diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/packetqueue.go b/src/yggdrasil/packetqueue.go
index 6273e6c..61f3cfd 100644
--- a/src/yggdrasil/packetqueue.go
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/packetqueue.go
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ func (q *packetQueue) drop() bool {
 }
 
 func (q *packetQueue) push(packet []byte) {
-	id := pqStreamID(peer_getPacketCoords(packet)) // just coords for now
+	_, coords := wire_getTrafficOffsetAndCoords(packet)
+	id := pqStreamID(coords) // just coords for now
 	info := pqPacketInfo{packet: packet, time: time.Now()}
 	for idx := range q.streams {
 		if q.streams[idx].id == id {
diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/peer.go b/src/yggdrasil/peer.go
index f04ab28..1d1b805 100644
--- a/src/yggdrasil/peer.go
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/peer.go
@@ -236,13 +236,6 @@ func (p *peer) _handlePacket(packet []byte) {
 	}
 }
 
-// Get the coords of a packet without decoding
-func peer_getPacketCoords(packet []byte) []byte {
-	_, pTypeLen := wire_decode_uint64(packet)
-	coords, _ := wire_decode_coords(packet[pTypeLen:])
-	return coords
-}
-
 // Called to handle traffic or protocolTraffic packets.
 // In either case, this reads from the coords of the packet header, does a switch lookup, and forwards to the next node.
 func (p *peer) _handleTraffic(packet []byte) {
@@ -250,7 +243,7 @@ func (p *peer) _handleTraffic(packet []byte) {
 		// Drop traffic if the peer isn't in the switch
 		return
 	}
-	coords := peer_getPacketCoords(packet)
+	_, coords := wire_getTrafficOffsetAndCoords(packet)
 	next := p.table.lookup(coords)
 	if nPeer, isIn := p.ports[next]; isIn {
 		nPeer.sendPacketFrom(p, packet)
diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/version.go b/src/yggdrasil/version.go
index e0cb38e..f8ce85b 100644
--- a/src/yggdrasil/version.go
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/version.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func version_getBaseMetadata() version_metadata {
 	return version_metadata{
 		meta:     [4]byte{'m', 'e', 't', 'a'},
 		ver:      0,
-		minorVer: 2,
+		minorVer: 0,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/wire.go b/src/yggdrasil/wire.go
index 9746d46..9c87103 100644
--- a/src/yggdrasil/wire.go
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/wire.go
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ func wire_chop_uint64(toUInt64 *uint64, fromSlice *[]byte) bool {
 
 // The wire format for ordinary IPv6 traffic encapsulated by the network.
 type wire_trafficPacket struct {
+	Offset  uint64
 	Coords  []byte
 	Handle  crypto.Handle
 	Nonce   crypto.BoxNonce
@@ -233,6 +234,7 @@ type wire_trafficPacket struct {
 func (p *wire_trafficPacket) encode() []byte {
 	bs := pool_getBytes(0)
 	bs = wire_put_uint64(wire_Traffic, bs)
+	bs = wire_put_uint64(p.Offset, bs)
 	bs = wire_put_coords(p.Coords, bs)
 	bs = append(bs, p.Handle[:]...)
 	bs = append(bs, p.Nonce[:]...)
@@ -250,6 +252,8 @@ func (p *wire_trafficPacket) decode(bs []byte) bool {
 		return false
 	case pType != wire_Traffic:
 		return false
+	case !wire_chop_uint64(&p.Offset, &bs):
+		return false
 	case !wire_chop_coords(&p.Coords, &bs):
 		return false
 	case !wire_chop_slice(p.Handle[:], &bs):
@@ -263,6 +267,7 @@ func (p *wire_trafficPacket) decode(bs []byte) bool {
 
 // The wire format for protocol traffic, such as dht req/res or session ping/pong packets.
 type wire_protoTrafficPacket struct {
+	Offset  uint64
 	Coords  []byte
 	ToKey   crypto.BoxPubKey
 	FromKey crypto.BoxPubKey
@@ -274,6 +279,7 @@ type wire_protoTrafficPacket struct {
 func (p *wire_protoTrafficPacket) encode() []byte {
 	coords := wire_encode_coords(p.Coords)
 	bs := wire_encode_uint64(wire_ProtocolTraffic)
+	bs = wire_put_uint64(p.Offset, bs)
 	bs = append(bs, coords...)
 	bs = append(bs, p.ToKey[:]...)
 	bs = append(bs, p.FromKey[:]...)
@@ -290,6 +296,8 @@ func (p *wire_protoTrafficPacket) decode(bs []byte) bool {
 		return false
 	case pType != wire_ProtocolTraffic:
 		return false
+	case !wire_chop_uint64(&p.Offset, &bs):
+		return false
 	case !wire_chop_coords(&p.Coords, &bs):
 		return false
 	case !wire_chop_slice(p.ToKey[:], &bs):
@@ -303,6 +311,16 @@ func (p *wire_protoTrafficPacket) decode(bs []byte) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
+// Get the offset and coord slices of a (protocol) traffic packet without decoding
+func wire_getTrafficOffsetAndCoords(packet []byte) ([]byte, []byte) {
+	_, offsetBegin := wire_decode_uint64(packet)
+	_, offsetLen := wire_decode_uint64(packet[offsetBegin:])
+	offsetEnd := offsetBegin + offsetLen
+	offset := packet[offsetBegin:offsetEnd]
+	coords, _ := wire_decode_coords(packet[offsetEnd:])
+	return offset, coords
+}
+
 // The wire format for link protocol traffic, namely switchMsg.
 // There's really two layers of this, with the outer layer using permanent keys, and the inner layer using ephemeral keys.
 // The keys themselves are exchanged as part of the connection setup, and then omitted from the packets.