diff --git a/bench.rb b/bench.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..553b875df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+require 'rubygems'
+require 'benchwarmer'
+require 'right_aws'
+
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'lib'))
+require 'fog/aws'
+
+data = File.open(File.expand_path('~/.s3conf/s3config.yml')).read
+config = YAML.load(data)
+fog = Fog::AWS::S3.new(
+  :aws_access_key_id => config['aws_access_key_id'],
+  :aws_secret_access_key => config['aws_secret_access_key']
+)
+raws = RightAws::S3Interface.new(
+  config['aws_access_key_id'],
+  config['aws_secret_access_key']
+)
+raws.logger.level = 3 # ERROR
+
+Benchmark.bm(25) do |bench|
+  bench.report('fog.put_bucket') do
+    fog.put_bucket('fogbench')
+  end
+  bench.report('raws.create_bucket') do
+    raws.create_bucket('rawsbench')
+  end
+
+  print '-' * 64 << "\n"
+
+  bench.report('fog.put_object') do
+    file = File.open(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/spec/lorem.txt', 'r')
+    fog.put_object('fogbench', 'lorem', file)
+  end
+  bench.report('raws.put') do
+    file = File.open(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/spec/lorem.txt', 'r')
+    raws.put('rawsbench', 'lorem', file)
+  end
+
+  print '-' * 64 << "\n"
+
+  bench.report('fog.delete_object') do
+    fog.delete_object('fogbench', 'lorem')
+  end
+  bench.report('raws.delete') do
+    raws.delete('rawsbench', 'lorem')
+  end
+
+  print '-' * 64 << "\n"
+
+  bench.report('fog.delete_bucket') do
+    fog.delete_bucket('fogbench')
+  end
+  bench.report('raws.delete_bucket') do
+    raws.delete_bucket('rawsbench')
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/fog/aws.rb b/lib/fog/aws.rb
index 14d97c274..d168e01e9 100644
--- a/lib/fog/aws.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/aws.rb
@@ -34,13 +34,16 @@ module Fog
         host = "#{uri.host}#{uri.port == 80 ? "" : ":#{uri.port}"}"
         @headers.merge!({'Host' => host})
         request  = "#{method} #{path} HTTP/1.1\r\n"
-        request << "#{headers.collect {|k,v| "#{k}: #{v}\r\n"}.join('')}\r\n"
+        for key, value in headers
+          request << "#{key}: #{value}\r\n"
+        end
+        request << "\r\n"
         request << "#{@body}\r\n" if @body
         send_data(request)
       end
 
       def receive_data(data)
-        p data
+        # p data
         unless @data
           if data =~ /\AHTTP\/1\.[01] ([\d]{3})/
             @response.status = $1.to_i
@@ -48,7 +51,7 @@ module Fog
             @response.status = 0
           end
           @headers, @data = data.split("\r\n\r\n")
-          @headers.split("\r\n").each do |header|
+          for header in @headers.split("\r\n")
             if data = header.match(/(.*):\s(.*)/)
               @response.headers[data[1]] = data[2]
             end