diff --git a/controllers/node.go b/controllers/node.go
index 65b8f0b4..9dcf6926 100644
--- a/controllers/node.go
+++ b/controllers/node.go
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ func authorize(networkCheck bool, authNetwork string, next http.Handler) http.Ha
 				r.Header.Set("ismasterkey", "yes")
 			}
 			if !isadmin && params["network"] != "" {
-				if functions.SliceContains(networks, params["network"]) {
+				if logic.StringSliceContains(networks, params["network"]) {
 					isnetadmin = true
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/controllers/node_grpc.go b/controllers/node_grpc.go
index 64974524..b79a8cee 100644
--- a/controllers/node_grpc.go
+++ b/controllers/node_grpc.go
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func (s *NodeServiceServer) UpdateNode(ctx context.Context, req *nodepb.Object)
 	}
 	err = runServerUpdateIfNeeded(shouldPeersUpdate, &models.Node{})
 	if err != nil {
-		logger.Log(1, "could not update peers on gRPC after node,", newnode.ID, "updated (gRPC)")
+		logger.Log(1, "could not update peers on gRPC after node,", newnode.ID, "updated (gRPC), \nerror:", err.Error())
 	}
 	return &nodepb.Object{
 		Data: string(nodeData),
diff --git a/functions/helpers.go b/functions/helpers.go
index f24833e9..a8dbc610 100644
--- a/functions/helpers.go
+++ b/functions/helpers.go
@@ -31,20 +31,6 @@ func ParseIntClient(value string) (models.IntClient, error) {
 	return intClient, err
 }
 
-//Takes in an arbitrary field and value for field and checks to see if any other
-//node has that value for the same field within the network
-
-// SliceContains - sees if a slice contains something
-func SliceContains(slice []string, item string) bool {
-	set := make(map[string]struct{}, len(slice))
-	for _, s := range slice {
-		set[s] = struct{}{}
-	}
-
-	_, ok := set[item]
-	return ok
-}
-
 // GetPeersList - gets peers for given network
 func GetPeersList(networkName string) ([]models.PeersResponse, error) {
 
diff --git a/logic/nodes.go b/logic/nodes.go
index 808d3129..58d36c2c 100644
--- a/logic/nodes.go
+++ b/logic/nodes.go
@@ -565,6 +565,7 @@ func GetNetworkServerNodeID(network string) (string, error) {
 		return "", err
 	}
 	for _, node := range nodes {
+		logger.Log(3, "looking for server node, current node:", node.Name, ",", node.ID, ",", servercfg.GetNodeID(), ",", node.MacAddress)
 		if node.IsServer == "yes" {
 			if servercfg.GetNodeID() != "" {
 				if servercfg.GetNodeID() == node.MacAddress {