLevel) {
+        int files = 0;
         ZipFile zip = null;
         try {
             byte buf[] = new byte[16*1024];
@@ -107,7 +118,8 @@ public class FileUtil {
                 if ( (parent != null) && (!parent.exists()) ) {
                     boolean parentsOk = parent.mkdirs();
                     if (!parentsOk) {
-                        System.err.println("ERROR: Unable to create the parent dir for " + entry.getName() + ": [" + parent.getAbsolutePath() + "]");
+                        if (logLevel <= Log.ERROR)
+                            System.err.println("ERROR: Unable to create the parent dir for " + entry.getName() + ": [" + parent.getAbsolutePath() + "]");
                         return false;
                     }
                 }
@@ -115,9 +127,10 @@ public class FileUtil {
                     if (!target.exists()) {
                         boolean created = target.mkdirs();
                         if (!created) {
-                            System.err.println("ERROR: Unable to create the directory [" + entry.getName() + "]");
+                            if (logLevel <= Log.ERROR)
+                                System.err.println("ERROR: Unable to create the directory [" + entry.getName() + "]");
                             return false;
-                        } else {
+                        } else if (logLevel <= Log.INFO) {
                             System.err.println("INFO: Creating directory [" + entry.getName() + "]");
                         }
                     }
@@ -131,28 +144,35 @@ public class FileUtil {
                             target = new File(targetDir, entry.getName().substring(0, entry.getName().length() - ".pack".length()));
                             jos = new JarOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(target));
                             unpack(in, jos);
-                            System.err.println("INFO: File [" + entry.getName() + "] extracted and unpacked");
+                            if (logLevel <= Log.INFO)
+                                System.err.println("INFO: File [" + entry.getName() + "] extracted and unpacked");
                         } else {
                             fos = new FileOutputStream(target);
                             int read = 0;
                             while ( (read = in.read(buf)) != -1) {
                                 fos.write(buf, 0, read);
                             }
-                            System.err.println("INFO: File [" + entry.getName() + "] extracted");
+                            if (logLevel <= Log.INFO)
+                                System.err.println("INFO: File [" + entry.getName() + "] extracted");
                         }
+                        files++;
                     } catch (IOException ioe) {
-                        System.err.println("ERROR: Error extracting the zip entry (" + entry.getName() + ')');
-                        if (ioe.getMessage() != null && ioe.getMessage().indexOf("CAFED00D") >= 0)
-                            System.err.println("This may be caused by a packed library that requires Java 1.6, your Java version is: " +
-                                               System.getProperty("java.version"));
-                        ioe.printStackTrace();
+                        if (logLevel <= Log.ERROR) {
+                            System.err.println("ERROR: Error extracting the zip entry (" + entry.getName() + ')');
+                            if (ioe.getMessage() != null && ioe.getMessage().indexOf("CAFED00D") >= 0)
+                                System.err.println("This may be caused by a packed library that requires Java 1.6, your Java version is: " +
+                                                   System.getProperty("java.version"));
+                            ioe.printStackTrace();
+                        }
                         return false;
                     } catch (Exception e) {
                         // Oracle unpack() should throw an IOE but other problems can happen, e.g:
                         // java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
                         // Caused by: java.util.zip.ZipException: duplicate entry: xxxxx
-                        System.err.println("ERROR: Error extracting the zip entry (" + entry.getName() + ')');
-                        e.printStackTrace();
+                        if (logLevel <= Log.ERROR) {
+                            System.err.println("ERROR: Error extracting the zip entry (" + entry.getName() + ')');
+                            e.printStackTrace();
+                        }
                         return false;
                     } finally {
                         try { if (in != null) in.close(); } catch (IOException ioe) {}
@@ -163,13 +183,17 @@ public class FileUtil {
             }
             return true;
         } catch (IOException ioe) {
-            System.err.println("ERROR: Unable to extract the zip file");
-            ioe.printStackTrace();
+            if (logLevel <= Log.ERROR) {
+                System.err.println("ERROR: Unable to extract the zip file");
+                ioe.printStackTrace();
+            }
             return false;
         } finally {
             if (zip != null) {
                 try { zip.close(); } catch (IOException ioe) {}
             }
+            if (files > 0 && logLevel <= Log.WARN)
+                System.err.println("INFO: " + files + " files extracted to " + targetDir);
         }
     }
     
diff --git a/history.txt b/history.txt
index 158b98ad3..639b2046f 100644
--- a/history.txt
+++ b/history.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-07-03 zzz
+ * Updater: Fix plugin update checker (ticket #897)
+ * Utils: Reduce logging in wrapper log when extracting zip files
+
 2013-06-30 zzz
  * BuildHandler: Drop build request with bad flags
 
diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
index affa6f41b..25340f779 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public class RouterVersion {
     /** deprecated */
     public final static String ID = "Monotone";
     public final static String VERSION = CoreVersion.VERSION;
-    public final static long BUILD = 14;
+    public final static long BUILD = 15;
 
     /** for example "-test" */
     public final static String EXTRA = "-rc";