diff --git a/gazelle-proxy-datamodel/src/main/java/net/ihe/gazelle/proxy/model/message/AbstractMessage.java b/gazelle-proxy-datamodel/src/main/java/net/ihe/gazelle/proxy/model/message/AbstractMessage.java
index 569f4086473d5bd547aa2f9726decac271e78aad..4e36c99f7365652cd81c6ccfd47c0168660efe22 100644
--- a/gazelle-proxy-datamodel/src/main/java/net/ihe/gazelle/proxy/model/message/AbstractMessage.java
+++ b/gazelle-proxy-datamodel/src/main/java/net/ihe/gazelle/proxy/model/message/AbstractMessage.java
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractMessage {
 
 	protected static final Charset UTF_8 = Charset.forName("UTF-8");
 
-//	private static org.apache.log4j.Logger log = org.apache.log4j.Logger.getLogger(AbstractMessage.class);
+	// private static org.apache.log4j.Logger log =
+	// org.apache.log4j.Logger.getLogger(AbstractMessage.class);
 
 	@Id
 	@Column(name = "id", unique = true, nullable = false)
@@ -103,6 +104,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractMessage {
 		return new String(messageReceived, UTF_8);
 	}
 
+	public int getMessageLength() {
+		return messageReceived.length;
+	}
+
 	public void setMessageReceivedAsString(String messageReceived) {
 		this.messageReceived = messageReceived.getBytes(UTF_8);
 	}
diff --git a/gazelle-proxy-ejb/src/main/java/net/ihe/gazelle/proxy/action/MessageBean.java b/gazelle-proxy-ejb/src/main/java/net/ihe/gazelle/proxy/action/MessageBean.java
index 93ffb94122ca1ead0afda48e9641bf0251245100..960fe5c3c3170c8be90d4d02d69b6212e1079ecd 100644
--- a/gazelle-proxy-ejb/src/main/java/net/ihe/gazelle/proxy/action/MessageBean.java
+++ b/gazelle-proxy-ejb/src/main/java/net/ihe/gazelle/proxy/action/MessageBean.java
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
 import net.ihe.gazelle.proxy.enums.ChannelType;
 import net.ihe.gazelle.proxy.model.message.AbstractMessage;
+import net.ihe.gazelle.proxy.model.message.HL7Message;
 import net.ihe.gazelle.proxy.model.message.HTTPMessage;
+import net.ihe.gazelle.proxy.model.message.SyslogMessage;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang.ArrayUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringEscapeUtils;
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ public class MessageBean {
 			HttpServletResponse response = (HttpServletResponse) extCtx.getResponse();
 			byte[] bytes = ArrayUtils.clone(message.getMessageReceived());
 			ServletOutputStream servletOutputStream = response.getOutputStream();
-			response.setContentType("application/octet-stream");
+			response.setContentType("text/plain");
 			response.setContentLength(bytes.length);
 			if (!inline) {
 				response.setHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment;filename=\"" + message.getId() + "\"");
@@ -121,7 +123,7 @@ public class MessageBean {
 	public Boolean shouldDisplayMessageContent() {
 		if (message instanceof HTTPMessage) {
 			HTTPMessage httpMessage = (HTTPMessage) message;
-			if (httpMessage == null || httpMessage.getMessageReceived() == null)
+			if (httpMessage.getMessageReceived() == null)
 				return false;
 
 			String messageType = httpMessage.getMessageType();
@@ -134,6 +136,11 @@ public class MessageBean {
 				return true;
 			}
 		}
+		if (message instanceof SyslogMessage || message instanceof HL7Message) {
+			if (message.getMessageLength() > 0) {
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
 		return false;
 	}
 
diff --git a/gazelle-proxy-war/src/main/webapp/messages/commonDownload.xhtml b/gazelle-proxy-war/src/main/webapp/messages/commonDownload.xhtml
index 42f6113f9639b1f7b6f2d4f89cd2588a59406847..69d084c91881d188bc9fc98bbefc378f8b4ffc29 100644
--- a/gazelle-proxy-war/src/main/webapp/messages/commonDownload.xhtml
+++ b/gazelle-proxy-war/src/main/webapp/messages/commonDownload.xhtml
@@ -12,4 +12,12 @@
 	<h:commandLink action="#{messageBean.downloadFile(true)}"
 		rendered="#{messageBean.isDownloadable()}" value="View inline"
 		target="_blank" />
+
+	<rich:spacer height="10" />
+
+	<div style="font-family: monospace;"><rich:insert
+		rendered="#{messageBean.shouldDisplayMessageContent()}"
+		content="#{messageBean.message.getMessageReceivedAsString()}"
+		highlight="xml" /></div>
+
 </ui:composition>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gazelle-proxy-war/src/main/webapp/messages/commonProperties.xhtml b/gazelle-proxy-war/src/main/webapp/messages/commonProperties.xhtml
index 095d80cc29ac7e8fb8bb18cc08480c8d64091cdf..8280004e6697f827522a864a8c24697a87653038 100644
--- a/gazelle-proxy-war/src/main/webapp/messages/commonProperties.xhtml
+++ b/gazelle-proxy-war/src/main/webapp/messages/commonProperties.xhtml
@@ -31,4 +31,14 @@
 
 	<h:outputText value="Responder Port :" style="font-weight:bold;" />
 	<h:outputText value="#{messageBean.message.remotePort}" />
+
+	<h:outputText value="Side :" style="font-weight:bold;" />
+	<h:graphicImage value="/img/request.png"
+		rendered="#{messageBean.message.proxySide.isRequest()}" />
+	<h:graphicImage value="/img/response.png"
+		rendered="#{not messageBean.message.proxySide.isRequest()}" />
+
+	<h:outputText value="Message length :" style="font-weight:bold;" />
+	<h:outputText value="#{messageBean.message.getMessageLength()}" />
+
 </ui:composition>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gazelle-proxy-war/src/main/webapp/messages/http.xhtml b/gazelle-proxy-war/src/main/webapp/messages/http.xhtml
index de1de8382c8aeabccc85d7be41cef86d0297d553..904746c9cc9c5dde73313276dfa43b7a852506d9 100644
--- a/gazelle-proxy-war/src/main/webapp/messages/http.xhtml
+++ b/gazelle-proxy-war/src/main/webapp/messages/http.xhtml
@@ -41,13 +41,6 @@
 			</h:panelGrid>
 
 			<ui:include src="commonDownload.xhtml" />
-
-			<rich:spacer height="10" />
-
-			<div style="font-family: monospace;"><rich:insert
-				rendered="#{messageBean.shouldDisplayMessageContent()}"
-				content="#{messageBean.message.getMessageReceivedAsString()}"
-				highlight="xml" /></div>
 		</h:form>
 	</ui:define>
 </ui:composition>