diff --git a/lib/data/genesis.js b/lib/data/genesis.js
index 46bf2f59..f272c3fa 100644
--- a/lib/data/genesis.js
+++ b/lib/data/genesis.js
@@ -9,5 +9,14 @@ module.exports = {
                       '000000434104678afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828e03909a6' +
                       '7962e0ea1f61deb649f6bc3f4cef38c4f35504e51ec112de5c384df7ba0b' +
                       '8d578a4c702b6bf11d5fac00000000', 'hex'),
-  testnet: new Buffer('')
-}
+  testnet: new Buffer('010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000' + 
+                      '0000000000003ba3edfd7a7b12b27ac72c3e67768f617fc81bc3888a5132' + 
+                      '3a9fb8aa4b1e5e4adae5494dffff001d1aa4ae1801010000000100000000' +
+                      '00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000ffff' +
+                      'ffff4d04ffff001d0104455468652054696d65732030332f4a616e2f3230' +
+                      '3039204368616e63656c6c6f72206f6e206272696e6b206f66207365636f' +
+                      '6e64206261696c6f757420666f722062616e6b73ffffffff0100f2052a01' +
+                      '000000434104678afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828e03909a6' +
+                      '7962e0ea1f61deb649f6bc3f4cef38c4f35504e51ec112de5c384df7ba0b' +
+                      '8d578a4c702b6bf11d5fac00000000', 'hex')
+};
diff --git a/lib/networkmonitor.js b/lib/networkmonitor.js
index 9e87523c..437dff24 100644
--- a/lib/networkmonitor.js
+++ b/lib/networkmonitor.js
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ NetworkMonitor.prototype.requestBlocks = function(locator) {
   $.checkArgument(_.isArray(locator) &&
     _.isUndefined(locator[0]) ||
     _.isString(locator[0]), 'start must be a block hash string array');
+  console.log('request blocks', locator);
   this.peer.sendMessage(messages.GetBlocks({
     starts: locator,
     //stop: '000000002c05cc2e78923c34df87fd108b22221ac6076c18f3ade378a4d915e9' // TODO: remove this!!!
diff --git a/lib/node.js b/lib/node.js
index 984ab2b6..767cea7b 100644
--- a/lib/node.js
+++ b/lib/node.js
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ BitcoreNode.create = function(opts) {
   );
   var rpc = opts.rpc || Promise.promisifyAll(new RPC(opts.RPC));
 
-  var transactionService = opts.transactionService ||  new TransactionService({
+  var transactionService = opts.transactionService || new TransactionService({
     rpc: rpc,
     database: database
   });
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ BitcoreNode.create = function(opts) {
 BitcoreNode.prototype.initialize = function() {
   var self = this;
 
+
   setInterval(function() {
     if (!self.blockchain) {
       // not ready yet
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ BitcoreNode.prototype.initialize = function() {
     // Annotate block with extra data from the chain
     block.height = self.blockchain.height[block.id];
     block.work = self.blockchain.work[block.id];
+    console.log('>block', block.id, 'height', block.height);
 
     return Promise.each(blockchainChanges.unconfirmed, function(hash) {
         return self.blockService.unconfirm(self.blockCache[hash]);
@@ -144,7 +146,6 @@ BitcoreNode.prototype.start = function() {
 
   this.blockService.getBlockchain().then(function(blockchain) {
     if (!blockchain) {
-      console.log('nothing');
       self.blockchain = new BlockChain();
       self.bus.process(genesis);
     } else {