diff --git a/container/SimpleRingBuffer.cpp b/container/SimpleRingBuffer.cpp
index 0b7a175f9..7ed019b25 100644
--- a/container/SimpleRingBuffer.cpp
+++ b/container/SimpleRingBuffer.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ ReturnValue_t SimpleRingBuffer::getFreeElement(uint8_t **writePointer,
             excessBytes = amount - amountTillWrap;
         }
         *writePointer = &buffer[write];
-        incrementWrite(amount);
         return HasReturnvaluesIF::RETURN_OK;
     }
     else {
@@ -50,6 +49,14 @@ ReturnValue_t SimpleRingBuffer::getFreeElement(uint8_t **writePointer,
     }
 }
 
+void SimpleRingBuffer::confirmBytesWritten(size_t amount) {
+	if(getExcessBytes() > 0) {
+		moveExcessBytesToStart();
+	}
+	incrementWrite(amount);
+
+}
+
 ReturnValue_t SimpleRingBuffer::writeData(const uint8_t* data,
 		size_t amount) {
 	if (availableWriteSpace() >= amount or overwriteOld) {
@@ -125,3 +132,4 @@ ReturnValue_t SimpleRingBuffer::deleteData(size_t amount,
 	return HasReturnvaluesIF::RETURN_OK;
 }
 
+
diff --git a/container/SimpleRingBuffer.h b/container/SimpleRingBuffer.h
index a2cb96ab0..b13e9f2aa 100644
--- a/container/SimpleRingBuffer.h
+++ b/container/SimpleRingBuffer.h
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ public:
 	/**
 	 * Returns a pointer to a free element. If the remaining buffer is
 	 * not large enough, the data will be written past the actual size
-	 * and the amount of excess bytes will be cached.
+	 * and the amount of excess bytes will be cached. This function
+	 * does not increment the write pointer!
 	 * @param writePointer Pointer to a pointer which can be used to write
 	 * contiguous blocks into the ring buffer
 	 * @param amount
@@ -64,6 +65,14 @@ public:
 	 */
 	ReturnValue_t getFreeElement(uint8_t** writePointer, size_t amount);
 
+	/**
+	 * This increments the write pointer and also copies the excess bytes
+	 * to the beginning. It should be called if the write operation
+	 * conducted after calling getFreeElement() was performed.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	void confirmBytesWritten(size_t amount);
+
 	virtual size_t getExcessBytes() const;
 	/**
 	 * Helper functions which moves any excess bytes to the start
diff --git a/globalfunctions/arrayprinter.cpp b/globalfunctions/arrayprinter.cpp
index 3f02c882e..ca080cc5f 100644
--- a/globalfunctions/arrayprinter.cpp
+++ b/globalfunctions/arrayprinter.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ void arrayprinter::printHex(const uint8_t *data, size_t size,
 		if(i < size - 1){
 			sif::info << " , ";
 			if(i > 0 and i % maxCharPerLine == 0) {
-				sif::info << std::endl;
+				printf("\n");
 			}
 		}