diff --git a/tools/h5repack/h5repack.h b/tools/h5repack/h5repack.h
index 2d4ad5d69e..79add4f8e0 100644
--- a/tools/h5repack/h5repack.h
+++ b/tools/h5repack/h5repack.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include "hdf5.h"
 #include "h5trav.h"
 
-#if 0
+#if 1
 #define H5_REPACK_DEBUG
 #endif
 
diff --git a/tools/h5repack/h5repack_copy.c b/tools/h5repack/h5repack_copy.c
index be263aebb0..bbeb2891ed 100644
--- a/tools/h5repack/h5repack_copy.c
+++ b/tools/h5repack/h5repack_copy.c
@@ -73,10 +73,6 @@ int copy_objects(const char* fnamein,
  if (h5trav_gettable(fidin,travt)<0)
   goto out;
 
-#if defined (H5_REPACK_DEBUG)
- h5trav_printtable(travt);
-#endif
-
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * do the copy
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -221,6 +217,7 @@ int do_copy_objects(hid_t fidin,
     goto error;
    if ( (rank=H5Sget_simple_extent_ndims(space_id))<0)
     goto error;
+   HDmemset(dims, 0, sizeof dims);
    if ( H5Sget_simple_extent_dims(space_id,dims,NULL)<0)
     goto error;
    nelmts=1;
@@ -282,15 +279,24 @@ int do_copy_objects(hid_t fidin,
      */
     if (filter_this(travt->objs[i].name,options,&obj))
     {
-     /* filters require CHUNK layout; if we do not have one define a default */
-     if (obj.chunk.rank==0)
+     if (rank)
      {
-      obj.chunk.rank=rank;
-      for (j=0; j<rank; j++) 
-       obj.chunk.chunk_lengths[j] = dims[j];
+      /* filters require CHUNK layout; if we do not have one define a default */
+      if (obj.chunk.rank==0)
+      {
+       obj.chunk.rank=rank;
+       for (j=0; j<rank; j++) 
+        obj.chunk.chunk_lengths[j] = dims[j];
+      }
+      if (apply_filters(dcpl_id,H5Tget_size(mtype_id),options,&obj)<0)
+       continue;
+     }
+     else
+     {
+      if (options->verbose)
+       printf("Warning: Filter could not be applied to <%s>\n",
+        travt->objs[i].name);
      }
-     if (apply_filters(dcpl_id,H5Tget_size(mtype_id),options,&obj)<0)
-      continue;
     }
     
     /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/tools/h5repack/h5repack_filters.c b/tools/h5repack/h5repack_filters.c
index e3edb8a0b4..8fb45f9689 100644
--- a/tools/h5repack/h5repack_filters.c
+++ b/tools/h5repack/h5repack_filters.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ int print_filters(hid_t dcpl_id)
  {
   cd_nelmts = NELMTS(cd_values);
   filtn = H5Pget_filter(dcpl_id, 
-   i, 
+   (unsigned)i, 
    &filt_flags, 
    &cd_nelmts,
    cd_values, 
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ int apply_filters(hid_t dcpl_id,
  {
   cd_nelmts = NELMTS(cd_values);
   filtn = H5Pget_filter(dcpl_id, 
-   i, 
+   (unsigned)i, 
    &filt_flags, 
    &cd_nelmts,
    cd_values, 
diff --git a/tools/h5repack/h5repack_main.c b/tools/h5repack/h5repack_main.c
index 8ae0f91ec6..73b77b501b 100644
--- a/tools/h5repack/h5repack_main.c
+++ b/tools/h5repack/h5repack_main.c
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
  /* pack it */
  h5repack(infile,outfile,&options);
 
+#if defined(H5_REPACK_DEBUG)
+ if (h5repack_verify(outfile,&options)<=0)
+ printf("Warning: Output file does not have some of the requested filters\n");
+#endif
+
  /* free tables */
  h5repack_end(&options);
 
diff --git a/tools/h5repack/h5repack_verify.c b/tools/h5repack/h5repack_verify.c
index 1cdca595ab..acede45ffd 100644
--- a/tools/h5repack/h5repack_verify.c
+++ b/tools/h5repack/h5repack_verify.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ int has_filter(hid_t dcpl_id,
  {
   cd_nelmts = NELMTS(cd_values);
   filtn = H5Pget_filter(dcpl_id, 
-   i, 
+   (unsigned)i, 
    &filt_flags, 
    &cd_nelmts,
    cd_values,