diff --git a/examples/http.js b/examples/http.js
index ceacfd1b..96adc959 100644
--- a/examples/http.js
+++ b/examples/http.js
@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
-;(function(){
-	var cluster = require('cluster');
-	if(cluster.isMaster){
-	  return cluster.fork() && cluster.on('exit', function(){ cluster.fork() });
-	}
-
-	var fs = require('fs');
-	var config = { port: process.env.OPENSHIFT_NODEJS_PORT || process.env.VCAP_APP_PORT || process.env.PORT || process.argv[2] || 8765 };
-	var Gun = require('../'); // require('gun')
-
-	if(process.env.HTTPS_KEY){
-		config.key = fs.readFileSync(process.env.HTTPS_KEY);
-		config.cert = fs.readFileSync(process.env.HTTPS_CERT);
-		config.server = require('https').createServer(config, Gun.serve(__dirname));
-	} else {
-		config.server = require('http').createServer(Gun.serve(__dirname));
-	}
-
-	var gun = Gun({web: config.server.listen(config.port) });
-	console.log('Relay peer started on port ' + config.port + ' with /gun');
-}());
\ No newline at end of file
+;(function(){
+	var cluster = require('cluster');
+	if(cluster.isMaster){
+	  return cluster.fork() && cluster.on('exit', function(){ cluster.fork() });
+	}
+
+	var fs = require('fs');
+	var config = { port: process.env.OPENSHIFT_NODEJS_PORT || process.env.VCAP_APP_PORT || process.env.PORT || process.argv[2] || 8765 };
+	var Gun = require('../'); // require('gun')
+
+	if(process.env.HTTPS_KEY){
+		config.key = fs.readFileSync(process.env.HTTPS_KEY);
+		config.cert = fs.readFileSync(process.env.HTTPS_CERT);
+		config.server = require('https').createServer(config, Gun.serve(__dirname));
+	} else {
+		config.server = require('http').createServer(Gun.serve(__dirname));
+	}
+
+	var gun = Gun({web: config.server.listen(config.port)});
+	console.log('Relay peer started on port ' + config.port + ' with /gun');
+}());
diff --git a/gun.js b/gun.js
index 6cb9957e..c825123f 100644
--- a/gun.js
+++ b/gun.js
@@ -1976,9 +1976,8 @@
 				if(!raw){ return }
 				var dup = ctx.dup, id, hash, msg, tmp = raw[0];
 				if(opt.pack <= raw.length){ return mesh.say({dam: '!', err: "Message too big!"}, peer) }
-				try{msg = JSON.parse(raw);
-				}catch(e){opt.log('DAM JSON parse error', e)}
 				if('{' === tmp){
+					try{msg = JSON.parse(raw);}catch(e){opt.log('DAM JSON parse error', e)}
 					if(!msg){ return }
 					if(dup.check(id = msg['#'])){ return }
 					dup.track(id, true).it = msg; // GUN core also dedups, so `true` is needed.
@@ -2004,6 +2003,7 @@
 					return;
 				} else
 				if('[' === tmp){
+					try{msg = JSON.parse(raw);}catch(e){opt.log('DAM JSON parse error', e)}
 					if(!msg){ return }
 					var i = 0, m;
 					while(m = msg[i++]){
@@ -2063,11 +2063,12 @@
 				function send(raw, peer){
 					var wire = peer.wire;
 					try{
-						if(wire.send){
-							wire.send(raw);
-						} else
 						if(peer.say){
 							peer.say(raw);
+						} else
+						if(wire.send){
+							if(wire.readyState && 1 != wire.readyState){ return }
+							wire.send(raw);
 						}
 					}catch(e){
 						(peer.queue = peer.queue || []).push(raw);
diff --git a/lib/ipfs.js b/lib/ipfs.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..789fdbb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ipfs.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+var opt = gun._.opt, u;
+if (u === opt.ipfs.directory) {
+  opt.ipfs.directory = '/gun';
+}
+opt.store = {};
+opt.store.put = function(file, data, cb){
+  var uri = opt.ipfs.directory + '/' + file;
+  opt.ipfs.instance.files.write(uri, Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(data)), {create:true})
+  .then(res => {
+    console.log('File written to IPFS directory', uri, res);
+    return opt.ipfs.instance.files.stat(opt.ipfs.directory, {hash:true});
+  }).then(res => {
+    console.log('Directory hash:', res.hash);
+    return opt.ipfs.instance.name.publish(res.hash);
+    // currently throws "This command must be run in online mode. Try running 'ipfs daemon' first." for some reason, maybe js-ipfs IPNS not ready yet
+  }).then(res => {
+    console.log('IPFS put request successful:', res);
+    cb(undefined, 1);
+  }).catch(error => {
+    console.error('IPFS put request failed', error);
+  });
+}
+opt.store.get = function(file, cb){
+    var uri = opt.ipfs.directory + '/' + file;
+    opt.ipfs.instance.files.read(uri, {})
+    .then(res => {
+      var data = JSON.parse(res.toString());
+      console.log(uri + ' was loaded from ipfs:', data);
+      cb(data);
+    });
+}
+opt.store.list = function(cb){
+    var stream = opt.ipfs.files.lsReadableStream(opt.ipfs.directory);
+
+    stream.on('data', (file) => {
+      console.log('ls', file.name);
+      if (cb(file.name)) {
+        stream.destroy();
+      }
+    });
+
+    stream.on('finish', () => {
+      cb();
+    });
+}
diff --git a/lib/multicast.js b/lib/multicast.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a49ca9dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/multicast.js
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+var Gun = (typeof window !== "undefined")? window.Gun : require('../gun');
+
+Gun.on('create', function(root){
+	this.to.next(root);
+	var opt = root.opt;
+	if(false === opt.multicast){ return }
+
+  var udp = opt.multicast = opt.multicast || {};
+  udp.address = udp.address || '233.255.255.255';
+  udp.pack = udp.pack || 50000; // UDP messages limited to 65KB.
