diff --git a/js/hush-hush.js b/js/hush-hush.js
index afef0d3..e6cdad6 100644
--- a/js/hush-hush.js
+++ b/js/hush-hush.js
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ function addMessage(message, timestamp){
 
 async function apiGET(path, queryString, raw=false){
     let nodeToUse = getCurrentNode()
+    if (! nodeToUse){
+        console.debug("no node yet")
+        return
+    }
     let requestTimeout = setTimeout(function(){
         console.debug(nodeToUse + " timed out")
         publicNodes = publicNodes.filter(item => item !== nodeToUse)
@@ -123,13 +127,18 @@ async function apiGET(path, queryString, raw=false){
 }
 
 async function findMessages(){
-
     findMessageIntervalTime = 5000
     if (document.hidden){
         findMessageIntervalTime = 10000
     }
-    let messages = (await apiGET("getblocklist", "?type=" + postTopic + "&date=" + lastLookup)).split('\n')
-    lastLookup = Math.floor((Date.now() / 1000))
+    try{
+        var messages = (await apiGET("getblocklist", "?type=" + postTopic + "&date=" + lastLookup)).split('\n')
+    }
+    catch(e){
+        setTimeout(function(){findMessages()}, findMessageIntervalTime)
+        return
+    }
+    lastLookup = Math.floor((Date.now() / 1000)) - (findMessageIntervalTime / 1000) - 600
     messages.forEach(block => {
         if (!block) { return}
         block = reconstructHash(block)
diff --git a/js/peer-lookup.js b/js/peer-lookup.js
index 17c739e..3beba24 100644
--- a/js/peer-lookup.js
+++ b/js/peer-lookup.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ self.addEventListener('message', async function(e) {
     var data = JSON.parse(e.data)
 
     let peer = data['node']
+    console.debug(peer)
     let peerList = await lookupPeer(peer)
     peerList.forEach(node => {
         if (node){
diff --git a/jspow/index.js b/jspow/index.js
index b7512d6..23e0d12 100644
--- a/jspow/index.js
+++ b/jspow/index.js
@@ -70,9 +70,11 @@ function doPow(metadata, data, difficulty){
             }
         }
         metadata['c'] += 1
+        /*
         if (metadata['c'] % 10000 == 0){
             console.debug(metadata['c'])
         }
+        */
     }
 
 }