diff --git a/docs/dev/daemon-events.md b/docs/dev/daemon-events.md
index 25769344..2bfd95fb 100644
--- a/docs/dev/daemon-events.md
+++ b/docs/dev/daemon-events.md
@@ -7,30 +7,3 @@ Observer pattern
 Register listeners dynamically per event
 
 Spawn new greenlets
-
--------------------
-
-## Attributes
-
-events: dict
-
-schema:
-
-{
-        "event_id": dict{
-                "event_name": string,
-                "result_data": bytes,
-                "started": epoch,
-                "finished": epoch,
-                "done": bool
-        }
-}
-
-
---------------------
-
-MsgPack schema:
-
-event_name: string
-event_id: uuid4
-
diff --git a/src/communicator/__init__.py b/src/communicator/__init__.py
index e0be6382..3e217e1e 100755
--- a/src/communicator/__init__.py
+++ b/src/communicator/__init__.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ from coredb import daemonqueue
 from coredb import dbfiles
 from netcontroller import NetController
 from . import bootstrappeers
+from . import daemoneventhooks
 """
     This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -247,6 +248,8 @@ class OnionrCommunicatorDaemon:
             bootstrappeers.add_bootstrap_list_to_peer_list(
                 self, [], db_only=True)
 
+        daemoneventhooks.daemon_event_handlers(shared_state)
+
         if not config.get('onboarding.done', True):
             logger.info(
                 'First run detected. Run openhome to get setup.',
diff --git a/src/communicator/daemoneventhooks/__init__.py b/src/communicator/daemoneventhooks/__init__.py
index b696faee..09a9d2d4 100644
--- a/src/communicator/daemoneventhooks/__init__.py
+++ b/src/communicator/daemoneventhooks/__init__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 Hooks to handle daemon events
 """
+from .removefrominsertqueue import remove_from_insert_queue
+
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from gevent import sleep
@@ -10,6 +12,7 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from toomanyobjs import TooMany
     from communicator import OnionrCommunicatorDaemon
     from httpapi.daemoneventsapi import DaemonEventsBP
+    from onionrtypes import BlockHash
 """
     This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -33,6 +36,17 @@ def daemon_event_handlers(shared_state: 'TooMany'):
                 return shared_state.get_by_string(class_name)
             except KeyError:
                 sleep(0.2)
+    comm_inst = _get_inst('OnionrCommunicatorDaemon')
     events_api: 'DaemonEventsBP' = _get_inst('DaemonEventsBP')
-    
+
+    def remove_from_insert_queue_wrapper(block_hash: 'BlockHash'):
+        print(f'removed {block_hash} from upload')
+        remove_from_insert_queue(comm_inst, block_hash)
+
+    def print_test(text=''):
+        print("It works!", text)
+        return f"It works! {text}"
+
+    events_api.register_listener(remove_from_insert_queue_wrapper)
+    events_api.register_listener(print_test)
 
diff --git a/src/communicator/daemoneventhooks/removefrominsertqueue.py b/src/communicator/daemoneventhooks/removefrominsertqueue.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ff22b1e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/communicator/daemoneventhooks/removefrominsertqueue.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+"""Onionr - P2P Anonymous Storage Network.
+
+Remove block hash from daemon's upload list.
+"""
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from communicator import OnionrCommunicatorDaemon
+    from onionrtypes import BlockHash
+"""
+    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""
+
+
+def remove_from_insert_queue(comm_inst: "OnionrCommunicatorDaemon",
+                             b_hash: "BlockHash"):
+    """Remove block hash from daemon's upload list."""
+    try:
+        comm_inst.generating_blocks.remove(b_hash)
+    except ValueError:
+        pass
diff --git a/src/communicatorutils/daemonqueuehandler.py b/src/communicatorutils/daemonqueuehandler.py
index 9cddc793..2c2cda75 100755
--- a/src/communicatorutils/daemonqueuehandler.py
+++ b/src/communicatorutils/daemonqueuehandler.py
@@ -26,42 +26,24 @@ from communicatorutils.uploadblocks import mixmate
 
 
 def handle_daemon_commands(comm_inst):
+    # Deprecated in favor of daemon events
     cmd = daemonqueue.daemon_queue()
     response = ''
     if cmd is not False:
-        events.event('daemon_command', data = {'cmd' : cmd})
+        events.event('daemon_command', data = {'cmd': cmd})
         if cmd[0] == 'shutdown':
             comm_inst.shutdown = True
         elif cmd[0] == 'runtimeTest':
-            comm_inst.shared_state.get_by_string("OnionrRunTestManager").run_tests()
+            comm_inst.shared_state.get_by_string(
+                "OnionrRunTestManager").run_tests()
         elif cmd[0] == 'remove_from_insert_list':
             try:
                 comm_inst.generating_blocks.remove(cmd[1])
             except ValueError:
                 pass
-        elif cmd[0] == 'announceNode':
-            if len(comm_inst.onlinePeers) > 0:
-                comm_inst.announce(cmd[1])
-            else:
-                logger.debug("No nodes connected. Will not introduce node.")
-        elif cmd[0] == 'runCheck': # deprecated
-            logger.debug('Status check; looks good.')
-            open(filepaths.run_check_file + '.runcheck', 'w+').close()
-        elif cmd[0] == 'connectedPeers':
-            response = '\n'.join(list(comm_inst.onlinePeers)).strip()
-            if response == '':
-                response = 'none'
-        elif cmd[0] == 'localCommand':
-            response = localcommand.local_command(cmd[1])
-        elif cmd[0] == 'clearOffline':
-            comm_inst.offlinePeers = []
         elif cmd[0] == 'restartTor':
             restarttor.restart(comm_inst)
             comm_inst.offlinePeers = []
-        elif cmd[0] == 'pex':
-            for i in comm_inst.timers:
-                if i.timerFunction.__name__ == 'lookupAdders':
-                    i.count = (i.frequency - 1)
         elif cmd[0] == 'uploadBlock':
             comm_inst.blocksToUpload.append(cmd[1])
         elif cmd[0] == 'uploadEvent':
@@ -70,13 +52,18 @@ def handle_daemon_commands(comm_inst):
             except ValueError:
                 pass
             else:
-                localcommand.local_command('/waitforshare/' + cmd[1], post=True, maxWait=5)
+                localcommand.local_command(
+                    '/waitforshare/' + cmd[1], post=True, maxWait=5)
         else:
-            logger.debug('Received daemon queue command unable to be handled: %s' % (cmd[0],))
+            logger.debug(
+                'Received daemon queue command unable to be handled: %s' %
+                (cmd[0],))
 
         if cmd[0] not in ('', None):
             if response != '':
-                localcommand.local_command('queueResponseAdd/' + cmd[4], post=True, postData={'data': response})
+                localcommand.local_command(
+                    'queueResponseAdd/' + cmd[4],
+                    post=True, postData={'data': response})
         response = ''
 
     comm_inst.decrementThreadCount('handle_daemon_commands')
diff --git a/src/communicatorutils/uploadblocks/sessionmanager.py b/src/communicatorutils/uploadblocks/sessionmanager.py
index 81faa668..763300c2 100644
--- a/src/communicatorutils/uploadblocks/sessionmanager.py
+++ b/src/communicatorutils/uploadblocks/sessionmanager.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class BlockUploadSessionManager:
 
         comm_inst: 'OnionrCommunicatorDaemon'  # type: ignore
         comm_inst = self._too_many.get_by_string(  # pylint: disable=E1101 type: ignore
-            "OnionrCommunicatorDaemon")
+        "OnionrCommunicatorDaemon")
         sessions_to_delete = []
         if comm_inst.getUptime() < 120:
             return
@@ -106,7 +106,10 @@ class BlockUploadSessionManager:
             if (sess.total_success_count / onlinePeerCount) >= onionrvalues.MIN_BLOCK_UPLOAD_PEER_PERCENT:
                 sessions_to_delete.append(sess)
         for sess in sessions_to_delete:
-            self.sessions.remove(session)
+            try:
+                self.sessions.remove(session)
+            except ValueError:
+                pass
             # TODO cleanup to one round of search
             # Remove the blocks from the sessions, upload list,
             # and waitforshare list
diff --git a/src/httpapi/daemoneventsapi/__init__.py b/src/httpapi/daemoneventsapi/__init__.py
index 31b20201..0863f410 100644
--- a/src/httpapi/daemoneventsapi/__init__.py
+++ b/src/httpapi/daemoneventsapi/__init__.py
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 
 Event driven interface to trigger events in communicator
 """
-import json
-from flask import Blueprint, request, Response
-import config
+from typing import Callable
+
+from flask import Blueprint, request, Response, abort
+from werkzeug.exceptions import BadRequest
+from gevent import spawn
+
 """
     This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -26,28 +29,28 @@ class DaemonEventsBP:
         """Create DaemonEvents instance, intended to be a singleton.
 
         Attributes:
-        events: dict of current/finished events
         listeners: callables that are called when a new event is added.
             The callables name should match the event name
         _too_many: TooManyObjects instance set by external code
         """
         event_BP = Blueprint('event_BP', __name__)
-        self.events = {}
-        self.listeners = {}
+        self.listeners = set([])
         self.flask_bp = event_BP
         event_BP = self.flask_bp
 
         @event_BP.route('/daemon-event/<name>', methods=['POST'])
         def daemon_event_handler(name):
-            if name in self.listeners:
-                
-
-        @event_BP.route('/daemon-event/bp-enabled')
-        def bp_enabled() -> Response:
-            return Response('true')
-
-    def clean_old(self):
-        """Deletes old daemon events based on their completion date."""
-        pass
+            handler: Callable
 
+            try:
+                json_data = request.get_json(force=True)
+            except BadRequest:
+                json_data = {}
+            for handler in self.listeners:
+                if handler.__name__ == name:
+                    return Response(
+                        spawn(handler, **json_data).get(timeout=120))
+            abort(404)
 
+    def register_listener(self, listener: Callable):
+        self.listeners.add(listener)
diff --git a/src/onionrblocks/insert.py b/src/onionrblocks/insert.py
index 29300b03..5aeeaa6f 100644
--- a/src/onionrblocks/insert.py
+++ b/src/onionrblocks/insert.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 from typing import Union
 import json
 
+from gevent import spawn
+
 from onionrutils import bytesconverter, epoch
 import filepaths, onionrstorage
 from . import storagecounter
@@ -211,5 +213,10 @@ def insert_block(data: Union[str, bytes], header: str = 'txt',
             events.event('insertdeniable', {'content': plaintext, 'meta': plaintextMeta, 'hash': retData, 'peer': bytesconverter.bytes_to_str(asymPeer)}, threaded = True)
         else:
             events.event('insertblock', {'content': plaintext, 'meta': plaintextMeta, 'hash': retData, 'peer': bytesconverter.bytes_to_str(asymPeer)}, threaded = True)
-    coredb.daemonqueue.daemon_queue_add('remove_from_insert_list', data= dataNonce)
+    #coredb.daemonqueue.daemon_queue_add('remove_from_insert_list', data= dataNonce)
+    spawn(
+        localcommand.local_command,
+        '/daemon-event/remove_from_insert_queue_wrapper',
+        post=True, timeout=10
+        )
     return retData