diff --git a/src/org/aavso/tools/vstar/ui/dialog/plugin/manager/PluginManagementDialog.java b/src/org/aavso/tools/vstar/ui/dialog/plugin/manager/PluginManagementDialog.java
index 69b6f483..2fd58690 100644
--- a/src/org/aavso/tools/vstar/ui/dialog/plugin/manager/PluginManagementDialog.java
+++ b/src/org/aavso/tools/vstar/ui/dialog/plugin/manager/PluginManagementDialog.java
@@ -473,13 +473,12 @@ public Component getListCellRendererComponent(JList<?> list,
 			String desc = (String) pluginListModel.get(index);
 			Font f = l.getFont();
 			if (manager.isLocal(desc)) {
-				//l.setText("[Y] " + desc);
 				l.setFont(f.deriveFont(f.getStyle() | Font.BOLD));
-			} else {
-				//l.setText("[N] " + desc);
-				l.setFont(f.deriveFont(f.getStyle() | ~Font.BOLD));
+				if (!manager.arePluginsEqual(desc)) {
+					l.setForeground(Color.GRAY);
+				}
 			}
 			return l;
-	     }
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/org/aavso/tools/vstar/ui/dialog/plugin/manager/PluginManager.java b/src/org/aavso/tools/vstar/ui/dialog/plugin/manager/PluginManager.java
index 9aed55c7..24910b4c 100644
--- a/src/org/aavso/tools/vstar/ui/dialog/plugin/manager/PluginManager.java
+++ b/src/org/aavso/tools/vstar/ui/dialog/plugin/manager/PluginManager.java
@@ -983,19 +983,16 @@ private List<Byte> getBytesFromURL(URL url) throws IOException {
 		List<Byte> byteList = new ArrayList<Byte>();
 		InputStream stream = url.openStream();
 		try {
-			int len = stream.available();
-			while (len > 0) {
-				byte[] bytes = new byte[len];
-				stream.read(bytes, 0, len);
-				for (byte b : bytes) {
-					byteList.add(b);
+			byte[] buf = new byte[4096];
+			int len;
+			while ((len = stream.read(buf)) > 0) {
+				for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+					byteList.add(buf[i]);
 				}
-				len = stream.available();
 			}
 		} finally {
 			stream.close();
 		}
-
 		return byteList;
 	}