diff --git a/copyparty/httpcli.py b/copyparty/httpcli.py
index 64b15c02..693d9335 100644
--- a/copyparty/httpcli.py
+++ b/copyparty/httpcli.py
@@ -475,15 +475,17 @@ class HttpCli(object):
         addr = self.ip.replace(":", ".")
         fn = "put-{:.6f}-{}.bin".format(time.time(), addr)
         path = os.path.join(fdir, fn)
+        if self.args.nw:
+            path = os.devnull
 
         with open(fsenc(path), "wb", 512 * 1024) as f:
             post_sz, _, sha_b64 = hashcopy(self.conn, reader, f)
 
-        vfs, vrem = vfs.get_dbv(rem)
-
-        self.conn.hsrv.broker.put(
-            False, "up2k.hash_file", vfs.realpath, vfs.flags, vrem, fn
-        )
+        if not self.args.nw:
+            vfs, vrem = vfs.get_dbv(rem)
+            self.conn.hsrv.broker.put(
+                False, "up2k.hash_file", vfs.realpath, vfs.flags, vrem, fn
+            )
 
         return post_sz, sha_b64, remains, path
 
diff --git a/tests/test_httpcli.py b/tests/test_httpcli.py
index 52f52776..3f843eb8 100644
--- a/tests/test_httpcli.py
+++ b/tests/test_httpcli.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class Cfg(Namespace):
             c=c,
             rproxy=0,
             ed=False,
+            nw=False,
             no_zip=False,
             no_scandir=False,
             no_sendfile=True,
diff --git a/tests/test_vfs.py b/tests/test_vfs.py
index 3ed4125a..66ff0151 100644
--- a/tests/test_vfs.py
+++ b/tests/test_vfs.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from copyparty import util
 
 class Cfg(Namespace):
     def __init__(self, a=[], v=[], c=None):
-        ex = {k: False for k in "e2d e2ds e2dsa e2t e2ts e2tsr".split()}
+        ex = {k: False for k in "nw e2d e2ds e2dsa e2t e2ts e2tsr".split()}
         ex2 = {
             "mtp": [],
             "mte": "a",