diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 2f0ca75c5..b9f10e7ce 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
         <span ng-show="$root.wallet.publicKeyRing.totalCopayers - $root.wallet.publicKeyRing.registeredCopayers()==1">
             One key is 
         </span>
-         missing. Share this secret with your other copayers for them to join your wallet: <b>{{$root.wallet.network.peerId}}</b>
+         missing. Share this secret with your other copayers for them to join your wallet: <b>{{$root.wallet.getMyPeerId()}}</b>
       </div>
     </div>
 
diff --git a/js/controllers/signin.js b/js/controllers/signin.js
index 2a210b42a..ac079ca29 100644
--- a/js/controllers/signin.js
+++ b/js/controllers/signin.js
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-'use strict';
-
-
 
 angular.module('copay.signin').controller('SigninController',
   function($scope, $rootScope, $location, walletFactory, controllerUtils) {
@@ -20,22 +17,29 @@ angular.module('copay.signin').controller('SigninController',
     $scope.open = function(walletId, opts) {
       $scope.loading = true;
 
+console.log('[signin.js.23:walletId:]',walletId); //TODO
       var w = walletFactory.open(walletId, opts);
       controllerUtils.setupUxHandlers(w);
+      w.netStart();
     };
 
-    $scope.join = function(cid) {
+    $scope.join = function(secret) {
       $scope.loading = true;
-      walletFactory.network.on('openError', function() {
-        controllerUtils.onError($scope); 
-        $rootScope.$digest();
+
+
+      walletFactory.network.on('joinError', function() {
+        controllerUtils.onErrorDigest($scope); 
       });
-      walletFactory.connectTo(cid, function(data) {
-        $scope.open(data.walletId, data.opts);
+
+      walletFactory.joinCreateSession(secret, function(w) {
+console.log('[signin.js.33] joinCreateSession RETURN', w); //TODO
+        controllerUtils.setupUxHandlers(w);
+        w.setupNetHandlers();
       });
     };
 
 
+
 //
 //       if (cid) {
 //         var w = walletFactory.(walletId);
diff --git a/js/models/core/PublicKeyRing.js b/js/models/core/PublicKeyRing.js
index 122fb7da5..32cd4d5c9 100644
--- a/js/models/core/PublicKeyRing.js
+++ b/js/models/core/PublicKeyRing.js
@@ -83,8 +83,11 @@ PublicKeyRing.prototype.getCopayerId = function(i, prefix) {
     buf = Buffer.concat([prefix, buf]);
   }
   return util.ripe160(buf).toString('hex');
-}
+};
 
+PublicKeyRing.prototype.myCopayerId = function(i, prefix) {
+  return this.getCopayerId(0,prefix);
+};
 
 PublicKeyRing.prototype.registeredCopayers = function () {
   return this.copayersBIP32.length;
diff --git a/js/models/core/Wallet.js b/js/models/core/Wallet.js
index 9d17ed5ec..8a5d2193b 100644
--- a/js/models/core/Wallet.js
+++ b/js/models/core/Wallet.js
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ Wallet.prototype._handleTxProposals = function(senderId, data, isInbound) {
 };
 
 Wallet.prototype._handleData = function(senderId, data, isInbound) {
+console.log('_handleData: senderId:',senderId); //TODO
 
   if (this.id !== data.walletId) {
     this.emit('badMessage',senderId);
@@ -136,19 +137,27 @@ Wallet.prototype._optsToObj = function () {
 };
 
 
-Wallet.prototype.generatePeerId = function(index) {
-  var idBuf = new Buffer(this.id);
-  if (typeof index === 'undefined') {
-    // return my own peerId
-    var gen = this.privateKey.getId(idBuf);
-    return gen;
-  }
+Wallet.prototype.getPeerId = function(index) {
+  // if (typeof index === 'undefined') {
+  //   // return my own peerId
+  //   var gen = this.privateKey.getId(idBuf);
+  //   return gen;
+  // }
   // return peer number 'index' peerId
-  return this.publicKeyRing.getCopayerId(index, idBuf);
+  //
+  var idBuf;
+// TODO idBuf DISABLED FOR NOW
+//idBuf = new Buffer(this.id);
+  return this.publicKeyRing.getCopayerId(index || 0, idBuf);
+};
 
