diff --git a/fuse/sfs.c b/fuse/sfs.c
index 3d86c38..9e8a143 100644
--- a/fuse/sfs.c
+++ b/fuse/sfs.c
@@ -253,6 +253,9 @@ int sfs_link(const char *path, const char *newpath) {
 		retstat = -errno;
 	} else {
 		batch_file_event (newpath, "norec");
+		// add old path as event too to ensure that hardlinks are
+		// created on targets when rsync -H is used
+		batch_file_event(path, "norec");
 	}
     
     return retstat;
@@ -914,7 +917,7 @@ int sfs_create(const char *path, mode_t mode, struct fuse_file_info *fi) {
 	sfs_fullpath(fpath, path);
 
 	BEGIN_PERM;
-	fd = creat(fpath, mode);
+	fd = open(fpath, fi->flags, mode);
 	END_PERM;
 	if (fd < 0) {
 		retstat = -errno;
diff --git a/php-sync/sync.php b/php-sync/sync.php
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index a07c331..fc586e5
--- a/php-sync/sync.php
+++ b/php-sync/sync.php
@@ -352,15 +352,13 @@ public function scheduleBatches ($mode, $toSchedule) {
 				) {
 					# flush bulk
 					if ($mtime === FALSE) {
-						syslog(LOG_WARN, "Cannot get mtime of $batchFile, assuming new bulk");
+						syslog(LOG_WARNING, "Cannot get mtime of $batchFile, assuming new bulk");
 					}
 					if ($bulkCount > 0) {
 						$tasks[$rowno++][] = array($node, $bulk);
 					}
 					$bulk = array();
 					$bulkCount = 0;
-					$lastType = null;
-					break; // we don't send more than one bulk per node, anyway
 				}
 
 				$bulk[] = $batch;
@@ -457,7 +455,7 @@ public function linkLocalBatches () {
 		}
 		
 		foreach ($batches as &$batch) {
-			if (!preg_match ("/^[^_]+_([^_]+)_[^.]+\.batch$/", $batch, $match)) {
+			if (!preg_match ("/^\d+_([^_]+)_.*\.batch$/", $batch, $match)) {
 				continue;
 			}
 			$batchNode = $match[1];