+  udp.port  = udp.port || 23456;
+
+  var noop = function(){}, port;
+
+  var dgram = require("dgram");
+  var socket = dgram.createSocket({type: "udp4", reuseAddr: true});
+  socket.bind(udp.port);
+
+  socket.on("listening", function() {
+    socket.addMembership(udp.address);
+    udp.peer = {url: udp.address + ':' + udp.port, wire: socket};
+
+    udp.peer.say = function(raw){
+      var buf = Buffer.from(raw, 'utf8');
+      if(udp.pack <= buf.length){ // message too big!!!
+        return;
+      }
+      socket.send(buf, 0, buf.length, udp.port, udp.address, noop);
+    }
+    opt.mesh.hi(udp.peer);
+
+    console.log('multicasting on', udp.peer.url);
+    return; // below code only needed for when WebSocket connections desired!
+    setInterval(function broadcast(){
+      port = port || (opt.web && opt.web.address()||{}).port;
+      if(!port){ return }
+      udp.peer.say(JSON.stringify({id: opt.pid || (opt.pid = Math.random().toString(36).slice(2)), port: port}));
+    }, 1000);
+  });
+
+  socket.on("message", function(raw, info) { try {
+    if(!raw){ return }
+    raw = raw.toString('utf8');
+    opt.mesh.hear(raw, udp.peer);
+
+    return; // below code only needed for when WebSocket connections desired!
+    var message;
+    message = JSON.parse(raw.toString('utf8'));
+
+    if(opt.pid === message.id){ return } // ignore self
+
+    var url = 'http://' + info.address + ':' + (port || (opt.web && opt.web.address()||{}).port) + '/gun';
+    if(root.opt.peers[url]){ return }
+  
+    console.log('discovered', url, message, info);
+    root.$.opt(url);
+
+  } catch(e){
+    console.log('multicast error', e, raw);
+    return;
+  } });
+
+});
diff --git a/lib/server.js b/lib/server.js
index 7870006c..509af9e5 100644
--- a/lib/server.js
+++ b/lib/server.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 	//try{require('../axe');}catch(e){}
 	require('./file');
 	require('./evict');
+	require('./multicast');
 	if('debug' === process.env.GUN_ENV){ require('./debug') }
 	module.exports = Gun;
-}());
\ No newline at end of file
+}());
diff --git a/lib/wire.js b/lib/wire.js
index 5e74b6b3..c8b63505 100644
--- a/lib/wire.js
+++ b/lib/wire.js
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Gun.on('opt', function(root){
 			wire.on('message', function(msg){
 				opt.mesh.hear(msg.data || msg, peer);
 			});
-			wire.on('close', function(){
+			wire.on('close', function(a,b,c){
 				opt.mesh.bye(peer);
 			});
 			wire.on('error', function(e){});
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 7fa8f7c3..c46e5dda 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "gun",
-  "version": "0.9.999999",
+  "version": "0.2019.413",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
@@ -1246,9 +1246,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "ws": {
-      "version": "5.2.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-5.2.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-c18dMeW+PEQdDFzkhDsnBAlS4Z8KGStBQQUcQ5mf7Nf689jyGk0594L+i9RaQuf4gog6SvWLJorz2NfSaqxZ7w==",
+      "version": "6.2.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-6.2.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-GIyAXC2cB7LjvpgMt9EKS2ldqr0MTrORaleiOno6TweZ6r3TKtoFQWay/2PceJ3RuBasOHzXNn5Lrw1X0bEjqA==",
       "requires": {
         "async-limiter": "~1.0.0"
       }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 658a6ac7..badb8ab8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     "node": ">=0.8.4"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "ws": "~>5.2.0"
+    "ws": "~>6.2.1"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
     "text-encoding": "^0.7.0",