diff --git a/onionr/communicator.py b/onionr/communicator.py
index ec4b5e7b..a1416e5f 100755
--- a/onionr/communicator.py
+++ b/onionr/communicator.py
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ class OnionrCommunicate:
                     logger.warn("Peer " + i + " returned malformed hash")
         blockList = blocks.split('\n')
         for i in blockList:
+            logger.debug('Exchanged block (blockList): ' + i)
             if not self._utils.validateHash(i):
                 # skip hash if it isn't valid
                 logger.warn('Hash ' + i + ' is not valid')
diff --git a/onionr/core.py b/onionr/core.py
index 0bb26919..e364775e 100644
--- a/onionr/core.py
+++ b/onionr/core.py
@@ -130,15 +130,19 @@ class Core:
         ''')
         conn.commit()
         conn.close()
-    def addToBlockDB(self, newHash):
+    def addToBlockDB(self, newHash, selfInsert=False):
         '''add a hash value to the block db (should be in hex format)'''
         if not os.path.exists(self.blockDB):
             raise Exception('Block db does not exist')
         conn = sqlite3.connect(self.blockDB)
         c = conn.cursor()
         currentTime = math.floor(time.time())
-        data = (newHash, currentTime, 0, 0)
-        c.execute('INSERT into hashes values(?, ?, ?, ?);', data)
+        if selfInsert:
+            selfInsert = 1
+        else:
+            selfInsert = 0
+        data = (newHash, currentTime, 0, 0, selfInsert)
+        c.execute('INSERT into hashes values(?, ?, ?, ?, ?);', data)
         conn.commit()
         conn.close()
 
diff --git a/onionr/onionr.py b/onionr/onionr.py
index f294b56c..b84d1633 100755
--- a/onionr/onionr.py
+++ b/onionr/onionr.py
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ class Onionr:
                     messageToAdd = input('Broadcast message to network: ')
                     if len(messageToAdd) >= 1:
                         break
-                self.onionrCore.setData(messageToAdd)
+                addedHash = self.onionrCore.setData(messageToAdd)
+                self.onionrCore.addToBlockDB(addedHash, selfInsert=True)
             elif command == 'stats':
                 self.showStats()
             elif command == 'help' or command == '--help':