diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 42c3bed..ee2accb 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) 2017 BitShares Munich IVS
+Copyright (c) 2017 Agorise, IBC. 
+Contains works from BitShares Munich IVS 
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
diff --git a/core/api.c b/core/api.c
index 94417e0..6374a53 100644
--- a/core/api.c
+++ b/core/api.c
@@ -462,9 +462,6 @@ void *api_connection_thread (void *ptr)
 			goto quit;
 		}
 
-		// once we leave the building of the req struct, do we need to do more? This flag will tell us.
-		int further_processing_necessary = 0;
-
 		if (strncmp(req.buf + req.method, "GET", 3)==0) {
 			if (strcmp (req.buf + req.path, "/")==0      ||
 			    strcmp (req.buf + req.path, "/webui")==0 ||
@@ -481,10 +478,7 @@ void *api_connection_thread (void *ptr)
 				} else {
 					write_cstr (s, HTTP_500);
 				}
-			} else if (cstrstart(req.buf + req.path, API_V0_START)) {
-				req.request = req.path + sizeof(API_V0_START) - 1;
-				further_processing_necessary = 1;
-			} else {
+			} else if (!cstrstart(req.buf + req.path, API_V0_START)) {
 				// TODO: handle download file here.
 				// move out of the if to do further processing
 			}
@@ -540,10 +534,10 @@ void *api_connection_thread (void *ptr)
 			// Unexpected???
 			libp2p_logger_error("api", "fail unexpected '%s'.\n", req.buf + req.method);
 			write_cstr (s, HTTP_500);
-			further_processing_necessary = 0;
 		}
 
-		if (further_processing_necessary) {
+		if (cstrstart(req.buf + req.path, API_V0_START)) {
+			req.request = req.path + sizeof(API_V0_START) - 1;
 			// now do something with the request we have built
 			struct HttpRequest* http_request = api_build_http_request(&req);
 			if (http_request != NULL) {
diff --git a/core/http_request.c b/core/http_request.c
index 9d879ef..fa7eb08 100644
--- a/core/http_request.c
+++ b/core/http_request.c
@@ -164,7 +164,11 @@ int ipfs_core_http_process_object(struct IpfsNode* local_node, struct HttpReques
 		if (request->arguments->total == 1) {
 			char* hash = (char*)libp2p_utils_vector_get(request->arguments, 0);
 			struct Cid* cid = NULL;
-			ipfs_cid_decode_hash_from_base58((unsigned char*)hash, strlen(hash), &cid);
+			if (!ipfs_cid_decode_hash_from_base58((unsigned char*)hash, strlen(hash), &cid)) {
+				ipfs_cid_free(cid);
+				cid = NULL;
+				return 0;
+			}
 			*response = ipfs_core_http_response_new();
 			struct HttpResponse* res = *response;
 			res->content_type = "application/json";
@@ -291,63 +295,6 @@ int ipfs_core_http_process_dht(struct IpfsNode* local_node, struct HttpRequest*
 	return retVal;
 }
 
