diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..294967564
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+all: build
+
+build:
+	go build -o tendermint github.com/tendermint/tendermint/cmd
+
+test:
+	go test github.com/tendermint/tendermint/...
+
+list_deps:
+	go list -f '{{join .Deps "\n"}}' github.com/tendermint/tendermint/... |  xargs go list -f '{{if not .Standard}}{{.ImportPath}}{{end}}'
+
+get_deps:
+	go get github.com/tendermint/tendermint/...
diff --git a/account/signature.go b/account/signature.go
index 7b9d6b5f0..691b6d68e 100644
--- a/account/signature.go
+++ b/account/signature.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package account
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"reflect"
 
@@ -56,3 +57,7 @@ func (sig SignatureEd25519) ValidateBasic() error {
 func (sig SignatureEd25519) IsZero() bool {
 	return len(sig.Bytes) == 0
 }
+
+func (sig SignatureEd25519) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%X", Fingerprint(sig.Bytes))
+}
diff --git a/binary/reflect.go b/binary/reflect.go
index 1bf28245a..fda0fc49f 100644
--- a/binary/reflect.go
+++ b/binary/reflect.go
@@ -189,13 +189,8 @@ func writeReflect(rv reflect.Value, rt reflect.Type, w io.Writer, n *int64, err
 		return
 	}
 
-	// Dereference pointer or interface
-	if rt.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
-		rt = rt.Elem()
-		rv = rv.Elem()
-		// RegisterType registers the ptr type,
-		// so typeInfo is already for the ptr.
-	} else if rt.Kind() == reflect.Interface {
+	// Dereference interface
+	if rt.Kind() == reflect.Interface {
 		rv = rv.Elem()
 		rt = rv.Type()
 		typeInfo = typeInfos[rt]
@@ -205,6 +200,14 @@ func writeReflect(rv reflect.Value, rt reflect.Type, w io.Writer, n *int64, err
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Dereference pointer
+	if rt.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+		rt = rt.Elem()
+		rv = rv.Elem()
+		// RegisterType registers the ptr type,
+		// so typeInfo is already for the ptr.
+	}
+
 	// Write TypeByte prefix
 	if typeInfo.HasTypeByte {
 		WriteByte(typeInfo.TypeByte, w, n, err)
@@ -215,7 +218,7 @@ func writeReflect(rv reflect.Value, rt reflect.Type, w io.Writer, n *int64, err
 		elemRt := rt.Elem()
 		if elemRt.Kind() == reflect.Uint8 {
 			// Special case: Byteslices
-			byteslice := rv.Interface().([]byte)
+			byteslice := rv.Bytes()
 			WriteByteSlice(byteslice, w, n, err)
 		} else {
 			// Write length
diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index 35a8446d4..8cb9ed0e2 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ Commands:
 	case "probe_upnp":
 		probe_upnp()
 	default:
-		fmt.Println("Unknown command %v", args[0])
+		fmt.Printf("Unknown command %v\n", args[0])
 	}
 }
diff --git a/mempool/log.go b/mempool/log.go
index 8e2775f95..dabc294ff 100644
--- a/mempool/log.go
+++ b/mempool/log.go
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ import (
 
 var log = logging.MustGetLogger("mempool")
 
-func init() {
-	logging.SetFormatter(logging.MustStringFormatter("[%{level:.1s}] %{message}"))
-}
-
 func SetMempoolLogger(l *logging.Logger) {
 	log = l
 }
diff --git a/p2p/connection.go b/p2p/connection.go
index 607f91208..58ea68576 100644
--- a/p2p/connection.go
+++ b/p2p/connection.go
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ func (c *MConnection) Send(chId byte, msg interface{}) bool {
 	}
 
 	log.Debug("[%X] Send to %v: %v", chId, c, msg)
+	log.Debug("     Bytes: %X", BinaryBytes(msg))
 
 	// Send message to channel.
 	channel, ok := c.channelsIdx[chId]