diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 5cdb516b..b5213f75 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "JAMTests/jamtestvectors"]
 	path = JAMTests/jamtestvectors
-	url = https://github.com/AcalaNetwork/jamtestvectors.git
+	url = https://github.com/open-web3-stack/jamtestvectors.git
diff --git a/Networking/Sources/Networking/Connection.swift b/Networking/Sources/Networking/Connection.swift
index 3d4acc8d..9a0e4a99 100644
--- a/Networking/Sources/Networking/Connection.swift
+++ b/Networking/Sources/Networking/Connection.swift
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ public protocol ConnectionInfoProtocol {
     var role: PeerRole { get }
     var remoteAddress: NetAddr { get }
     var publicKey: Data? { get }
+
+    func ready() async throws
 }
 
 enum ConnectionError: Error {
diff --git a/Node/Sources/Node/NetworkingProtocol/NetworkManager.swift b/Node/Sources/Node/NetworkingProtocol/NetworkManager.swift
index 44e3afa3..bbc687bd 100644
--- a/Node/Sources/Node/NetworkingProtocol/NetworkManager.swift
+++ b/Node/Sources/Node/NetworkingProtocol/NetworkManager.swift
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public final class NetworkManager: Sendable {
 
     // This is for development only
     // Those peers will receive all the messages regardless the target
-    private let devPeers: Set<NetAddr>
+    private let devPeers: Set<Either<PeerId, NetAddr>>
 
     public init(
         config: Network.Config,
@@ -46,13 +46,23 @@ public final class NetworkManager: Sendable {
 
         subscriptions = EventSubscriptions(eventBus: eventBus)
 
-        self.devPeers = devPeers
+        var selfDevPeers = Set<Either<PeerId, NetAddr>>()
+
+        logger.info("P2P Listening on \(try! network.listenAddress())")
 
         for peer in devPeers {
-            _ = try network.connect(to: peer, role: .validator)
+            let conn = try network.connect(to: peer, role: .validator)
+            try? await conn.ready()
+            let pubkey = conn.publicKey
+            if let pubkey {
+                selfDevPeers.insert(.left(PeerId(publicKey: pubkey, address: peer)))
+            } else {
+                // unable to connect, add as address
+                selfDevPeers.insert(.right(peer))
+            }
         }
 
-        logger.info("P2P Listening on \(try! network.listenAddress())")
+        self.devPeers = selfDevPeers
 
         Task {
             await subscriptions.subscribe(
@@ -76,10 +86,10 @@ public final class NetworkManager: Sendable {
         switch target {
         case .safroleStep1Validator:
             // TODO: only send to the selected validator in the spec
-            Set(devPeers.map { .right($0) })
+            devPeers
         case .currentValidators:
             // TODO: read onchain state for validators
-            Set(devPeers.map { .right($0) })
+            devPeers
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2ed1d5ca..7ba96462 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Boka
 
-JAM built with Swift
+Boka / 波卡 / bō kǎ: A JAM implementation built with Swift, brought to you by Laminar Labs.
 
 ## Development Environment
 
diff --git a/Utils/Sources/Utils/EventBus/LogMiddleware.swift b/Utils/Sources/Utils/EventBus/LogMiddleware.swift
index cbd7ebde..2e2b4b5d 100644
--- a/Utils/Sources/Utils/EventBus/LogMiddleware.swift
+++ b/Utils/Sources/Utils/EventBus/LogMiddleware.swift
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ public final class LogMiddleware: MiddlewareProtocol {
         logger.debug(">>> dispatching event: \(event)")
         do {
             try await next(event)
-            logger.debug("<<< event dispatched: \(event)")
+            logger.debug("<<< event dispatched: \(T.self)")
         } catch {
             logger.error("<<! event dispatch failed: \(event) with error: \(error)")
             if propagateError {
diff --git a/scripts/devnet.sh b/scripts/devnet.sh
index 8861077c..b16cf9c7 100755
--- a/scripts/devnet.sh
+++ b/scripts/devnet.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ create_node() {
     local p2p_port=$((19000 + node_number))
 
     tmux send-keys -t boka "LOG_LEVEL=trace $bin_path --chain=minimal --rpc 127.0.0.1:$port --validator --dev-seed $node_number --p2p 127.0.0.1:$p2p_port --peers=127.0.0.1:19001 --peers=127.0.0.1:19002 --peers=127.0.0.1:19003 --name=node-$node_number" C-m
+
+	sleep 1
 }
 
 # Start a new tmux session