+
+Wallet.prototype.getMyPeerId = function() {
+  return this.getPeerId(0);
 };
 
 Wallet.prototype.netStart = function() {
+console.log('[Wallet.js.159:netStart:]'); //TODO
   var self = this;
   var net = this.network;
   net.removeAllListeners();
@@ -162,15 +171,17 @@ Wallet.prototype.netStart = function() {
   net.on('close', function() {
     self.emit('close');
   });
+
+  var myPeerId = self.getMyPeerId();
   var startOpts = { 
-    peerId: self.generatePeerId()
-  }
-  net.start(function(peerId) {
+    peerId: myPeerId
+  };
+  net.start(function() {
+console.log('[Wallet.js.177] NET START: emit CREATED'); //TODO
     self.emit('created');
-    var myId = self.generatePeerId();
     for (var i=0; i<self.publicKeyRing.registeredCopayers(); i++) {
-      var otherPeerId = self.generatePeerId(i);
-      if (otherPeerId !== myId) {
+      var otherPeerId = self.getPeerId(i);
+      if (otherPeerId !== myPeerId) {
         net.connectTo(otherPeerId);
       }
     }
diff --git a/js/models/core/WalletFactory.js b/js/models/core/WalletFactory.js
index 39c530ce8..95d6a4cfe 100644
--- a/js/models/core/WalletFactory.js
+++ b/js/models/core/WalletFactory.js
@@ -39,10 +39,13 @@ WalletFactory.prototype.log = function(){
 
 WalletFactory.prototype._checkRead = function(walletId) {
   var s = this.storage;
-  var ret = s.get(walletId, 'publicKeyRing') &&
-    s.get(walletId, 'txProposals')   &&
-    s.get(walletId, 'opts') &&
-    s.get(walletId, 'privateKey')
+  var ret = 
+    (
+      s.get(walletId, 'publicKeyRing') &&
+      s.get(walletId, 'txProposals')   &&
+      s.get(walletId, 'opts') &&
+      s.get(walletId, 'privateKey')
+    )?true:false;
   ;
   return ret?true:false;
 };
@@ -53,17 +56,14 @@ WalletFactory.prototype.read = function(walletId) {
 
   var s = this.storage;
   var opts = s.get(walletId, 'opts');
-
   opts.id = walletId;
   opts.publicKeyRing = new PublicKeyRing.fromObj(s.get(walletId, 'publicKeyRing'));
   opts.txProposals   = new TxProposals.fromObj(s.get(walletId, 'txProposals'));
   opts.privateKey    = new PrivateKey.fromObj(s.get(walletId, 'privateKey'));
-
   opts.storage = this.storage;
   opts.network = this.network;
   opts.blockchain = this.blockchain;
   opts.verbose = this.verbose;
-
   var w = new Wallet(opts);
 
   // JIC: Add our key
@@ -81,10 +81,13 @@ WalletFactory.prototype.read = function(walletId) {
 WalletFactory.prototype.create = function(opts) {
   var s = WalletFactory.storage;
   opts    = opts || {};
-  this.log('### CREATING NEW WALLET.' + (opts.id ? ' USING ID: ' + opts.id : ' NEW ID'));
+  this.log('### CREATING NEW WALLET.' + 
+           (opts.id ? ' USING ID: ' + opts.id : ' NEW ID') + 
+           (opts.privateKey ? ' USING PrivateKey: ' + opts.privateKey.getId() : ' NEW PrivateKey')
+          );
 
   opts.privateKey = opts.privateKey ||  new PrivateKey({ networkName: this.networkName });
-  this.log('\t### PrivateKey Initialized');
+
 
   var requiredCopayers = opts.requiredCopayers || this.walletDefaults.requiredCopayers;
   var totalCopayers =  opts.totalCopayers || this.walletDefaults.totalCopayers;
@@ -134,12 +137,19 @@ WalletFactory.prototype.remove = function(walletId) {
 };
 
