diff --git a/examples/chat/chat.py b/examples/chat/chat.py
index 6fce80f..5c10ca1 100755
--- a/examples/chat/chat.py
+++ b/examples/chat/chat.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ sys.path.append(dirname(dirname(dirname(abspath(__file__)))))
 import asyncio
 
 import click
-from libp2p.libp2p import Libp2p
+from libp2p.libp2p import *
 from network.multiaddr import MultiAddr
 
 # TODO: change once muxed_connection supports extracting protocol id from messages
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ async def write_data(stream):
 async def run(port, destination):
 
     if not destination:
-        lib = Libp2p(transport_opt=["/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/%s/p2p/hostA" % port])
-        host = await lib.new_node()
+        host = await new_node(transport_opt=["/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/%s/p2p/hostA" % port])
 
         async def stream_handler(stream):
             asyncio.ensure_future(read_data(stream))
@@ -57,13 +56,12 @@ async def run(port, destination):
         if not port:
             raise RuntimeError("was not able to find the actual local port")
 
-        print("Run './chat.py --port %s -d /ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/%s/p2p/%s' on another console.\n" % (int(port)+1, port, host.get_id().pretty()))
+        print("Run './examples/chat/chat.py --port %s -d /ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/%s/p2p/%s' on another console.\n" % (int(port)+1, port, host.get_id().pretty()))
         print("You can replace 127.0.0.1 with public IP as well.")
         print("\nWaiting for incoming connection\n\n")
 
     else:
-        lib = Libp2p(transport_opt=["/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/%s/p2p/hostB" % port])
-        host = await lib.new_node()
+        host = await new_node(transport_opt=["/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/%s/p2p/hostB" % port])
 
         # TODO: improve multiaddr module to have proper function to do this
         multiaddr = MultiAddr(destination)
diff --git a/libp2p/libp2p.py b/libp2p/libp2p.py
index 6695200..f312eff 100644
--- a/libp2p/libp2p.py
+++ b/libp2p/libp2p.py
@@ -6,32 +6,27 @@ from transport.upgrader import TransportUpgrader
 from transport.tcp.tcp import TCP
 
 
-class Libp2p():
+async def new_node(id_opt=None, transport_opt=None, \
+    muxer_opt=None, sec_opt=None, peerstore=None):
 
-    def __init__(self, id_opt=None, transport_opt=["/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/8001"], \
-        muxer_opt=["mplex/6.7.0"], sec_opt=["secio"], peerstore=PeerStore()):
+    if id_opt is None:
+        new_key = RSA.generate(2048, e=65537)
+        id_opt = new_key.publickey().exportKey("PEM")
+        # private_key = new_key.exportKey("PEM")
 
-        if id_opt:
-            self.id_opt = id_opt
-        else:
-            new_key = RSA.generate(2048, e=65537)
-            self.id_opt = new_key.publickey().exportKey("PEM")
-            self.private_key = new_key.exportKey("PEM")
+    transport_opt = transport_opt or ["/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/8001"]
+    muxer_opt = muxer_opt or ["mplex/6.7.0"]
+    sec_opt = sec_opt or ["secio"]
+    peerstore = peerstore or PeerStore()
 
-        self.transport_opt = transport_opt
-        self.muxer_opt = muxer_opt
-        self.sec_opt = sec_opt
-        self.peerstore = peerstore
+    upgrader = TransportUpgrader(sec_opt, transport_opt)
+    swarm = Swarm(id_opt, peerstore, upgrader)
+    tcp = TCP()
+    swarm.add_transport(tcp)
+    await swarm.listen(transport_opt[0])
 
-    async def new_node(self):
+    # TODO enable support for other host type
+    # TODO routing unimplemented
+    host = BasicHost(swarm)
 
-        upgrader = TransportUpgrader(self.sec_opt, self.transport_opt)
-        swarm = Swarm(self.id_opt, self.peerstore, upgrader)
-        tcp = TCP()
-        swarm.add_transport(tcp)
-        await swarm.listen(self.transport_opt[0])
-        host = BasicHost(swarm)
-
-        # TODO MuxedConnection currently contains all muxing logic (move to a Muxer)
-        # TODO routing unimplemented
-        return host
+    return host
diff --git a/tests/libp2p/test_libp2p.py b/tests/libp2p/test_libp2p.py
index 1a8ddc3..eb376e2 100644
--- a/tests/libp2p/test_libp2p.py
+++ b/tests/libp2p/test_libp2p.py
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 import pytest
 
-from libp2p.libp2p import Libp2p
+from libp2p.libp2p import *
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_simple_messages():
-    libA = Libp2p(transport_opt=["/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/8001/ipfs/hostA"])
-    libB = Libp2p(transport_opt=["/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/8000/ipfs/hostB"])
-
-    hostA = await libA.new_node()
-    hostB = await libB.new_node()
+    hostA = await new_node(transport_opt=["/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/8001/ipfs/hostA"])
+    hostB = await new_node(transport_opt=["/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/8000/ipfs/hostB"])
 
     async def stream_handler(stream):
         while True: