diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 90f16342..c83de87d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-FROM ubuntu:xenial
+FROM ubuntu:bionic
 
 #Base settings
 ENV HOME /root
 
 #Install needed packages
-RUN apt update && apt install -y python3 python3-dev python3-pip tor locales
+RUN apt update && apt install -y python3 python3-dev python3-pip tor locales nano
 
 RUN sed -i -e 's/# en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/' /etc/locale.gen && \
     locale-gen
diff --git a/onionr/communicator2.py b/onionr/communicator2.py
index 42be9e45..38ba2692 100755
--- a/onionr/communicator2.py
+++ b/onionr/communicator2.py
@@ -318,6 +318,8 @@ class OnionrCommunicatorDaemon:
             self.addBootstrapListToPeerList(peerList)
 
         for address in peerList:
+            if not config.get('tor.v3onions') and len(address) == 62:
+                continue
             if len(address) == 0 or address in tried or address in self.onlinePeers:
                 continue
             if self.shutdown:
diff --git a/onionr/netcontroller.py b/onionr/netcontroller.py
index 19f355e4..3749ce7a 100644
--- a/onionr/netcontroller.py
+++ b/onionr/netcontroller.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 '''
 
-import subprocess, os, random, sys, logger, time, signal
+import subprocess, os, random, sys, logger, time, signal, config
 from onionrblockapi import Block
 
 class NetController:
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class NetController:
         self.hsPort = hsPort
         self._torInstnace = ''
         self.myID = ''
+        config.reload()
         '''
             if os.path.exists(self.torConfigLocation):
                 torrc = open(self.torConfigLocation, 'r')
@@ -47,11 +48,15 @@ class NetController:
         '''
             Generate a torrc file for our tor instance
         '''
-
+        hsVer = '# v2 onions'
+        if config.get('tor.v3onions'):
+            hsVer = 'HiddenServiceVersion 3'
+            logger.info('Using v3 onions :)')
         if os.path.exists(self.torConfigLocation):
             os.remove(self.torConfigLocation)
         torrcData = '''SocksPort ''' + str(self.socksPort) + '''
 HiddenServiceDir data/hs/
+\n''' + hsVer + '''\n
 HiddenServicePort 80 127.0.0.1:''' + str(self.hsPort) + '''
 DataDirectory data/tordata/
         '''
diff --git a/onionr/onionrcrypto.py b/onionr/onionrcrypto.py
index 40dca90f..00c5a604 100644
--- a/onionr/onionrcrypto.py
+++ b/onionr/onionrcrypto.py
@@ -247,6 +247,10 @@ class OnionrCrypto:
         return result
 
     def sha3Hash(self, data):
+        try:
+            data = data.encode()
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
         hasher = hashlib.sha3_256()
         hasher.update(data)
         return hasher.hexdigest()
diff --git a/onionr/onionrutils.py b/onionr/onionrutils.py
index 7e0abd94..951f546a 100644
--- a/onionr/onionrutils.py
+++ b/onionr/onionrutils.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class OnionrUtils:
 
         self.avoidDupe = [] # list used to prevent duplicate requests per peer for certain actions
         self.peerProcessing = {} # dict of current peer actions: peer, actionList
-
+        config.reload()
         return
 
     def getTimeBypassToken(self):
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ class OnionrUtils:
                 for adder in newAdderList.split(','):
                     adder = adder.strip()
                     if not adder in self._core.listAdders(randomOrder = False) and adder != self.getMyAddress() and not self._core._blacklist.inBlacklist(adder):
+                        if not config.get('tor.v3onions') and len(address) == 62:
+                            continue
                         if self._core.addAddress(adder):
                             logger.info('Added %s to db.' % adder, timestamp = True)
                             retVal = True
diff --git a/onionr/static-data/default_config.json b/onionr/static-data/default_config.json
index fcbf733e..5458db4a 100644
--- a/onionr/static-data/default_config.json
+++ b/onionr/static-data/default_config.json
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     },
 
     "tor" : {
-
+        "v3onions": false
     },
 
     "i2p":{