diff --git a/lbrynet/core/Session.py b/lbrynet/core/Session.py
index 78907aec4..cbdd6e694 100644
--- a/lbrynet/core/Session.py
+++ b/lbrynet/core/Session.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ from lbrynet.core.PaymentRateManager import BasePaymentRateManager, NegotiatedPa
 from lbrynet.core.BlobAvailability import BlobAvailabilityTracker
 from twisted.internet import threads, defer
 
-
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -36,6 +35,7 @@ class Session(object):
     upnp, which opens holes in compatible firewalls so that remote
     peers can connect to this peer.
     """
+
     def __init__(self, blob_data_payment_rate, db_dir=None,
                  lbryid=None, peer_manager=None, dht_node_port=None,
                  known_dht_nodes=None, peer_finder=None,
@@ -251,10 +251,7 @@ class Session(object):
 
         from twisted.internet import reactor
 
-        log.debug("Starting the dht")
-
-        def match_port(h, p):
-            return h, p
+        log.info("Starting DHT")
 
         def join_resolved_addresses(result):
             addresses = []
@@ -272,7 +269,7 @@ class Session(object):
         ds = []
         for host, port in self.known_dht_nodes:
             d = reactor.resolve(host)
-            d.addCallback(match_port, port)
+            d.addCallback(lambda h: (h, port))  # match host to port
             ds.append(d)
 
         self.dht_node = self.dht_node_class(
@@ -323,6 +320,7 @@ class Session(object):
 
     def _unset_upnp(self):
         log.info("Unsetting upnp for %s", self)
+
         def threaded_unset_upnp():
             u = miniupnpc.UPnP()
             num_devices_found = u.discover()
diff --git a/lbrynet/core/utils.py b/lbrynet/core/utils.py
index fea2f43bc..eeb3f6be7 100644
--- a/lbrynet/core/utils.py
+++ b/lbrynet/core/utils.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def datetime_obj(*args, **kwargs):
 
 
 def call_later(delay, func, *args, **kwargs):
-    # Import here to ensure that it gets called after installing a reator
+    # Import here to ensure that it gets called after installing a reactor
     # see: http://twistedmatrix.com/documents/current/core/howto/choosing-reactor.html
     from twisted.internet import reactor
     return reactor.callLater(delay, func, *args, **kwargs)
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def obfuscate(plain):
     return base64.b64encode(plain).encode('rot13')
 
 
-def check_connection(server="www.lbry.io", port=80):
+def check_connection(server="lbry.io", port=80):
     """Attempts to open a socket to server:port and returns True if successful."""
     try:
         log.debug('Checking connection to %s:%s', server, port)
diff --git a/lbrynet/dht/constants.py b/lbrynet/dht/constants.py
index 079fc9787..1cee46311 100644
--- a/lbrynet/dht/constants.py
+++ b/lbrynet/dht/constants.py
@@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ peer_request_timeout = 10
 checkRefreshInterval = refreshTimeout / 5
 
 #: Max size of a single UDP datagram, in bytes. If a message is larger than this, it will
-#: be spread accross several UDP packets.
+#: be spread across several UDP packets.
 udpDatagramMaxSize = 8192  # 8 KB
 
-key_bits = 384
+from lbrynet.core.cryptoutils import get_lbry_hash_obj
+
+h = get_lbry_hash_obj()
+key_bits = h.digest_size * 8  # 384 bits
diff --git a/lbrynet/dht/encoding.py b/lbrynet/dht/encoding.py
index 55bb68fb7..4f7a068ac 100644
--- a/lbrynet/dht/encoding.py
+++ b/lbrynet/dht/encoding.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 # The docstrings in this module contain epytext markup; API documentation
 # may be created by processing this file with epydoc: http://epydoc.sf.net
 
+
 class DecodeError(Exception):
     """ Should be raised by an C{Encoding} implementation if decode operation
     fails
diff --git a/lbrynet/dht/hashwatcher.py b/lbrynet/dht/hashwatcher.py
index f55185f82..ea1651cbc 100644
--- a/lbrynet/dht/hashwatcher.py
+++ b/lbrynet/dht/hashwatcher.py
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ from collections import Counter
 import datetime
 
