diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
index 85460bb1..ef7ec644 100644
--- a/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ gevent==1.4.0
 Flask==1.1.1
 PySocks==1.7.1
 stem==1.8.0
-deadsimplekv==0.3.0
+deadsimplekv==0.3.1
 unpaddedbase32==0.2.0
 streamedrequests==1.0.0
 jinja2==2.11.1
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 00f36476..989c5c6f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ click==7.0 \
     --hash=sha256:2335065e6395b9e67ca716de5f7526736bfa6ceead690adf616d925bdc622b13 \
     --hash=sha256:5b94b49521f6456670fdb30cd82a4eca9412788a93fa6dd6df72c94d5a8ff2d7 \
     # via flask
-deadsimplekv==0.3.0 \
-    --hash=sha256:66a96e648f1306433628d1b7e2cc2d828d9aa488ad95f2b641a15cd5f89814fa \
-    --hash=sha256:ac9cf72f8a8e26933d572b7fb607cee84604aab5d9f3a4fd6bf6046818c5d4fc \
+deadsimplekv==0.3.1 \
+    --hash=sha256:85aaacba793178018210728d104c95ddec7755b419b41621310e109fc24cff46 \
+    --hash=sha256:a61e3f783f5698543d1011ec0ce72b252e950ca2af15e565b43ccc7886213311 \
     # via -r requirements.in
 filenuke==0.0.0 \
     --hash=sha256:147011c0125121469cae0a8a7f4df399f470e54aa29a08f2d2c099bf0118dcee \
diff --git a/static-data/default-plugins/circles/flowapi.py b/static-data/default-plugins/circles/flowapi.py
index f9802a3d..6c946d47 100755
--- a/static-data/default-plugins/circles/flowapi.py
+++ b/static-data/default-plugins/circles/flowapi.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 This file primarily serves to allow specific fetching of circles board messages
 """
+import operator
 import json
 import os
 
@@ -26,17 +27,20 @@ from utils import identifyhome
 
 flask_blueprint = Blueprint('circles', __name__)
 
-with open(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + '/info.json', 'r') as info_file:
+with open(
+    os.path.dirname(
+        os.path.realpath(__file__)) + '/info.json', 'r') as info_file:
     data = info_file.read().strip()
     version = json.loads(data, strict=False)['version']
 
-BOARD_CACHE_FILE = identifyhome.identify_home() + '/board-index.cache.json',
+BOARD_CACHE_FILE = identifyhome.identify_home() + '/board-index.cache.json'
 
 read_only_cache = DeadSimpleKV(
     BOARD_CACHE_FILE,
     flush_on_exit=False,
     refresh_seconds=30)
 
+
 @flask_blueprint.route('/circles/getpostsbyboard/<board>')
 def get_post_by_board(board):
     board_cache = DeadSimpleKV(
@@ -50,6 +54,7 @@ def get_post_by_board(board):
         posts = ','.join(posts)
     return Response(posts)
 
+
 @flask_blueprint.route('/circles/getpostsbyboard/<board>/<offset>')
 def get_post_by_board_with_offset(board, offset):
     offset = int(offset)
@@ -66,11 +71,14 @@ def get_post_by_board_with_offset(board, offset):
         posts = ','.join(posts[offset:offset + OFFSET_COUNT])
     return Response(posts)
 
+
 @flask_blueprint.route('/circles/version')
 def get_version():
     return Response(version)
 
-@flask_blueprint.route('/circles/removefromcache/<board>/<name>', methods=['POST'])
+
+@flask_blueprint.route('/circles/removefromcache/<board>/<name>',
+                       methods=['POST'])
 def remove_from_cache(board, name):
     board_cache = DeadSimpleKV(BOARD_CACHE_FILE,
                                flush_on_exit=False)
@@ -83,7 +91,18 @@ def remove_from_cache(board, name):
     board_cache.put(board, posts)
     return Response('success')
 
-#@flask_blueprint.route('/circles/getpopular/<count>')
-#def get_popular(count):
-    #boards = read_only_cache.get
 
+@flask_blueprint.route('/circles/getpopular/<count>')
+def get_popular(count):
+    boards = json.loads(read_only_cache.get_raw_json())
+    for board in boards:
+        boards[board] = len(boards[board])
+
+
+    top_boards = sorted(boards.items(), key=operator.itemgetter(1), reverse=True)[:int(count)]
+
+    only_board_names = []
+    for b in top_boards:
+        only_board_names.append(b[0])
+
+    return Response(','.join(only_board_names), content_type='text/csv')
diff --git a/static-data/default_config.json b/static-data/default_config.json
index fabd57e2..94a27fbf 100755
--- a/static-data/default_config.json
+++ b/static-data/default_config.json
@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@
     },
     "general": {
         "announce_node": true,
-        "dev_mode": false,
+        "dev_mode": true,
         "display_header": true,
         "ephemeral_tunnels": false,
         "hide_created_blocks": true,
-        "insert_deniable_blocks": true,
+        "insert_deniable_blocks": false,
         "max_block_age": 2678400,
-        "minimum_block_pow": 5,
-        "minimum_send_pow": 5,
+        "minimum_block_pow": 1,
+        "minimum_send_pow": 1,
         "public_key": "",
-        "random_bind_ip": true,
+        "random_bind_ip": false,
         "security_level": 0,
         "show_notifications": true,
         "store_plaintext_blocks": true,
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@
         },
         "file": {
             "output": true,
-            "remove_on_exit": true
+            "remove_on_exit": false
         },
         "verbosity": "default"
     },
     "onboarding": {
-        "done": false
+        "done": true
     },
     "peers": {
         "max_connect": 1000,
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@
     "transports": {
         "lan": true,
         "manual_disk": true,
-        "tor": true
+        "tor": false
     },
     "ui": {
         "theme": "dark"
     }
-}
+}
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