diff --git a/onionr/api.py b/onionr/api.py
index c47b5339..29f8282f 100755
--- a/onionr/api.py
+++ b/onionr/api.py
@@ -129,8 +129,10 @@ class API:
                 pass
             elif action == 'getPGP':
                 resp = Response(self._utils.exportMyPubkey())
-            elif action == 'storeData':
+            elif action == 'setData':
                 pass
+            elif action == 'getData':
+                resp = Response(self._core.getData(data))
 
             return resp
 
diff --git a/onionr/communicator.py b/onionr/communicator.py
index 40979bbc..ec29fb3d 100755
--- a/onionr/communicator.py
+++ b/onionr/communicator.py
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ class OnionrCommunicate:
     def sendPeerProof(self, peerID, data):
         '''This function sends the proof result to a peer previously fetched with getPeerProof'''
         return
+    
     def performGet(self, action, peer, data=None, type='tor'):
         '''performs a request to a peer through Tor or i2p (currently only tor)'''
         if not peer.endswith('.onion') and not peer.endswith('.onion/'):
diff --git a/onionr/core.py b/onionr/core.py
index b3398738..0c476217 100644
--- a/onionr/core.py
+++ b/onionr/core.py
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ class Core:
         self.peerDB = 'data/peers.db'
         self.ownPGPID = ''
         self.blockDB = 'data/blocks.db'
+        self.blockDataLocation = 'data/blocks/'
 
-        #self.daemonQueue() # Call to create the DB if it doesn't exist
         return
 
     def generateMainPGP(self, myID):
@@ -118,6 +118,13 @@ class Core:
         conn.commit()
         conn.close()
 
+    def getData(self,hash):
+        '''simply return the data associated to a hash'''
+        dataFile = open(self.blockDataLocation + hash + '.dat')
+        data = dataFile.read()
+        dataFile.close()
+        return data
+
     def dataDirEncrypt(self, password):
         '''
         Encrypt the data directory on Onionr shutdown