 
-class HashWatcher():
-    def __init__(self, ttl=600):
+class HashWatcher(object):
+    def __init__(self):
         self.ttl = 600
         self.hashes = []
         self.next_tick = None
diff --git a/lbrynet/dht/msgtypes.py b/lbrynet/dht/msgtypes.py
index b24f5ced4..cf0b4ef2c 100644
--- a/lbrynet/dht/msgtypes.py
+++ b/lbrynet/dht/msgtypes.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 import hashlib
 import random
-
+from lbrynet.core.utils import generate_id
 
 class Message(object):
     """ Base class for messages - all "unknown" messages use this class """
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@ class RequestMessage(Message):
 
     def __init__(self, nodeID, method, methodArgs, rpcID=None):
         if rpcID == None:
-            hash = hashlib.sha384()
-            hash.update(str(random.getrandbits(255)))
-            rpcID = hash.digest()
+            rpcID = generate_id()
         Message.__init__(self, rpcID, nodeID)
         self.request = method
         self.args = methodArgs
diff --git a/lbrynet/dht/node.py b/lbrynet/dht/node.py
index 0befa359b..65ce90bbe 100644
--- a/lbrynet/dht/node.py
+++ b/lbrynet/dht/node.py
@@ -6,11 +6,9 @@
 #
 # The docstrings in this module contain epytext markup; API documentation
 # may be created by processing this file with epydoc: http://epydoc.sf.net
-import argparse
 import binascii
 import hashlib
 import operator
-import random
 import struct
 import time
 
@@ -23,10 +21,13 @@ import protocol
 import twisted.internet.reactor
 import twisted.internet.threads
 import twisted.python.log
+
 from contact import Contact
 from hashwatcher import HashWatcher
 import logging
 
+from lbrynet.core.utils import generate_id
+
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -512,14 +513,14 @@ class Node(object):
         """
         # Get the sender's ID (if any)
         if '_rpcNodeID' in kwargs:
-            rpcSenderID = kwargs['_rpcNodeID']
+            rpc_sender_id = kwargs['_rpcNodeID']
         else:
-            rpcSenderID = None
-        contacts = self._routingTable.findCloseNodes(key, constants.k, rpcSenderID)
-        contactTriples = []
+            rpc_sender_id = None
+        contacts = self._routingTable.findCloseNodes(key, constants.k, rpc_sender_id)
+        contact_triples = []
         for contact in contacts:
-            contactTriples.append((contact.id, contact.address, contact.port))
-        return contactTriples
+            contact_triples.append((contact.id, contact.address, contact.port))
+        return contact_triples
 
     @rpcmethod
     def findValue(self, key, **kwargs):
@@ -536,8 +537,8 @@ class Node(object):
         if self._dataStore.hasPeersForBlob(key):
             rval = {key: self._dataStore.getPeersForBlob(key)}
         else:
-            contactTriples = self.findNode(key, **kwargs)
-            rval = {'contacts': contactTriples}
+            contact_triples = self.findNode(key, **kwargs)
+            rval = {'contacts': contact_triples}
         if '_rpcNodeContact' in kwargs:
             contact = kwargs['_rpcNodeContact']
             compact_ip = contact.compact_ip()
@@ -551,9 +552,7 @@ class Node(object):
         @return: A globally unique n-bit pseudo-random identifier
         @rtype: str
         """
-        hash = hashlib.sha384()
-        hash.update(str(random.getrandbits(255)))
-        return hash.digest()
+        return generate_id()
 
     def _iterativeFind(self, key, startupShortlist=None, rpc='findNode'):
         """ The basic Kademlia iterative lookup operation (for nodes/values)
@@ -583,11 +582,8 @@ class Node(object):
                  return a list of the k closest nodes to the specified key
         @rtype: twisted.internet.defer.Deferred
         """
-        if rpc != 'findNode':
-            findValue = True
-        else:
-            findValue = False
-        shortlist = []
+        findValue = rpc != 'findNode'
+
         if startupShortlist == None:
             shortlist = self._routingTable.findCloseNodes(key, constants.alpha)
             if key != self.id:
@@ -903,30 +899,3 @@ class ExpensiveSort(object):
     def _removeValue(self):
         for item in self.to_sort:
             delattr(item, self.attr)
-
-
-def main():
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Launch a dht node")
-    parser.add_argument("udp_port", help="The UDP port on which the node will listen",
-                        type=int)
-    parser.add_argument("known_node_ip",
-                        help="The IP of a known node to be used to bootstrap into the network",
-                        nargs='?')
-    parser.add_argument("known_node_port",
-                        help="The port of a known node to be used to bootstrap into the network",
-                        nargs='?', default=4000, type=int)
-
-    args = parser.parse_args()
-
-    if args.known_node_ip:
-        known_nodes = [(args.known_node_ip, args.known_node_port)]
-    else:
-        known_nodes = []
-
-    node = Node(udpPort=args.udp_port)
-    node.joinNetwork(known_nodes)
-    twisted.internet.reactor.run()
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()
diff --git a/lbrynet/dht/protocol.py b/lbrynet/dht/protocol.py
index 66ceb5de4..d5348edd4 100644
--- a/lbrynet/dht/protocol.py
+++ b/lbrynet/dht/protocol.py
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ class KademliaProtocol(protocol.DatagramProtocol):
         msgPrimitive = self._translator.toPrimitive(msg)
         encodedMsg = self._encoder.encode(msgPrimitive)
 
