diff --git a/cborrpc/rpc.go b/cborrpc/rpc.go
index acb08b4ad..9aa8cd2f1 100644
--- a/cborrpc/rpc.go
+++ b/cborrpc/rpc.go
@@ -19,12 +19,7 @@ func WriteCborRPC(w io.Writer, obj interface{}) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-type ByteReader interface {
-	io.Reader
-	io.ByteReader
-}
-
-func ReadCborRPC(r ByteReader, out interface{}) error {
+func ReadCborRPC(r io.Reader, out interface{}) error {
 	b, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5c4b33e19..87ab1709b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-routing v0.1.0 h1:gAJTT1cEeeLj6/DlLX6t+NxD9fQe2ymTO6qWRD
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-routing v0.1.0/go.mod h1:hYoUkJLyAUKhF58tysKpids8RNDPO42BVMgK5dNsoqY=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-util v0.0.1 h1:Wz9bL2wB2YBJqggkA4dD7oSmqB4cAnpNbGrlHJulv50=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-util v0.0.1/go.mod h1:spsl5z8KUnrve+73pOhSVZND1SIxPW5RyBCNzQxlJBc=
+github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-cbor v0.0.2 h1:amzFztBQQQ69UA5+f7JRfoXF/z2l//MGfEDHVkS20+s=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-cbor v0.0.2/go.mod h1:wTBtrQZA3SoFKMVkp6cn6HMRteIB1VsmHA0AQFOn7Nc=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-format v0.0.1 h1:HCu4eB/Gh+KD/Q0M8u888RFkorTWNIL3da4oc5dwc80=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-format v0.0.1/go.mod h1:kyJtbkDALmFHv3QR6et67i35QzO3S0dCDnkOJhcZkms=
diff --git a/node/hello/hello.go b/node/hello/hello.go
index e35b0d6d5..865d2c316 100644
--- a/node/hello/hello.go
+++ b/node/hello/hello.go
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package hello
 
 import (
-	"bufio"
 	"context"
+
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/go-lotus/cborrpc"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core/host"
 
@@ -46,15 +46,15 @@ func NewHelloService(h host.Host) *Service {
 func (hs *Service) HandleStream(s inet.Stream) {
 	defer s.Close()
 
-	log.Debugw("Handling hello")
-
 	var hmsg Message
-	if err := cborrpc.ReadCborRPC(bufio.NewReader(s), &hmsg); err != nil {
-		log.Error("failed to read hello message: ", err)
+	if err := cborrpc.ReadCborRPC(s, &hmsg); err != nil {
+		log.Infow("failed to read hello message", "error", err)
 		return
 	}
-	log.Debugw("heaviest tipset", "tipset", hmsg.HeaviestTipSet)
-	log.Debugw("got genesis from hello", "hash", hmsg.GenesisHash)
+	log.Debugw("genesis from hello",
+		"tipset", hmsg.HeaviestTipSet,
+		"peer", s.Conn().RemotePeer(),
+		"hash", hmsg.GenesisHash)
 
 	/*if hmsg.GenesisHash != hs.syncer.genesis.Cids()[0] {
 		log.Error("other peer has different genesis!")