-int ipfs_core_http_process_swarm_connect(struct IpfsNode* local_node, struct HttpRequest* request, struct HttpResponse** resp) {
-	// get the address
-	if (request->arguments == NULL || request->arguments->total < 0)
-		return 0;
-	const char* address = (char*) libp2p_utils_vector_get(request->arguments, 0);
-	if (address == NULL)
-		return 0;
-	// TODO: see if we are already connected, or at least already have this peer in our peerstore
-	// attempt to connect
-	struct MultiAddress* ma = multiaddress_new_from_string(address);
-	if (ma == NULL) {
-		libp2p_logger_error("http_request", "swarm_connect: Unable to convert %s to a MultiAddress.\n", address);
-		return 0;
-	}
-	struct Libp2pPeer* new_peer = libp2p_peer_new_from_multiaddress(ma);
-	if (!libp2p_peer_connect(local_node->dialer, new_peer, local_node->peerstore, local_node->repo->config->datastore, 30)) {
-		libp2p_logger_error("http_request", "swarm_connect: Unable to connect to peer %s.\n", libp2p_peer_id_to_string(new_peer));
-		libp2p_peer_free(new_peer);
-		multiaddress_free(ma);
-		return 0;
-	}
-	*resp = ipfs_core_http_response_new();
-	struct HttpResponse* response = *resp;
-	if (response == NULL) {
-		libp2p_logger_error("http_response", "swarm_connect: Unable to allocate memory for the response.\n");
-		libp2p_peer_free(new_peer);
-		multiaddress_free(ma);
-		return 0;
-	}
-	response->content_type = "application/json";
-	char* json = "{ \"Strings\": [ \"%s\"] }";
-	response->bytes_size =  strlen(json) + strlen(address) + 1;
-	response->bytes = (uint8_t*) malloc(response->bytes_size);
-	if (response->bytes == NULL) {
-		response->bytes_size = 0;
-		response->content_type = NULL;
-		libp2p_peer_free(new_peer);
-		multiaddress_free(ma);
-		return 0;
-	}
-	sprintf((char*)response->bytes, json, address);
-	// getting rid of the peer here will close the connection. That's not what we want
-	//libp2p_peer_free(new_peer);
-	multiaddress_free(ma);
-	return 1;
-
-}
-
-int ipfs_core_http_process_swarm(struct IpfsNode* local_node, struct HttpRequest* request, struct HttpResponse** response) {
-	int retVal = 0;
-	if (strcmp(request->sub_command, "connect") == 0) {
-		// connect to a peer
-		retVal = ipfs_core_http_process_swarm_connect(local_node, request, response);
-	}
-	return retVal;
-}
-
 /***
  * Process the parameters passed in from an http request
  * @param local_node the context
@@ -366,8 +313,6 @@ int ipfs_core_http_request_process(struct IpfsNode* local_node, struct HttpReque
 		retVal = ipfs_core_http_process_object(local_node, request, response);
 	} else if (strcmp(request->command, "dht") == 0) {
 		retVal = ipfs_core_http_process_dht(local_node, request, response);
-	} else if (strcmp(request->command, "swarm") == 0) {
-		retVal = ipfs_core_http_process_swarm(local_node, request, response);
 	}
 	return retVal;
 }
diff --git a/importer/exporter.c b/importer/exporter.c
index 7c4d53b..a15571e 100644
--- a/importer/exporter.c
+++ b/importer/exporter.c
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ int ipfs_exporter_object_cat(struct CliArguments* args, FILE* output_file) {
 		request->arguments = libp2p_utils_vector_new(1);
 		libp2p_utils_vector_add(request->arguments, hash);
 		size_t response_size = 0;
-		int retVal = ipfs_core_http_request_get(local_node, request, &response, &response_size);
+		int retVal = ipfs_core_http_request_post(local_node, request, &response, &response_size, "", 0);
 		if (response != NULL && response_size > 0) {
 			fwrite(response, 1, response_size, output_file);
 			free(response);
diff --git a/namesys/name.c b/namesys/name.c
index f0f2664..cd61e1d 100644
--- a/namesys/name.c
+++ b/namesys/name.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ int ipfs_name_publish(struct IpfsNode* local_node, char* name) {
 	request->sub_command = "publish";
 	libp2p_utils_vector_add(request->arguments, name);
 	size_t response_size = 0;
-	int retVal = ipfs_core_http_request_get(local_node, request, &response, &response_size);
+	int retVal = ipfs_core_http_request_post(local_node, request, &response, &response_size, "", 0);
 	if (response != NULL && response_size > 0) {
 		fwrite(response, 1, response_size, stdout);
 		free(response);
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ int ipfs_name_resolve(struct IpfsNode* local_node, char* name) {
 	request->sub_command = "resolve";
 	libp2p_utils_vector_add(request->arguments, name);
 	size_t response_size = 0;
-	int retVal = ipfs_core_http_request_get(local_node, request, &response, &response_size);
+	int retVal = ipfs_core_http_request_post(local_node, request, &response, &response_size, "", 0);
 	if (response != NULL && response_size > 0) {
 		fwrite(response, 1, response_size, stdout);
 		free(response);
diff --git a/routing/offline.c b/routing/offline.c
index e26938f..728ac76 100644
--- a/routing/offline.c
+++ b/routing/offline.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ int ipfs_routing_generic_get_value (ipfs_routing* routing, const unsigned char *
 		req->arguments = libp2p_utils_vector_new(1);
 		libp2p_utils_vector_add(req->arguments, buffer);
 		size_t response_size = 0;
-		if (!ipfs_core_http_request_get(routing->local_node, req, &response, &response_size)) {
+		if (!ipfs_core_http_request_post(routing->local_node, req, &response, &response_size, "", 0)) {
 			libp2p_logger_error("offline", "Unable to call API for dht get.\n");
 			ipfs_core_http_request_free(req);
 			return 0;
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ int ipfs_routing_offline_provide (ipfs_routing* offlineRouting, const unsigned c
 		request->sub_command = "provide";
 		libp2p_utils_vector_add(request->arguments, buffer);
 		size_t response_size = 0;
-		if (!ipfs_core_http_request_get(offlineRouting->local_node, request, &response, &response_size)) {
+		if (!ipfs_core_http_request_post(offlineRouting->local_node, request, &response, &response_size, "", 0)) {
 			libp2p_logger_error("offline", "Unable to call API for dht publish.\n");
 			ipfs_core_http_request_free(request);
 			return 0;