diff --git a/src/repl.jl b/src/repl.jl
index 742c06b..d5db453 100644
--- a/src/repl.jl
+++ b/src/repl.jl
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ function do_cmd!(command::MatrixCommand, repl)
         elseif length(command.arguments) == 1
             history_size = 10
         else
-            history_size = command.arguments
+            history_size = Base.parse(Int,command.arguments[2])
         end
         history(user, command.arguments[1], limit = history_size)
     elseif command.spec.kind in [ CMD_DIALOG_LIST ]
@@ -869,3 +869,8 @@ Multiple commands can be given on the same line by interleaving a `;` between th
 
 **Commands**
 """
+
+#=
+Get alias in the event list
+curl 'https://chat.nixo.xyz/_matrix/client/r0/rooms/!maXyvEjllUwxzXPTua:nixo.xyz/state?access_token='
+=#
diff --git a/src/rooms.jl b/src/rooms.jl
index 70f7e73..62a6d66 100644
--- a/src/rooms.jl
+++ b/src/rooms.jl
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ getroomname(u::MatrixUser, room_id::String) = getroomevent(u, room_id, "m.room.n
 
 function roomhistory(u::MatrixUser, room_id::String;
                      from::Union{Nothing,String} = nothing,
-                     direction::String = "f", limit = 15)
+                     direction::String = "f", limit::Int = 15)
     global rooms_last_batch
     query = Dict("dir" => direction,
-                 "limit" => string(limit),
+                 "limit" => limit,
                  "from" => from === nothing ?
                  rooms_last_batch[room_id] : from)
     res = get(u, join(["rooms", room_id, "messages",], "/"), extraquery = query)
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ end
 
 function sendtyping(u::MatrixUser, room_id::String; typing = true, timeout = 30000)
     path = join([u.server.instance, API_PATH,
-             string("rooms/", escapeuri(room_id), "/typing/", u.userid)], "/")
+             string("rooms/", HTTP.escapeuri(room_id), "/typing/", u.userid)], "/")
     data = Dict{String,Any}("typing" => typing, "timeout" => timeout)
+    @show data
+    @show path
     put(u, path, data)
 end
diff --git a/src/types.jl b/src/types.jl
index 00cd6f8..8bfa0bd 100644
--- a/src/types.jl
+++ b/src/types.jl
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ struct MatrixUser
 end
 
 import Base.==
-==(u::MatrixUser, s::String) =
-    string("@", u.userid, ":", join(split(URI(u.server.instance).host, ".")[end-1:end], ".")) == s
+==(u::MatrixUser, s::String) = string(u) == s
 ==(s::String, u::MatrixUser) = u == s
 
 import Base.show
@@ -75,3 +74,8 @@ function Base.show(io::IO, m::MatrixMsg; muser::Union{Nothing,MatrixUser} = noth
     print(io, string("[", dtfmt, "] ", m.sender, direction, m.body))
     nothing
 end
+
+import Base.string
+function string(u::MatrixUser)
+    string("@", u.userid, ":", join(split(URI(u.server.instance).host, ".")[end-1:end], "."))
+end
diff --git a/src/utils.jl b/src/utils.jl
index ab2d18a..7ea3b8c 100644
--- a/src/utils.jl
+++ b/src/utils.jl
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Authenticated get request
 """
 function get(u::MatrixUser, path::String;
              extraquery = Dict())
-    query = Dict(
+    query = Dict{String,Any}(
         "access_token" => u.token
     )
     merge!(query, extraquery)