diff --git a/src/communicator/__init__.py b/src/communicator/__init__.py
index 0d7aabf9..c83c117e 100755
--- a/src/communicator/__init__.py
+++ b/src/communicator/__init__.py
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ class OnionrCommunicatorDaemon:
         self.kv.put('blockQueue', {})
         self.kv.put('shutdown', False)
         self.kv.put('onlinePeers', [])
+        self.kv.put('currentDownloading', [])
+        self.kv.put('announceCache', {})
 
         if config.get('general.offline_mode', False):
             self.isOnline = False
@@ -92,16 +94,12 @@ class OnionrCommunicatorDaemon:
         # Peers merged to us. Don't add to db until we know they're reachable
         self.newPeers = []
         self.announceProgress = {}
-        self.announceCache = {}
 
         self.generating_blocks = []
 
         # amount of threads running by name, used to prevent too many
         self.threadCounts = {}
 
-        # list of blocks currently downloading
-        self.currentDownloading = []
-
         # timestamp when the last online node was seen
         self.lastNodeSeen = None
 
diff --git a/src/communicatorutils/announcenode.py b/src/communicatorutils/announcenode.py
index 743dafa9..f527da70 100755
--- a/src/communicatorutils/announcenode.py
+++ b/src/communicatorutils/announcenode.py
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ def announce_node(daemon):
     kv: "DeadSimpleKV" = daemon.shared_state.get_by_string("DeadSimpleKV")
 
     # Do not let announceCache get too large
-    if len(daemon.announceCache) >= 10000:
-        daemon.announceCache.popitem()
+    if len(kv.get('announceCache')) >= 10000:
+        kv.get('announceCache').popitem()
 
     if daemon.config.get('general.security_level', 0) == 0:
         # Announce to random online peers
         for i in kv.get('onlinePeers'):
-            if i not in daemon.announceCache and\
+            if i not in kv.get('announceCache') and\
                     i not in daemon.announceProgress:
                 peer = i
                 break
diff --git a/src/communicatorutils/downloadblocks/__init__.py b/src/communicatorutils/downloadblocks/__init__.py
index 35474834..79b43061 100755
--- a/src/communicatorutils/downloadblocks/__init__.py
+++ b/src/communicatorutils/downloadblocks/__init__.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def download_blocks_from_communicator(comm_inst: "OnionrCommunicatorDaemon"):
     """Use communicator instance to download blocks in the comms's queue"""
     blacklist = onionrblacklist.OnionrBlackList()
     kv: "DeadSimpleKV" = comm_inst.shared_state.get_by_string("DeadSimpleKV")
-    LOG_SKIP_COUNT = 50 # for how many iterations we skip logging the counter
+    LOG_SKIP_COUNT = 50  # for how many iterations we skip logging the counter
     count: int = 0
     metadata_validation_result: bool = False
     # Iterate the block queue in the communicator
@@ -68,13 +68,14 @@ def download_blocks_from_communicator(comm_inst: "OnionrCommunicatorDaemon"):
             # Exit loop if shutting down or offline, or disk allocation reached
             break
         # Do not download blocks being downloaded
-        if blockHash in comm_inst.currentDownloading:
+        if blockHash in kv.get('currentDownloading'):
             continue
 
-        if len(comm_inst.onlinePeers) == 0:
+        if len(kv.get('onlinePeers')) == 0:
             break
 
-        comm_inst.currentDownloading.append(blockHash) # So we can avoid concurrent downloading in other threads of same block
+        # So we can avoid concurrent downloading in other threads of same block
+        kv.get('currentDownloading').append(blockHash)
         if len(blockPeers) == 0:
             try:
                 peerUsed = onlinepeers.pick_online_peer(comm_inst)
@@ -165,5 +166,5 @@ def download_blocks_from_communicator(comm_inst: "OnionrCommunicatorDaemon"):
                         count = 0
                 except KeyError:
                     pass
-        comm_inst.currentDownloading.remove(blockHash)
+        kv.get('currentDownloading').remove(blockHash)
     comm_inst.decrementThreadCount('getBlocks')