diff --git a/core/DHT.c b/core/DHT.c
index 1d13aa73..bcaaf6d8 100644
--- a/core/DHT.c
+++ b/core/DHT.c
@@ -319,6 +319,28 @@ static int replace_bad(    Client_data *   list,
 
     return 1;
 }
+/*Sort the list. It will be sorted from furthest to closest. 
+  TODO: this is innefficient and needs to be optimized.*/
+static void sort_list(Client_data *list, uint32_t length, uint8_t *comp_client_id)
+{
+    if(length == 0)
+        return;
+    uint32_t i, count;
+    while(1) {
+        count = 0;
+        for(i = 0; i < (length - 1); ++i) {
+            if(id_closest(comp_client_id, list[i].client_id, list[i + 1].client_id) == 1) {
+                Client_data temp = list[i + 1];
+                list[i + 1] = list[i];
+                list[i] = temp;
+                ++count;
+            }
+        }
+        if(count == 0)
+            return;
+    }
+}
+
 
 /* replace the first good node that is further to the comp_client_id than that of the client_id in the list */
 static int replace_good(   Client_data *   list,
@@ -329,6 +351,7 @@ static int replace_good(   Client_data *   list,
 {
     uint32_t i;
     uint64_t temp_time = unix_time();
+    sort_list(list, length, comp_client_id);
 
     for(i = 0; i < length; ++i)
         if(id_closest(comp_client_id, list[i].client_id, client_id) == 2) {
diff --git a/testing/rect.py b/testing/rect.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 05f0abc4..00000000
--- a/testing/rect.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-#basic python UDP script
-#for testing only
-import socket
-import random
-
-UDP_IP = "127.0.0.1"
-UDP_PORT = 5004
-
-sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, # Internet
-                     socket.SOCK_DGRAM) # UDP
-sock.bind((UDP_IP, UDP_PORT))
-
-#our client_id
-client_id = str(''.join(random.choice("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz") for x in range(32)))
-
-print client_id
-a = 1;
-#send ping request to our DHT on localhost.
-sock.sendto("0012345678".decode("hex") + client_id, ('127.0.0.1', 33445))
-
-#print all packets received and respond to ping requests properly
-while True:
-    data, addr = sock.recvfrom(1024) # buffer size is 1024 bytes
-    print "received message:", data.encode('hex'), " From:", addr
-    #if we receive a ping request.
-    print data[0].encode('hex')
-    if data[0] == "00".decode('hex'):
-        print "Sending ping resp"
-        sock.sendto("01".decode('hex') + data[1:5] + client_id, addr)
-        
-    #if we receive a get_nodes request.
-    if data[0] == "02".decode('hex'):
-        print "Sending getn resp"
-        #send send nodes packet with a couple 127.0.0.1 ips and ports.
-        #127.0.0.1:5000, 127.0.0.1:5001, 127.0.0.1:5002
-        sock.sendto("03".decode('hex') + data[1:5] + client_id + ("HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" + "7F00000113880000".decode('hex') + "HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" + "7F00000113890000".decode('hex') + "HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" + "7F000001138A0000".decode('hex')), addr)
-    
-    if data[0] == "10".decode('hex'):
-        print "Sending handshake resp"
-        sock.sendto("10".decode('hex') + data[1:5] + client_id[:4], addr)
-    if data[0] == "11".decode('hex'):
-        print "Sending SYNC resp"
-        a+=1
-        sock.sendto("11".decode('hex') + chr(a) + data[1:9], addr)
diff --git a/testing/toxic/dhtstatus.c b/testing/toxic/dhtstatus.c
index 66268900..e026a173 100644
--- a/testing/toxic/dhtstatus.c
+++ b/testing/toxic/dhtstatus.c
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ static void dhtstatus_onDraw(ToxWindow *self)
   uint32_t i, j;
   ipbuf ipbuf;
   wprintw(self->window,"\n%llu  ______________________ CLOSE LIST ________________________  ___ IP ADDR ___ _PRT_   LST   PNG    ____ SELF ____ _PRT_  LST\n\n", now);
-  for(i = 0; i < CLIENT_ID_SIZE; i++) {
+  for(i = 0; i < 32; i++) { /*Number of nodes in closelist*/
     Client_data * client = close_clientlist + i;
     if (i == num_selected) wattron(self->window, COLOR_PAIR(3));
     wprintw(self->window,"[%02i]  ", i);
     uint16_t port = ntohs(client->ip_port.port);
     if(port) {
-      for(j = 0; j < 32; j++)
+      for(j = 0; j < CLIENT_ID_SIZE; j++)
         wprintw(self->window, "%02hhx", client->client_id[j]);
           
       printip(ipbuf, client->ip_port.ip);