diff --git a/static-data/default-plugins/torgossip/client.py b/static-data/default-plugins/torgossip/client.py
index 225b4f98..ee49d130 100644
--- a/static-data/default-plugins/torgossip/client.py
+++ b/static-data/default-plugins/torgossip/client.py
@@ -64,9 +64,10 @@ def client_funcs(shared_state, socket_pool):
             s.set_proxy(
                 socket.SOCKS5, '127.0.0.1', socks_port, rdns=True)
             try:
-                socket_pool[peer] = s.connect(
+                s.connect(
                     (p_encoded, 2021))
-                logger.info(f"Connected to {p_encoded}", terminal=True)
+                socket_pool[peer] = s
+                logger.info(f"[TorGossip] Connected to {p_encoded}", terminal=True)
 
             except socket.GeneralProxyError:
                 s.close()
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ def client_funcs(shared_state, socket_pool):
             SystemRandom().shuffle(peers)
             try:
                 peer = peers[0]
+                print(peer)
             except IndexError:
                 logger.error(
                     "There are no known TorGossip peers." +
@@ -95,7 +97,10 @@ def client_funcs(shared_state, socket_pool):
                     terminal=True)
                 sleep(sleep_t)
                 continue
-            download_blocks(socket_pool[peer], 0, 'txt')
+            try:
+                download_blocks(socket_pool[peer], 0, 'txt')
+            except BrokenPipeError:
+                del socket_pool[peer]
 
     _client_pool(shared_state, socket_pool)
     client_loop(shared_state, socket_pool)
@@ -110,7 +115,10 @@ def _add_bootstrap_peers(peer_db: 'TorGossipPeers'):
     bootstap_peers = path.dirname(path.realpath(__file__)) + "/bootstrap.txt"
     with open(bootstap_peers, 'r') as bs_peers:
         peers = bs_peers.read().split(',')
-        peers.remove(our_host)
+        try:
+            peers.remove(our_host)
+        except ValueError:
+            pass
         for peer in peers:
             try:
                 peer_db.db.get(peer)
diff --git a/static-data/default-plugins/torgossip/clientfuncs/__init__.py b/static-data/default-plugins/torgossip/clientfuncs/__init__.py
index f156a040..de545a8f 100644
--- a/static-data/default-plugins/torgossip/clientfuncs/__init__.py
+++ b/static-data/default-plugins/torgossip/clientfuncs/__init__.py
@@ -14,17 +14,15 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 
 def download_blocks(sock: 'socket', offset: int, block_type: str):
     sock.sendall(
-        int(GossipCommands.LIST_BLOCKS_BY_TYPE_OFFSET).to_bytes(
-            1, 'little') + str(offset).encode('utf-8') +
+        str(int(GossipCommands.LIST_BLOCKS_BY_TYPE_OFFSET)).encode('utf-8') + str(offset).encode('utf-8') + b',' +
             block_type.encode('utf-8'))
     bl_hashs = sock.recv(600000)
     hash = None
     for i in range(len(bl_hashs)//64):
-        hash = bl[:(i*64) + 64]
+        hash = bl_hashs[:(i*64) + 64]
         sock.sendall(
-            int(GossipCommands.GET_BLOCK).to_bytes(
-                1, 'little') + hash)
+            str(int(GossipCommands.GET_BLOCK)).encode('utf-8') + hash)
         bl_content = sock.recv(10**6)
-        print(bl_content)
+        print('got block', bl_content)
 
 
diff --git a/static-data/default-plugins/torgossip/server.py b/static-data/default-plugins/torgossip/server.py
index d10a40d1..849551bc 100644
--- a/static-data/default-plugins/torgossip/server.py
+++ b/static-data/default-plugins/torgossip/server.py
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ def start_server(shared_state):
 
     def read(conn, mask):
         data = conn.recv(1000)  # Should be ready
+        print('recd', data)
         cmd = None
         if data:
             try: