diff --git a/src/network/bmproto.py b/src/network/bmproto.py
index a99bdfb2..eb372aa7 100644
--- a/src/network/bmproto.py
+++ b/src/network/bmproto.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class BMProto(AdvancedDispatcher, ObjectTracker):
             logger.debug("Bad checksum, ignoring")
             self.invalid = True
         retval = True
-        if not self.fullyEstablished and self.command not in ("version", "verack"):
+        if not self.fullyEstablished and self.command not in ("error", "version", "verack"):
             logger.error("Received command %s before connection was fully established, ignoring", self.command)
             self.invalid = True
         if not self.invalid:
diff --git a/src/network/invthread.py b/src/network/invthread.py
index 75d53a20..37fb7094 100644
--- a/src/network/invthread.py
+++ b/src/network/invthread.py
@@ -51,18 +51,16 @@ class InvThread(threading.Thread, StoppableThread):
                             continue
                     if len(hashes) > 0:
                         connection.writeQueue.put(protocol.CreatePacket('inv', addresses.encodeVarint(len(hashes)) + b"".join(hashes)))
-                self.collectionOfInvs[iterator] = []
+                self.collectionOfInvs[iterator] = {}
             iterator += 1
             iterator %= InvThread.size
             self.stop.wait(1)
 
     def holdHash(self, stream, hash):
-        iter = random.randrange(0, InvThread.size)
-        try:
-            self.collectionOfInvs[iter][stream].append(hash)
-        except KeyError, IndexError:
-            self.collectionOfInvs[iter][stream] = []
-            self.collectionOfInvs[iter][stream].append(hash)
+        i = random.randrange(0, InvThread.size)
+        if stream not in self.collectionOfInvs[i]:
+            self.collectionOfInvs[i][stream] = []
+        self.collectionOfInvs[i][stream].append(hash)
 
     def hasHash(self, hash):
         for streamlist in self.collectionOfInvs:
diff --git a/src/network/networkthread.py b/src/network/networkthread.py
index bb6c0301..54c58f12 100644
--- a/src/network/networkthread.py
+++ b/src/network/networkthread.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ class BMNetworkThread(threading.Thread, StoppableThread):
             BMConnectionPool().loop()
 
     def stopThread(self):
-        super(BMNetworkThread, self).stopThread()
         for i in BMConnectionPool().listeningSockets:
             try:
                 i.close()
@@ -38,3 +37,4 @@ class BMNetworkThread(threading.Thread, StoppableThread):
 
         # just in case
         asyncore.close_all()
+        super(BMNetworkThread, self).stopThread()
diff --git a/src/network/udp.py b/src/network/udp.py
index 29e434a2..5412083f 100644
--- a/src/network/udp.py
+++ b/src/network/udp.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from binascii import hexlify
 import hashlib
 import math
 import time
-from pprint import pprint
 import socket
 import struct
 import random
@@ -107,7 +106,7 @@ class UDPSocket(BMProto):
                 remoteport = port
         if remoteport is False:
             return
-        print "received peer discovery from %s:%i (port %i):" % (self.destination.host, self.destination.port, remoteport)
+        logger.debug("received peer discovery from %s:%i (port %i):", self.destination.host, self.destination.port, remoteport)
         if self.local:
             peerDiscoveryQueue.put(state.Peer(self.destination.host, remoteport))
         return True
@@ -140,7 +139,7 @@ class UDPSocket(BMProto):
         try:
             (recdata, addr) = self.socket.recvfrom(AdvancedDispatcher._buf_len)
         except socket.error as e:
-            print "socket error: %s" % (str(e))
+            logger.error("socket error: %s", str(e))
             return
 
         self.destination = state.Peer(addr[0], addr[1])
@@ -149,23 +148,20 @@ class UDPSocket(BMProto):
             self.local = True
         else:
             self.local = False
-        print "read %ib" % (len(recdata))
         # overwrite the old buffer to avoid mixing data and so that self.local works correctly
         self.read_buf = recdata
         self.bm_proto_reset()
         self.process()
 
     def handle_write(self):
-#        print "handling write"
         try:
             data = self.writeQueue.get(False)
         except Queue.Empty:
             return
         try:
             retval = self.socket.sendto(data, ('<broadcast>', UDPSocket.port))
-            #print "broadcasted %ib" % (retval)
         except socket.error as e:
-            print "socket error on sendato: %s" % (e)
+            logger.error("socket error on sendato: %s", str(e))
         self.writeQueue.task_done()