diff --git a/libp2p/kademlia/kad_peerinfo.py b/libp2p/kademlia/kad_peerinfo.py
index d227b11..6524fc2 100644
--- a/libp2p/kademlia/kad_peerinfo.py
+++ b/libp2p/kademlia/kad_peerinfo.py
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
 import heapq
+import multihash
 from operator import itemgetter
 from libp2p.peer.peerinfo import PeerInfo
 
 
 class KadPeerInfo(PeerInfo):
-    def __init__(self, peer_id, peer_data):
+    def __init__(self, peer_id, peer_data=None):
         super(KadPeerInfo, self).__init__(peer_id, peer_data)
-        self.long_id = int(peer_id.hex(), 16)
+        print ("Kad Peer Info")
+        print (peer_id)
+        print (peer_data)
+        sha1 = multihash.Func.sha1
+        mh_digest = multihash.digest(peer_id.pretty().encode('utf-8'), sha1)
+        self.peer_id = peer_id.pretty()
+        self.long_id = int.from_bytes(mh_digest.encode(), byteorder='big')
 
     def same_home_as(self, node):
         #TODO: handle more than one addr
diff --git a/libp2p/kademlia/protocol.py b/libp2p/kademlia/protocol.py
index b43098c..d1936f5 100644
--- a/libp2p/kademlia/protocol.py
+++ b/libp2p/kademlia/protocol.py
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ import random
 import asyncio
 import logging
 
+from multiaddr import Multiaddr
 from rpcudp.protocol import RPCProtocol
-
+from libp2p.peer.id import ID
+from libp2p.peer.peerdata import PeerData
 from .kad_peerinfo import KadPeerInfo
 from .routing import RoutingTable
 from .utils import digest
@@ -143,6 +145,10 @@ class KademliaProtocol(RPCProtocol):
         is closer than the closest in that list, then store the key/value
         on the new node (per section 2.5 of the paper)
         """
+
+        print ("Welcome if new")
+        print (node)
+
         if not self.router.is_new_node(node):
             return
 
diff --git a/libp2p/kademlia/routing.py b/libp2p/kademlia/routing.py
index 7d97494..e4b49d0 100644
--- a/libp2p/kademlia/routing.py
+++ b/libp2p/kademlia/routing.py
@@ -151,7 +151,11 @@ class RoutingTable:
         self.buckets[index].remove_node(node)
 
     def is_new_node(self, node):
+        print ("IN IS NEW NODE")
+        print (node)
+        print (self.buckets)
         index = self.get_bucket_for(node)
+        print (index)
         return self.buckets[index].is_new_node(node)
 
     def add_contact(self, node):
@@ -174,7 +178,15 @@ class RoutingTable:
         """
         Get the index of the bucket that the given node would fall into.
         """
+        print ("IN GET BUKCKET FOR")
+        print (node)
+        print (node.long_id)
+        print (self.buckets)
         for index, bucket in enumerate(self.buckets):
+            print ("IN ENUMERATE")
+            print (index)
+            print (bucket)
+            print (bucket.range)
             if node.long_id < bucket.range[1]:
                 return index
         # we should never be here, but make linter happy
diff --git a/libp2p/peer/peerinfo.py b/libp2p/peer/peerinfo.py
index 44cba56..2e7edb9 100644
--- a/libp2p/peer/peerinfo.py
+++ b/libp2p/peer/peerinfo.py
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ from .peerdata import PeerData
 
 class PeerInfo:
     # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
-    def __init__(self, peer_id, peer_data):
+    def __init__(self, peer_id, peer_data=None):
         self.peer_id = peer_id
-        self.addrs = peer_data.get_addrs()
+        self.addrs = peer_data.get_addrs() if peer_data else None
 
 
 def info_from_p2p_addr(addr):