diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 32e5f30..2522f03 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ How to install (Windows)
 
 How to install (Debian-Ubuntu)
 ------------------------------
-* sudo apt-get install python-dev python-setuptools cython libusb-1.0-0-dev libudev-dev
+* sudo apt-get install python-dev python-setuptools cython libusb-1.0-0-dev libudev-dev git
 * git clone https://github.com/trezor/python-trezor.git
 * cd python-trezor
 * python setup.py install (or develop)
diff --git a/trezorlib/transport_bridge.py b/trezorlib/transport_bridge.py
index 3991dcc..56ded7d 100644
--- a/trezorlib/transport_bridge.py
+++ b/trezorlib/transport_bridge.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import mapping
 from transport import Transport
 import messages_pb2 as proto
 
-TREZORD_HOST = 'http://localhost:21324'
+TREZORD_HOST = 'https://localback.net:21324'
 CONFIG_URL = 'https://mytrezor.com/data/plugin/config_signed.bin'
 
 def get_error(resp):
@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@ class BridgeTransport(Transport):
 
         config = r.text
 
-        r = requests.post(TREZORD_HOST + '/configure', data=config)
+        self.conn = requests.Session();
+
+        r = self.conn.post(TREZORD_HOST + '/configure', data=config)
         if r.status_code != 200:
             raise Exception('trezord: Could not configure' + get_error(r))
 
-        r = requests.get(TREZORD_HOST + '/enumerate')
+        r = self.conn.get(TREZORD_HOST + '/enumerate')
         if r.status_code != 200:
             raise Exception('trezord: Could not enumerate devices' + get_error(r))
         enum = r.json()
@@ -41,14 +43,14 @@ class BridgeTransport(Transport):
         super(BridgeTransport, self).__init__(device, *args, **kwargs)
 
     def _open(self):
-        r = requests.post(TREZORD_HOST + '/acquire/%s' % self.path)
+        r = self.conn.post(TREZORD_HOST + '/acquire/%s' % self.path)
         if r.status_code != 200:
             raise Exception('trezord: Could not acquire session' + get_error(r))
         resp = r.json()
         self.session = resp['session']
 
     def _close(self):
-        r = requests.post(TREZORD_HOST + '/release/%s' % self.session)
+        r = self.conn.post(TREZORD_HOST + '/release/%s' % self.session)
         if r.status_code != 200:
             raise Exception('trezord: Could not release session' + get_error(r))
         else:
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ class BridgeTransport(Transport):
         cls = protobuf_msg.__class__.__name__
         msg = protobuf_json.pb2json(protobuf_msg)
         payload = '{"type": "%s", "message": %s}' % (cls, json.dumps(msg))
-        r = requests.post(TREZORD_HOST + '/call/%s' % self.session, data=payload)
+        r = self.conn.post(TREZORD_HOST + '/call/%s' % self.session, data=payload)
         if r.status_code != 200:
             raise Exception('trezord: Could not write message' + get_error(r))
         else:
diff --git a/trezorlib/tx_api.py b/trezorlib/tx_api.py
index 5816411..94214f0 100644
--- a/trezorlib/tx_api.py
+++ b/trezorlib/tx_api.py
@@ -52,12 +52,15 @@ def opcode_serialize(opcode):
     except:
         raise Exception('Unknown script opcode: %s' % opcode)
 
-def insight_tx(url):
-    try:
-        f = urllib2.urlopen(url)
-    except:
-        raise Exception('URL error: %s' % url)
-    data = json.load(f)
+def insight_tx(url, rawdata=False):
+    if not rawdata:
+        try:
+            f = urllib2.urlopen(url)
+            data = json.load(f)
+        except:
+            raise Exception('URL error: %s' % url)
+    else:
+        data = url
 
     t = proto_types.TransactionType()
     t.version = data['version']
@@ -81,7 +84,7 @@ def insight_tx(url):
 
     for vout in data['vout']:
         o = t.bin_outputs.add()
-        o.amount = int(Decimal(vout['value']) * 100000000)
+        o.amount = int(Decimal(str(vout['value'])) * 100000000)
         asm = vout['scriptPubKey']['asm'].split(' ')
         asm = [ opcode_serialize(x) for x in asm ]
         o.script_pubkey = ''.join(asm)