diff --git a/js/hush-hush.js b/js/hush-hush.js
index f7722a0..afef0d3 100644
--- a/js/hush-hush.js
+++ b/js/hush-hush.js
@@ -17,13 +17,15 @@
 */
 var findMessageIntervalTime = 5000
 var publicNodes = [
-    "ty3rq3kub6gvzpngnrvfsk5emhoh2ltkti62u4ophca6ijciajotqqid",
-    "aekulizc7lsl4bh3ainlnnbfqtboavitfxuvanqq3eyposdifzzeddqd"
+    "ueawiiskhaxdhkqjvgz6drrlf7srvaifrewnb6rxf6tro3welajvlgyd",
+    "csb2thc5yzv2gbhoozbqrzv747irs5z2lbpd7eiyh6eivvltok76qrqd"
 ]
+var initialNodes = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(publicNodes))
+publicNodes = []
 var messageHashes = []
 var blocks = []
 var basicTextEncoder = new TextEncoder()
-var difficulty = "0000"
+var difficulty = "00000"
 var maxBlockAge = 2678400
 var postTopic = 'kic' // we use block types as the topic with 'kic' as the prefix
 var lastLookup = Math.floor((Date.now() / 1000)) - maxBlockAge
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ function shuffleArray(array) {
         [array[i], array[j]] = [array[j], array[i]];
     }
 }
-shuffleArray(publicNodes)
+shuffleArray(initialNodes)
 
 //https://stackoverflow.com/q/10420352
 function getReadableFileSizeString(fileSizeInBytes) {
@@ -50,20 +52,9 @@ function getReadableFileSizeString(fileSizeInBytes) {
     return Math.max(fileSizeInBytes, 0.1).toFixed(1) + byteUnits[i];
 };
 
+
 setInterval(function(){shuffleArray(publicNodes)}, 5000)
 
-
-// Make Tor connect to each node to reduce future connection time
-publicNodes.forEach(node => {
-    let doPing = async function(){
-        let res = await(await fetch("http://" + node + ".onion/ping")).text()
-        if (res !== "pong!"){
-            console.debug(node)
-        }
-    }
-    doPing()
-})
-
 function getCurrentNode(){
     // Very basic round-robin use of nodes
     let current = publicNodes.shift()
@@ -132,6 +123,7 @@ async function apiGET(path, queryString, raw=false){
 }
 
 async function findMessages(){
+
     findMessageIntervalTime = 5000
     if (document.hidden){
         findMessageIntervalTime = 10000
diff --git a/js/message-creator.js b/js/message-creator.js
index 7b4c041..2b209fc 100644
--- a/js/message-creator.js
+++ b/js/message-creator.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ document.getElementById("createMessageBtn").onclick = async function(){
             'meta': JSON.stringify({'type': postTopic})
         },
         "data": postMessage,
-        "difficulty": difficulty.length / 2
+        "difficulty": 5
     }
     powWorker.postMessage(JSON.stringify(payload))
 
diff --git a/js/powworker.js b/js/powworker.js
index d040792..061e848 100644
--- a/js/powworker.js
+++ b/js/powworker.js
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@
     You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
     along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
-importScripts("jspow/index.js")
-importScripts("sha3.js")
+importScripts("/jspow/index.js")
+importScripts("/js/sha3.js")
 
 self.addEventListener('message', function(e) {
   var data = JSON.parse(e.data)
-  console.debug(data.metadata)
+
   self.postMessage(
     doPow(
     data.metadata,
diff --git a/js/worker-handler.js b/js/worker-handler.js
index 4c05347..f3fec04 100644
--- a/js/worker-handler.js
+++ b/js/worker-handler.js
@@ -15,19 +15,31 @@
     You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
     along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
-var lookupWorker = new Worker('peer-lookup.js');
-var powWorker = new Worker("powworker.js")
+var lookupWorker = new Worker('/js/peer-lookup.js')
+var powWorker = new Worker("/js/powworker.js")
 
 lookupWorker.addEventListener('message', function(e) {
-    if (publicNodes.includes(e.data)){
-      return
+    let addPeer = async function(p){
+      if (await (await fetch("http://" + p + ".onion/plaintext")).text() != "true")
+      {
+        console.debug("cannot add " + p)
+        return
+      }
+      if (publicNodes.includes(p) || initialNodes.includes(p)){
+        return
+      }
+      publicNodes.push(p)
     }
-    publicNodes.push(e.data)
+    addPeer(e.data)
   }, false);
 
 
 
 setInterval(function(){
-  lookupWorker.postMessage(JSON.stringify({"node": getCurrentNode()}))
+  let n = getCurrentNode()
+  if (typeof n == "undefined"){
+    n = initialNodes[0]
+  }
+  lookupWorker.postMessage(JSON.stringify({"node": n}))
 }, 60000)
-lookupWorker.postMessage(JSON.stringify({"node": getCurrentNode()}))
+lookupWorker.postMessage(JSON.stringify({"node": initialNodes[0]}))
diff --git a/jspow/index.js b/jspow/index.js
index 6dc790e..b7512d6 100644
--- a/jspow/index.js
+++ b/jspow/index.js
@@ -46,19 +46,20 @@ function doPow(metadata, data, difficulty){
         data = encoder.encode(data)
     }
 
-    metadata['c'] = 0
-    metadata['n'] = Math.floor(Math.random() * Math.floor(10000)) + Math.floor(Math.random() * Math.floor(10000))
 
+    metadata['c'] = -9999999
+    metadata['n'] = Math.floor(Math.random() * Math.floor(10000)) + Math.floor(Math.random() * Math.floor(10000))
+    var difficultyCounter = 0
     while (true){
-        var difficultyCounter = 0
+        difficultyCounter = 0
         let metadataString = encoder.encode(JSON.stringify(metadata) + "\n")
         let arr = new Uint8Array(metadataString.length + data.length)
         arr.set(metadataString)
         arr.set(data, metadataString.length)
-        hash = doHash(arr)
+        hash = doHashHex(arr)
 
-        for (var i = 0; i < hash.length; i++){
-            if (hash[i] == 0){
+        for (var i = 0; i < difficulty; i++){
+            if (hash[i] == '0'){
                 difficultyCounter += 1
                 if (difficultyCounter === difficulty){
                     return arr
@@ -69,6 +70,9 @@ function doPow(metadata, data, difficulty){
             }
         }
         metadata['c'] += 1
+        if (metadata['c'] % 10000 == 0){
+            console.debug(metadata['c'])
+        }
     }
 
 }