diff --git a/src/target/target.c b/src/target/target.c
index 1d6c4d360e26c06a94241e82d6914673e75e6c5e..bd334da25700ff80e6420ee0501622fb8eb945a8 100644
--- a/src/target/target.c
+++ b/src/target/target.c
@@ -267,8 +267,6 @@ int target_resume(struct target_s *target, int current, u32 address, int handle_
 	int retval;
 	int timeout_ms = 5000;
 	
-	enum target_state resume_state = debug_execution ? TARGET_DEBUG_RUNNING : TARGET_RUNNING;
-	
 	/* We can't poll until after examine */
 	if (!target->type->examined)
 	{
@@ -279,17 +277,21 @@ int target_resume(struct target_s *target, int current, u32 address, int handle_
 	if ((retval = target->type->resume(target, current, address, handle_breakpoints, debug_execution)) != ERROR_OK)
 		return retval;
 	
-	/* wait for target to exit halted mode */
-	target_poll(target);
-	
-	while (target->state != resume_state)
+	/* only check for resume event if normal resume */
+	if (!debug_execution)
 	{
-		usleep(10000);
+		/* wait for target to exit halted mode - not debug resume*/
 		target_poll(target);
-		if ((timeout_ms -= 10) <= 0)
+		
+		while (target->state != TARGET_RUNNING)
 		{
-			LOG_ERROR("timeout waiting for target resume");
-			return ERROR_TARGET_TIMEOUT;
+			usleep(10000);
+			target_poll(target);
+			if ((timeout_ms -= 10) <= 0)
+			{
+				LOG_ERROR("timeout waiting for target resume");
+				return ERROR_TARGET_TIMEOUT;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	
diff --git a/src/target/target/lm3s811.cfg b/src/target/target/lm3s811.cfg
index f050c2974506d33106539a9878431eebd3afa24a..9b7ace8046e05be370c05db61930f204ea82f6f0 100644
--- a/src/target/target/lm3s811.cfg
+++ b/src/target/target/lm3s811.cfg
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jtag_device 4 0x1 0xf 0xe
 # this will be fixed in later revisions of silicon
 target cortex_m3 little reset_halt 0 lm3s
 
-# 2k working area at base of ram
+# 8k working area at base of ram
 working_area 0 0x20000000 0x2000 nobackup
 
 #flash configuration