diff --git a/ethereum.go b/ethereum.go
index bd6caac08..c54303795 100644
--- a/ethereum.go
+++ b/ethereum.go
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ func New(caps Caps, usePnp bool) (*Ethereum, error) {
 		Nonce:        nonce,
 		serverCaps:   caps,
 		nat:          nat,
-		MaxPeers:     5,
 	}
 	ethereum.TxPool = ethchain.NewTxPool()
 	ethereum.TxPool.Speaker = ethereum
@@ -114,29 +113,33 @@ func (s *Ethereum) ProcessPeerList(addrs []string) {
 }
 
 func (s *Ethereum) ConnectToPeer(addr string) error {
-	var alreadyConnected bool
+	if s.peers.Len() < s.MaxPeers {
+		var alreadyConnected bool
 
-	eachPeer(s.peers, func(p *Peer, v *list.Element) {
-		if p.conn == nil {
-			return
+		eachPeer(s.peers, func(p *Peer, v *list.Element) {
+			if p.conn == nil {
+				return
+			}
+			phost, _, _ := net.SplitHostPort(p.conn.RemoteAddr().String())
+			ahost, _, _ := net.SplitHostPort(addr)
+
+			if phost == ahost {
+				alreadyConnected = true
+				return
+			}
+		})
+
+		if alreadyConnected {
+			return nil
 		}
-		phost, _, _ := net.SplitHostPort(p.conn.RemoteAddr().String())
-		ahost, _, _ := net.SplitHostPort(addr)
 
-		if phost == ahost {
-			alreadyConnected = true
-			return
-		}
-	})
+		peer := NewOutboundPeer(addr, s, s.serverCaps)
 
-	if alreadyConnected {
-		return nil
+		s.peers.PushBack(peer)
+
+		log.Printf("[SERV] Adding peer %d / %d\n", s.peers.Len(), s.MaxPeers)
 	}
 
-	peer := NewOutboundPeer(addr, s, s.serverCaps)
-
-	s.peers.PushBack(peer)
-
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/ethutil/encoding.go b/ethutil/encoding.go
index 207548c93..1f661947a 100644
--- a/ethutil/encoding.go
+++ b/ethutil/encoding.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package ethutil
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/hex"
-	_ "fmt"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ func CompactEncode(hexSlice []int) string {
 func CompactDecode(str string) []int {
 	base := CompactHexDecode(str)
 	base = base[:len(base)-1]
-	if base[0] >= 2 { // && base[len(base)-1] != 16 {
+	if base[0] >= 2 {
 		base = append(base, 16)
 	}
 	if base[0]%2 == 1 {
diff --git a/ethutil/rlp.go b/ethutil/rlp.go
index 025d269a0..e633f5f1d 100644
--- a/ethutil/rlp.go
+++ b/ethutil/rlp.go
@@ -86,13 +86,6 @@ func DecodeWithReader(reader *bytes.Buffer) interface{} {
 // TODO Use a bytes.Buffer instead of a raw byte slice.
 // Cleaner code, and use draining instead of seeking the next bytes to read
 func Decode(data []byte, pos uint64) (interface{}, uint64) {
-	/*
-		if pos > uint64(len(data)-1) {
-			log.Println(data)
-			log.Panicf("index out of range %d for data %q, l = %d", pos, data, len(data))
-		}
-	*/
-
 	var slice []interface{}
 	char := int(data[pos])
 	switch {
@@ -131,7 +124,6 @@ func Decode(data []byte, pos uint64) (interface{}, uint64) {
 
 	case char <= 0xff:
 		l := uint64(data[pos]) - 0xf7
-		//b := BigD(data[pos+1 : pos+1+l]).Uint64()
 		b := ReadVarint(bytes.NewReader(data[pos+1 : pos+1+l]))
 
 		pos = pos + l + 1