diff --git a/binding.gyp b/binding.gyp
index 936d0a51..4fdda7d0 100644
--- a/binding.gyp
+++ b/binding.gyp
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
       # leveldb:
       '-L<!(echo "$HOME")/bitcoin/src/leveldb/libleveldb.a',
       # bitcoind:
-      #'-L<!(echo "$HOME")/bitcoin/src/bitcoind',
-      '-L<!(echo "$HOME")/bitcoin/src/bitcoind_root.so',
+      '-L<!(echo "$HOME")/bitcoin/src/bitcoind',
+      #'-L<!(echo "$HOME")/bitcoin/src/bitcoind_root.so',
       # '-L/usr/bin/bitcoind',
     ]
   }]
diff --git a/src/bitcoindjs.cc b/src/bitcoindjs.cc
index ece9ff6a..40daf3b3 100644
--- a/src/bitcoindjs.cc
+++ b/src/bitcoindjs.cc
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ NAN_METHOD(StartBitcoind) {
 static void
 async_start_node_work(uv_work_t *req) {
   async_node_data* node_data = static_cast<async_node_data*>(req->data);
-  // start_node();
+  start_node();
   node_data->result = (char *)strdup("start_node(): bitcoind opened.");
 }
 
@@ -382,9 +382,8 @@ parse_logs(int **out_pipe, int **log_pipe) {
           dup2(*out_pipe[1], STDOUT_FILENO);
           dup2(*out_pipe[1], STDERR_FILENO);
           break;
-        } else if (cp == sizeof cur) {
+        } else if (cp == sizeof cur - 1) {
           cp = 0;
-          cur[cp] = '\0';
         }
       }
     }