 
-WalletFactory.prototype.connectTo = function(peerId, cb) {
-  var self=this;
+WalletFactory.prototype.joinCreateSession = function(peerId, cb) {
+  var self = this;
+
+  //Create our PrivateK
+  var privateKey = new PrivateKey({ networkName: this.networkName });
+  this.log('\t### PrivateKey Initialized');
+  self.network.setPeerId(privateKey.getId());
+
   self.network.start(function() {
-    self.network.connectTo(peerId)
+    self.network.connectTo(peerId);
     self.network.on('walletId', function(data) {
-      return cb(data);
+      data.opts.privateKey = privateKey;
+      return cb(self.open(data.walletId, data.opts));
     });
   });
 };
diff --git a/js/models/network/WebRTC.js b/js/models/network/WebRTC.js
index 45fb7ab16..e78c0183a 100644
--- a/js/models/network/WebRTC.js
+++ b/js/models/network/WebRTC.js
@@ -182,10 +182,11 @@ Network.prototype._setupPeerHandlers = function(openCallback) {
   var self=this;
   var p = this.peer;
 
-  p.on('open', function(peerId) {
-    self.peerId = peerId;
-    self.connectedPeers = [peerId];
-    return openCallback(peerId);
+  p.on('open', function() {
+    self.connectedPeers = [self.peerId];
+
+console.log('[WebRTC.js.187] LENGTH', self.connectedPeers.length); //TODO
+    return openCallback();
   });
 
   p.on('error', function(err) {
@@ -210,23 +211,21 @@ Network.prototype._setupPeerHandlers = function(openCallback) {
   });
 };
 
+Network.prototype.setPeerId = function(peerId) {
+  if (this.started) {
+    throw new Error ('network already started: can not change peerId')
+  }
+  this.peerId = peerId;
+};
+
+
 Network.prototype.start = function(openCallback, opts) {
   opts = opts || {};
   // Start PeerJS Peer
   var self = this;
-  if (this.started) {
-    // network already started, restarting network layer
-    opts.connectedPeers = this.connectedPeers;
-    Network._arrayRemove(this.peerId, opts.connectedPeers);
-    this.disconnect(function() {
-      self.start(openCallback, opts);
-    }, true); // fast disconnect
-    return;
-  }
 
+  if (this.started)  return openCallback();
 
-
-  opts = opts || {};
   opts.connectedPeers = opts.connectedPeers || [];
   this.peerId = this.peerId || opts.peerId;
 
@@ -237,6 +236,8 @@ Network.prototype.start = function(openCallback, opts) {
     this.connectTo(otherPeerId);
   }
   this.started = true;
+
+console.log('[WebRTC.js.237] started TRUE'); //TODO
 };
 
 Network.prototype._sendToOne = function(peerId, data, cb) {
@@ -283,7 +284,7 @@ console.log('[WebRTC.js.258:peerId:]',peerId); //TODO
 Network.prototype.connectTo = function(peerId) {
   var self = this;
 
-  console.log('### STARTING TO CONNECT TO:' + peerId );
+  console.log('### STARTING CONNECTION TO:' + peerId );
 
   var dataConn = this.peer.connect(peerId, {
     serialization: 'none',
diff --git a/js/services/controllerUtils.js b/js/services/controllerUtils.js
index ffe2656a5..371e367ae 100644
--- a/js/services/controllerUtils.js
+++ b/js/services/controllerUtils.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ angular.module('copay.controllerUtils').factory('controllerUtils', function ($ro
     });
 
     w.on('created', function() {
+console.log('[controllerUtils.js.30:created:] RECV '); //TODO
       $location.path('peer');
       $rootScope.wallet = w;
       
@@ -42,8 +43,8 @@ angular.module('copay.controllerUtils').factory('controllerUtils', function ($ro
     });
     w.on('openError', root.onErrorDigest);
     w.on('close', root.onErrorDigest);
-
     w.netStart();
+console.log('[controllerUtils.js.45] setupUxHandlers END'); //TODO
   };
 
   root.handleTransactionByAddress = function(scope, cb) {
diff --git a/test/test.PrivateKey.js b/test/test.PrivateKey.js
index a222ff71a..f3cec474f 100644
--- a/test/test.PrivateKey.js
+++ b/test/test.PrivateKey.js
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ describe('PrivateKey model', function() {
   });
   it('fromObj toObj roundtrip', function () {
     var w1 = new PrivateKey(config);
-    var w2 = PrivateKey.fromObj(w1.toObj());
+    var o = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(w1.toObj()))
+    var w2 = PrivateKey.fromObj(o);
 
     w2.toObj().extendedPrivateKeyString.should.equal(w1.toObj().extendedPrivateKeyString);
     w2.getId().should.equal(w1.getId());