diff --git a/controllers/node.go b/controllers/node.go
index ab9cc533..602c0294 100644
--- a/controllers/node.go
+++ b/controllers/node.go
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ func updateNode(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 	json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(newNode)
 
-	runUpdates(&node, true)
+	runUpdates(&newNode, true)
 }
 
 func deleteNode(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
diff --git a/netclient/functions/daemon.go b/netclient/functions/daemon.go
index e3d72c4f..dc555797 100644
--- a/netclient/functions/daemon.go
+++ b/netclient/functions/daemon.go
@@ -165,6 +165,9 @@ func NodeUpdate(client mqtt.Client, msg mqtt.Message) {
 			return
 		}
 
+		log.Println("DELETE: new node addres: " + newNode.Address)
+		log.Println("DELETE: current node addres: " + cfg.Node.Address)
+
 		ncutils.Log("received message to update node " + newNode.Name)
 		// see if cache hit, if so skip
 		var currentMessage = read(newNode.Network, lastNodeUpdate)
@@ -182,6 +185,7 @@ func NodeUpdate(client mqtt.Client, msg mqtt.Message) {
 		//ensure that OS never changes
 		newNode.OS = runtime.GOOS
 		// check if interface needs to delta
+		log.Println("DELETE: running ifacedelta")
 		ifaceDelta := ncutils.IfaceDelta(&cfg.Node, &newNode)
 
 		cfg.Node = newNode
diff --git a/netclient/ncutils/iface.go b/netclient/ncutils/iface.go
index 84a9f150..74c0dfcd 100644
--- a/netclient/ncutils/iface.go
+++ b/netclient/ncutils/iface.go
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 package ncutils
 
-import "github.com/gravitl/netmaker/models"
+import (
+	"log"
+
+	"github.com/gravitl/netmaker/models"
+)
 
 func IfaceDelta(currentNode *models.Node, newNode *models.Node) bool {
 	// single comparison statements
-	if currentNode.IsServer != "yes" {
-		return false
-	}
-
+	log.Println("DELETE: checking stuff")
 	if newNode.Endpoint != currentNode.Endpoint ||
 		newNode.LocalAddress != currentNode.LocalAddress ||
 		newNode.PublicKey != currentNode.PublicKey ||
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ func IfaceDelta(currentNode *models.Node, newNode *models.Node) bool {
 			return true
 		}
 	}
-
+	log.Println("DELETE: guess it's false")
 	return false
 }