diff --git a/lib/bcoin/pool.js b/lib/bcoin/pool.js
index d10694f6..6ed1506b 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/pool.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/pool.js
@@ -815,11 +815,7 @@ Pool.prototype._createPeer = function _createPeer(backoff, priority) {
   });
 
   peer.on('tx', function(tx) {
-    if (self._response(tx))
-      utils.debug('Received requested TX: %s', tx.rhash);
-    else
-      utils.debug('Received unrequested TX: %s', tx.rhash);
-
+    self._response(tx);
     self._addTX(tx);
 
     self.emit('tx', tx, peer);
@@ -1400,30 +1396,33 @@ Pool.prototype._doRequests = function _doRequests() {
     return;
 
   peerItems = items.filter(function(item) {
-    return item.initialPeer != null;
+    return item.targetPeer != null;
   });
 
   items = items.filter(function(item) {
-    return item.initialPeer == null;
+    return item.targetPeer == null;
   });
 
   if (peerItems.length > 0) {
     peers = utils.uniq(peerItems.map(function(item) {
-      assert(item.initialPeer);
-      return item.initialPeer;
+      return item.targetPeer;
     }));
     peers.forEach(function(peer) {
       var items = peerItems.filter(function(item) {
-        return item.initialPeer === peer;
+        return item.targetPeer === peer;
       });
+
       assert(items.length);
+
       utils.debug(
-        'Requesting %s/%s items from %s with getdata',
+        'Requesting %d/%d/%d items from %s with getdata',
         items.length,
         this.request.queue.length,
+        this.request.active,
         peer.host);
+
       peer.getData(items.map(function(item) {
-        return item.start(peer);
+        return item.start();
       }));
     }, this);
   }
@@ -1454,9 +1453,10 @@ Pool.prototype._doRequests = function _doRequests() {
   }, this);
 
   utils.debug(
-    'Requesting %s/%s items from %s with getdata',
+    'Requesting %d/%d/%d items from %s with getdata',
     req.length,
     this.request.queue.length,
+    this.request.active,
     this.peers.load.host);
 
   this.peers.load.getData(req);
@@ -1855,7 +1855,7 @@ function LoadRequest(pool, type, hash, peer, cb) {
   this.ts = +new Date();
   this.active = false;
   this.noQueue = false;
-  this.initialPeer = peer || null;
+  this.targetPeer = peer || null;
 
   this.onclose = function onclose() {
     if (self.pool.destroyed)
@@ -1881,7 +1881,7 @@ LoadRequest.prototype.start = function start(peer) {
   //   self.retry();
   // }, this.pool.requestTimeout);
 
-  this.peer = peer || this.initialPeer;
+  this.peer = peer || this.targetPeer;
   this.peer.once('close', this.onclose);
 
   return {