diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/admin.go b/src/yggdrasil/admin.go
index 8ddcd63..78e6cd4 100644
--- a/src/yggdrasil/admin.go
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/admin.go
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ func (a *admin) getAuthBoxPubs() string {
 
 func (a *admin) addAuthBoxPub(bstr string) (err error) {
 	boxBytes, err := hex.DecodeString(bstr)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err == nil {
 		var box boxPubKey
 		copy(box[:], boxBytes)
 		a.core.peers.addAuthBoxPub(&box)
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ func (a *admin) addAuthBoxPub(bstr string) (err error) {
 
 func (a *admin) removeAuthBoxPub(bstr string) (err error) {
 	boxBytes, err := hex.DecodeString(bstr)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err == nil {
 		var box boxPubKey
 		copy(box[:], boxBytes)
 		a.core.peers.removeAuthBoxPub(&box)
diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/core.go b/src/yggdrasil/core.go
index be0c6ae..838feef 100644
--- a/src/yggdrasil/core.go
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/core.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ func (c *Core) init(bpub *boxPubKey,
 	c.log = log.New(ioutil.Discard, "", 0)
 	c.boxPub, c.boxPriv = *bpub, *bpriv
 	c.sigPub, c.sigPriv = *spub, *spriv
+	c.admin.core = c
 	c.sigs.init()
 	c.searches.init(c)
 	c.dht.init(c)
diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/debug.go b/src/yggdrasil/debug.go
index 55a896c..68f19c9 100644
--- a/src/yggdrasil/debug.go
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/debug.go
@@ -397,10 +397,11 @@ func (c *Core) DEBUG_setIfceExpr(expr *regexp.Regexp) {
 	c.ifceExpr = expr
 }
 
-func (c *Core) DEBUG_addAuthBoxPub(boxBytes []byte) {
-	var box boxPubKey
-	copy(box[:], boxBytes)
-	c.peers.addAuthBoxPub(&box)
+func (c *Core) DEBUG_addAuthBoxPub(boxStr string) {
+	err := c.admin.addAuthBoxPub(boxStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/yggdrasil.go b/yggdrasil.go
index 11acd82..b9a45da 100644
--- a/yggdrasil.go
+++ b/yggdrasil.go
@@ -58,13 +58,6 @@ func (n *node) init(cfg *nodeConfig, logger *log.Logger) {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 	n.core.DEBUG_setIfceExpr(ifceExpr)
-	for _, pBoxStr := range cfg.PeerBoxPubs {
-		pbox, err := hex.DecodeString(pBoxStr)
-		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
-		}
-		n.core.DEBUG_addAuthBoxPub(pbox)
-	}
 
 	logger.Println("Starting interface...")
 	n.core.DEBUG_setupAndStartGlobalTCPInterface(cfg.Listen) // Listen for peers on TCP
@@ -73,6 +66,10 @@ func (n *node) init(cfg *nodeConfig, logger *log.Logger) {
 	logger.Println("Starting admin socket...")
 	n.core.DEBUG_setupAndStartAdminInterface(cfg.AdminListen)
 	logger.Println("Started admin socket")
+	for _, pBoxStr := range cfg.PeerBoxPubs {
+		n.core.DEBUG_addAuthBoxPub(pBoxStr)
+	}
+
 	go func() {
 		if len(cfg.Peers) == 0 {
 			return