diff --git a/coreapi/bellesip_sal/sal_op_presence.c b/coreapi/bellesip_sal/sal_op_presence.c
index 434c73a81..390462ebf 100644
--- a/coreapi/bellesip_sal/sal_op_presence.c
+++ b/coreapi/bellesip_sal/sal_op_presence.c
@@ -392,9 +392,10 @@ void sal_add_presence_info(belle_sip_message_t *notify, SalPresenceStatus online
 	mk_presence_body (online_status, contact_info, buf, sizeof (buf), presence_style);
 
 
-
+	belle_sip_message_remove_header(BELLE_SIP_MESSAGE(notify),BELLE_SIP_CONTENT_TYPE);
 	belle_sip_message_add_header(BELLE_SIP_MESSAGE(notify)
 								,BELLE_SIP_HEADER(belle_sip_header_content_type_create("application",presence_style?"xpidf+xml":"pidf+xml")));
+	belle_sip_message_remove_header(BELLE_SIP_MESSAGE(notify),BELLE_SIP_CONTENT_LENGTH);
 	belle_sip_message_add_header(BELLE_SIP_MESSAGE(notify)
 								,BELLE_SIP_HEADER(belle_sip_header_content_length_create(content_length=strlen(buf))));
 	belle_sip_message_set_body(BELLE_SIP_MESSAGE(notify),buf,content_length);
diff --git a/coreapi/bellesip_sal/sal_op_publish.c b/coreapi/bellesip_sal/sal_op_publish.c
index 82e48f5c1..29d78cd72 100644
--- a/coreapi/bellesip_sal/sal_op_publish.c
+++ b/coreapi/bellesip_sal/sal_op_publish.c
@@ -32,15 +32,24 @@ static void publish_refresher_listener ( const belle_sip_refresher_t* refresher
 /*presence publish */
 int sal_publish(SalOp *op, const char *from, const char *to, SalPresenceStatus status){
 	belle_sip_request_t *req=NULL;
-	if (from)
-		sal_op_set_from(op,from);
-	if (to)
-		sal_op_set_to(op,to);
-
-	op->type=SalOpPublish;
-	req=sal_op_build_request(op,"PUBLISH");
-	sal_add_presence_info(BELLE_SIP_MESSAGE(req),status);
-	return sal_op_send_and_create_refresher(op,req,600,publish_refresher_listener);
+	if(!op->refresher || !belle_sip_refresher_get_transaction(op->refresher)) {
+		if (from)
+			sal_op_set_from(op,from);
+		if (to)
+			sal_op_set_to(op,to);
 
+		op->type=SalOpPublish;
+		req=sal_op_build_request(op,"PUBLISH");
+		belle_sip_message_add_header(BELLE_SIP_MESSAGE(req),belle_sip_header_create("Event","presence"));
+		sal_add_presence_info(BELLE_SIP_MESSAGE(req),status);
+		return sal_op_send_and_create_refresher(op,req,600,publish_refresher_listener);
+	} else {
+		/*update status*/
+		const belle_sip_client_transaction_t* last_publish_trans=belle_sip_refresher_get_transaction(op->refresher);
+		belle_sip_request_t* last_publish=belle_sip_transaction_get_request(BELLE_SIP_TRANSACTION(last_publish_trans));
+		/*update status*/
+		sal_add_presence_info(BELLE_SIP_MESSAGE(last_publish),status);
+		return belle_sip_refresher_refresh(op->refresher,BELLE_SIP_REFRESHER_REUSE_EXPIRES);
+	}
 }
 
diff --git a/tester/presence_tester.c b/tester/presence_tester.c
index cf7ce5f6d..308388710 100644
--- a/tester/presence_tester.c
+++ b/tester/presence_tester.c
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ static void simple_publish(void) {
 		linphone_core_iterate(marie->lc);
 		ms_usleep(100000);
 	}
+	linphone_core_set_presence_info(marie->lc,0,NULL,LinphoneStatusOffline);
+	for (i=0;i<10;i++) {
+		linphone_core_iterate(marie->lc);
+		ms_usleep(100000);
+	}
 	linphone_core_manager_destroy(marie);
 }