diff --git a/src/OrbitDB.js b/src/OrbitDB.js
index 43de6bc..1315256 100644
--- a/src/OrbitDB.js
+++ b/src/OrbitDB.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const EventEmitter  = require('events').EventEmitter;
-const logger        = require('logplease').create("orbit-db.Client");
+const Logger       = require('logplease');
+const logger       = Logger.create("orbit-db", { color: Logger.Colors.Magenta });
 const EventStore    = require('orbit-db-eventstore');
 const FeedStore     = require('orbit-db-feedstore');
 const KeyValueStore = require('orbit-db-kvstore');
@@ -96,22 +97,9 @@ class OrbitDB {
 
   _connect(hash, username, password, allowOffline) {
     if(allowOffline === undefined) allowOffline = false;
-
-    const readNetworkInfo = (hash) => {
-      return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-        this._ipfs.cat(hash).then((res) => {
-          let buf = '';
-          res
-            .on('error', (err) => reject(err))
-            .on('data', (data) => buf += data)
-            .on('end', () => resolve(buf))
-        });
-      });
-    };
-
     let host, port, name;
-    return readNetworkInfo(hash)
-      .then((network) => JSON.parse(network))
+    return this._ipfs.object.get(hash)
+      .then((object) => JSON.parse(object.Data))
       .then((network) => {
         this.network = network;
         name = network.name;
@@ -120,6 +108,7 @@ class OrbitDB {
       })
       .then(() => {
         this._pubsub = new PubSub();
+        logger.warn(`Connecting to Pubsub at '${host}:${port}'`);
         return this._pubsub.connect(host, port, username, password)
       })
       .then(() => {
diff --git a/test/client.test.js b/test/client.test.js
index 42e3fc0..80bb41f 100644
--- a/test/client.test.js
+++ b/test/client.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const _       = require('lodash');
+const fs      = require('fs');
 const path    = require('path');
 const assert  = require('assert');
 const async   = require('asyncawait/async');
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ const OrbitServer = require('orbit-server/src/server');
 require('logplease').setLogLevel('ERROR');
 
 // Orbit
-const network = 'QmYPobvobKsyoCKTw476yTui611XABf927KxUPCf4gRLRr'; // network.json
+const network = 'QmaAHGFm78eupEaDFzBfhUL5xn32dbeqn8oU2XCZJTQGBj';
 const username = 'testrunner';
 const password = '';
 
@@ -46,8 +47,10 @@ describe('Orbit Client', function() {
 
     try {
       ipfs = await(startIpfs());
-      const networkFile = await(ipfs.add('./test/network.json'))
-      assert.equal(networkFile[0].Hash, network);
+      const str = fs.readFileSync('./test/network.json', 'utf-8');
+      const networkData = new Buffer(JSON.stringify({ Data: str }));
+      const networkFile = await(ipfs.object.put(networkData))
+      assert.equal(networkFile.Hash, network);
       client = await(OrbitDB.connect(network, username, password, ipfs, { allowOffline: true }));
       client2 = await(OrbitDB.connect(network, username + "2", password, ipfs, { allowOffline: true }));
     } catch(e) {
diff --git a/test/counterdb.test.js b/test/counterdb.test.js
index a274607..c001834 100644
--- a/test/counterdb.test.js
+++ b/test/counterdb.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const assert      = require('assert');
+const fs          = require('fs');
 const Promise     = require('bluebird');
 const rimraf      = require('rimraf')
 const ipfsd       = require('ipfsd-ctl');
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ const OrbitServer = require('orbit-server/src/server');
 // Mute logging
 require('logplease').setLogLevel('ERROR');
 
-const network = 'QmYPobvobKsyoCKTw476yTui611XABf927KxUPCf4gRLRr'; // network.json
+const network = 'QmaAHGFm78eupEaDFzBfhUL5xn32dbeqn8oU2XCZJTQGBj';
 const username  = 'testrunner';
 const username2 = 'rennurtset';
 
@@ -41,6 +42,11 @@ describe('CounterStore', function() {
   before((done) => {
     rimraf.sync('./orbit-db-cache.json')
     startIpfs()
+      .then((ipfs) => {
+        const str = fs.readFileSync('./test/network.json', 'utf-8');
+        const networkData = new Buffer(JSON.stringify({ Data: str }));
+        return ipfs.object.put(networkData).then(() => ipfs)
+      })
       .then((res) => {
         ipfs = res;
         return Promise.map([username, username2], (login) => {
@@ -54,11 +60,6 @@ describe('CounterStore', function() {
           assert.equal(e, null);
         });
       })
-      .then(() => ipfs.add('./test/network.json'))
-      .then((networkFile)=> {
-        assert.equal(networkFile[0].Hash, network);
-        return;
-      })
       .then(done)
   });