+        log.debug("DHT SEND: %s(%s)", method, args)
+
         df = defer.Deferred()
         if rawResponse:
             df._rpcRawResponse = True
@@ -163,7 +165,7 @@ class KademliaProtocol(protocol.DatagramProtocol):
             self._handleRPC(remoteContact, message.id, message.request, message.args)
         elif isinstance(message, msgtypes.ResponseMessage):
             # Find the message that triggered this response
-            if self._sentMessages.has_key(message.id):
+            if message.id in self._sentMessages:
                 # Cancel timeout timer for this RPC
                 df, timeoutCall = self._sentMessages[message.id][1:3]
                 timeoutCall.cancel()
@@ -296,6 +298,7 @@ class KademliaProtocol(protocol.DatagramProtocol):
         func = getattr(self._node, method, None)
         if callable(func) and hasattr(func, 'rpcmethod'):
             # Call the exposed Node method and return the result to the deferred callback chain
+            log.debug("DHT RECV CALL %s with args %s", method, args)
             try:
                 kwargs = {'_rpcNodeID': senderContact.id, '_rpcNodeContact': senderContact}
                 result = func(*args, **kwargs)
@@ -351,7 +354,7 @@ class KademliaProtocol(protocol.DatagramProtocol):
 
         Will only be called once, after all ports are disconnected.
         """
-        log.info('Stopping dht')
+        log.info('Stopping DHT')
         for delayed_call in self._call_later_list.values():
             try:
                 delayed_call.cancel()
@@ -363,3 +366,4 @@ class KademliaProtocol(protocol.DatagramProtocol):
                 # exceptions.AttributeError: 'Port' object has no attribute 'socket'
                 # to happen on shutdown
                 # reactor.iterate()
+        log.info('DHT stopped')
diff --git a/lbrynet/dht/routingtable.py b/lbrynet/dht/routingtable.py
index 3aa493119..1f6cca926 100644
--- a/lbrynet/dht/routingtable.py
+++ b/lbrynet/dht/routingtable.py
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ class TreeRoutingTable(RoutingTable):
                 # be dropped, and the new contact added to the tail of
                 # the k-bucket. This implementation follows section
                 # 2.2 regarding this point.
-                headContact = self._buckets[bucketIndex]._contacts[0]
 
                 def replaceContact(failure):
                     """ Callback for the deferred PING RPC to see if the head
@@ -181,8 +180,8 @@ class TreeRoutingTable(RoutingTable):
                     self.addContact(contact)
 
                 # Ping the least-recently seen contact in this k-bucket
-                headContact = self._buckets[bucketIndex]._contacts[0]
-                df = headContact.ping()
+                head_contact = self._buckets[bucketIndex]._contacts[0]
+                df = head_contact.ping()
                 # If there's an error (i.e. timeout), remove the head
                 # contact, and append the new one
                 df.addErrback(replaceContact)
diff --git a/scripts/dht_scripts.py b/scripts/dht_scripts.py
index fd37763fc..657a5d7e0 100644
--- a/scripts/dht_scripts.py
+++ b/scripts/dht_scripts.py
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
-import binascii
-import logging
+from lbrynet.core import log_support
+
+import logging.handlers
 import sys
+import traceback
 
 from lbrynet.dht.node import Node
-from twisted.internet import reactor, task
+
+from twisted.internet import reactor, defer
 from lbrynet.core.utils import generate_id
 
+
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -13,90 +17,91 @@ def print_usage():
     print "Usage:\n%s UDP_PORT KNOWN_NODE_IP KNOWN_NODE_PORT HASH"
 
 
+@defer.inlineCallbacks
 def join_network(udp_port, known_nodes):
     lbryid = generate_id()
 
-    log.info('Creating Node')
+    log.info('Creating node')
     node = Node(udpPort=udp_port, lbryid=lbryid)
 
     log.info('Joining network')
-    d = node.joinNetwork(known_nodes)
+    yield node.joinNetwork(known_nodes)
 
-    def log_network_size():
+    defer.returnValue(node)
+
+
+@defer.inlineCallbacks
+def get_hosts(node, h):
+    log.info("Looking up %s", h)
+    hosts = yield node.getPeersForBlob(h.decode("hex"))
+    log.info("Hosts returned from the DHT: %s", hosts)
+
+
+@defer.inlineCallbacks
+def announce_hash(node, h):
+    results = yield node.announceHaveBlob(h, 34567)
+    for success, result in results:
+        if success:
+            log.info("Succeeded: %s", str(result))
+        else:
+            log.info("Failed: %s", str(result.getErrorMessage()))
+
+
+# def get_args():
+#     if len(sys.argv) < 5:
+#         print_usage()
+#         sys.exit(1)
+#     udp_port = int(sys.argv[1])
+#     known_nodes = [(sys.argv[2], int(sys.argv[3]))]
+#     h = binascii.unhexlify(sys.argv[4])
+#     return udp_port, known_nodes, h
+
+
+@defer.inlineCallbacks
+def connect(port=None):
+    try:
+        if port is None:
+            raise Exception("need a port")
+        known_nodes = [('54.236.227.82', 4444)]  # lbrynet1
+        node = yield join_network(port, known_nodes)
+        log.info("joined")
+        reactor.callLater(3, find, node)
+    except Exception:
+        log.error("CAUGHT EXCEPTION")
+        traceback.print_exc()
+        log.info("Stopping reactor")
+        yield reactor.stop()
+
+
+@defer.inlineCallbacks
+def find(node):
+    try:
         log.info("Approximate number of nodes in DHT: %s", str(node.getApproximateTotalDHTNodes()))
         log.info("Approximate number of blobs in DHT: %s", str(node.getApproximateTotalHashes()))
 
-    d.addCallback(lambda _: log_network_size())
+        h = "578f5e82da7db97bfe0677826d452cc0c65406a8e986c9caa126af4ecdbf4913daad2f7f5d1fb0ffec17d0bf8f187f5a"
+        peersFake = yield node.getPeersForBlob(h.decode("hex"))
+        print peersFake
+        peers = yield node.getPeersForBlob(h.decode("hex"))
+        print peers
 
-    d.addCallback(lambda _: node)
+        # yield get_hosts(node, h)
+    except Exception:
+        log.error("CAUGHT EXCEPTION")
+        traceback.print_exc()
 
-    return d
+    log.info("Stopping reactor")
+    yield reactor.stop()
 
 
-def get_hosts(node, h):
-    def print_hosts(hosts):
-        print "Hosts returned from the DHT: "
-        print hosts
 
-    log.info("Looking up %s", h)
-    d = node.getPeersForBlob(h)
-    d.addCallback(print_hosts)
-    return d
-
-
-def announce_hash(node, h):
-    d = node.announceHaveBlob(h, 34567)
-
-    def log_results(results):
-        for success, result in results:
-            if success:
-                log.info("Succeeded: %s", str(result))
-            else:
-                log.info("Failed: %s", str(result.getErrorMessage()))
-
-    d.addCallback(log_results)
-    return d
-
-
-def get_args():
-    if len(sys.argv) < 5:
-        print_usage()
-        sys.exit(1)
-    udp_port = int(sys.argv[1])
-    known_nodes = [(sys.argv[2], int(sys.argv[3]))]
-    h = binascii.unhexlify(sys.argv[4])
-    return udp_port, known_nodes, h
-
-
-def run_dht_script(dht_func):
-    log_format = "(%(asctime)s)[%(filename)s:%(lineno)s] %(funcName)s(): %(message)s"
-    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG, format=log_format)
-
-    udp_port, known_nodes, h = get_args()
-
-    d = task.deferLater(reactor, 0, join_network, udp_port, known_nodes)
-
-    def run_dht_func(node):
-        return dht_func(node, h)
-
-    d.addCallback(run_dht_func)
-
-    def log_err(err):
-        log.error("An error occurred: %s", err.getTraceback())
-        return err
-
-    def shut_down():
-        log.info("Shutting down")
-        reactor.stop()
-
-    d.addErrback(log_err)
-    d.addBoth(lambda _: shut_down())
+def main():
+    log_support.configure_console(level='DEBUG')
+    log_support.configure_twisted()
+    reactor.callLater(0, connect, port=10001)
+    log.info("Running reactor")
     reactor.run()
 
 
-def get_hosts_for_hash_in_dht():
-    run_dht_script(get_hosts)
-
-
-def announce_hash_to_dht():
-    run_dht_script(announce_hash)
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/scripts/dhttest.py b/scripts/dhttest.py
index 8d648f036..a188030dc 100644
--- a/scripts/dhttest.py
+++ b/scripts/dhttest.py
@@ -22,18 +22,18 @@
 
 
 import binascii
-import hashlib
 import random
 import twisted.internet.reactor
 from lbrynet.dht.node import Node
+from lbrynet.core.cryptoutils import get_lbry_hash_obj
 
 # The Entangled DHT node; instantiated in the main() method
 node = None
 
 # The key to use for this example when storing/retrieving data
-hash = hashlib.sha384()
-hash.update("key")
-KEY = hash.digest()
+h = get_lbry_hash_obj()
+h.update("key")
+KEY = h.digest()
 # The value to store
 VALUE = random.randint(10000, 20000)