diff --git a/onionr/api.py b/onionr/api.py
index 48c70d37..fa7833fe 100755
--- a/onionr/api.py
+++ b/onionr/api.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import flask, cgi
 from flask import request, Response, abort, send_from_directory
 from gevent.pywsgi import WSGIServer
-import sys, random, threading, hmac, hashlib, base64, time, math, os, json
+import sys, random, threading, hmac, hashlib, base64, time, math, os, json, socket
 import core
 from onionrblockapi import Block
 import onionrutils, onionrexceptions, onionrcrypto, blockimporter, onionrevents as events, logger, config, onionr
@@ -47,9 +47,19 @@ def setBindIP(filePath):
     '''Set a random localhost IP to a specified file (intended for private or public API localhost IPs)'''
     hostOctets = [str(127), str(random.randint(0x02, 0xFF)), str(random.randint(0x02, 0xFF)), str(random.randint(0x02, 0xFF))]
     data = '.'.join(hostOctets)
-
+    
+    # Try to bind IP. Some platforms like Mac block non normal 127.x.x.x
+    s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+    try:
+        s.bind((data, 0))
+    except OSError:
+        logger.warn('Your platform appears to not support random local host addresses 127.x.x.x. Falling back to 127.0.0.1.')
+        data = '127.0.0.1'
+    s.close()
+    
     with open(filePath, 'w') as bindFile:
         bindFile.write(data)
+
     return data
 
 class PublicAPI:
diff --git a/onionr/onionrblockapi.py b/onionr/onionrblockapi.py
index c76934a5..04dcf65a 100644
--- a/onionr/onionrblockapi.py
+++ b/onionr/onionrblockapi.py
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ class Block:
             return (blocks[-1], blocks)
         return blocks[-1]
 
-    def exists(hash):
+    def exists(bHash):
         '''
             Checks if a block is saved to file or not
 
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ class Block:
         '''
 
         # no input data? scrap it.
-        if hash is None:
+        if bHash is None:
             return False
         '''
         if type(hash) == Block:
@@ -759,8 +759,10 @@ class Block:
         else:
             blockfile = onionrcore.Core().dataDir + 'blocks/%s.dat' % hash
         '''
-
-        ret = isinstance(onionrstorage.getData(onionrcore.Core(), hash.getHash()), type(None))
+        if isinstance(bHash, Block):
+            bHash = bHash.getHash()
+        
+        ret = isinstance(onionrstorage.getData(onionrcore.Core(), bHash), type(None))
 
         return not ret