diff --git a/src/gossip/client/announce.py b/src/gossip/client/announce.py
index 3b54e889..8aaab390 100644
--- a/src/gossip/client/announce.py
+++ b/src/gossip/client/announce.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+from time import sleep
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from .. import Peer
 
+import logger
 from ..commands import GossipCommands, command_to_byte
 import onionrplugins
 
@@ -11,27 +13,38 @@ import onionrplugins
 def do_announce(peer_set):
     "Announce with N peers of each identified transport"
     def _announce(announce_peer: 'Peer', our_transport_address: str):
+        try:
+            our_transport_address = our_transport_address.encode('utf-8')
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
         sock = announce_peer.get_socket()
         sock.send(
             command_to_byte(GossipCommands.ANNOUNCE) + our_transport_address)
-        if sock.dup
+        if int.from_bytes(sock.recv(1), 'big') != 1:
+            logger.warn(
+                f"Could not announce with {announce_peer.transport_address}")
+        sock.close()
 
+    while not len(peer_set):
+        sleep(1)
 
     per_transport = 3
     peer_types = {}
     count_for_peer = 0
     for peer in peer_set:
         try:
-            count_for_peer = peer_types[peer.__name__]
+            count_for_peer = peer_types[peer.__class__]
         except KeyError:
-            peer_types[peer.__name__] = 0
-            continue
+            count_for_peer = peer_types[peer.__class__] = 0
 
         if count_for_peer == per_transport:
             continue
 
+        # Plugin for the transport associated with the peer will call _announce
+        # with the peer and *our* transport address
         onionrplugins.events.event(
             'get_our_transport',
-            data={'callback': _announce, 'peer': peer})
+            data={'callback': _announce, 'peer': peer},
+            threaded=True)
 
-        peer_types[peer.__name__] += 1
+        peer_types[peer.__class__] += 1
diff --git a/src/gossip/server.py b/src/gossip/server.py
index d01a989c..acf48a6b 100644
--- a/src/gossip/server.py
+++ b/src/gossip/server.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ from typing import Set
 
 from queue import Queue
 
+from onionrplugins import onionrevents
+
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from onionrblocks import Block
     from peer import Peer
@@ -46,6 +48,15 @@ def gossip_server(
                     writer.write(b'PONG')
                 case GossipCommands.CLOSE:
                     writer.close()
+                case GossipCommands.ANNOUNCE:
+                    async def _read_announce():
+                        address = await reader.read(56)
+                        onionrevents.event(
+                            'announce_rec',
+                            data={'peer_set': peer_set, 'address': address},
+                            threaded=False)
+                        writer.write(int(1).to_bytes(1, 'big'))
+                    await asyncio.wait_for(_read_announce(), 10)
 
             await writer.drain()
 
diff --git a/static-data/default-plugins/tor/main.py b/static-data/default-plugins/tor/main.py
index a1131561..441517be 100644
--- a/static-data/default-plugins/tor/main.py
+++ b/static-data/default-plugins/tor/main.py
@@ -63,6 +63,17 @@ def on_init(api, data=None):
         f"Tor Transport Plugin v{PLUGIN_VERSION} enabled", terminal=True)
 
 
+def on_get_our_transport(api, data=None):
+    callback_func = data['callback']
+    for_peer = data['peer']
+    if data['peer'].__class__ == TorPeer:
+        callback_func(for_peer, config.get('tor.transport_address'))
+
+
+def on_announce_rec(api, data=None):
+    print("got announce rec event")
+
+
 def on_bootstrap(api, data: Set[Peer] = None):
     bootstrap_nodes: Set[str]
     peers = data
@@ -89,7 +100,7 @@ def on_bootstrap(api, data: Set[Peer] = None):
         tor_peer = TorPeer(socks_address, socks_port, transport_address)
         try:
             tor_peer.get_socket()
-        except Exception as e:
+        except Exception:
             logger.warn(
                 f"Could not connnect to Tor peer {transport_address} " +
                 "see logs for more info",