diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6d61989..05ae813 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 **Documentation can be found at [kademlia.readthedocs.org](http://kademlia.readthedocs.org/).**
 
-This library is an asynchronous Python implementation of the [Kademlia distributed hash table](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kademlia).  It uses [Twisted](https://twistedmatrix.com) to provide asynchronous communication.  The nodes communicate using [RPC over UDP](https://github.com/bmuller/rpcudp) to communiate, meaning that it is capable of working behind a [NAT](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAT).
+This library is an asynchronous Python implementation of the [Kademlia distributed hash table](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kademlia).  It uses the [asyncio library](https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio.html) in Python 3 to provide asynchronous communication.  The nodes communicate using [RPC over UDP](https://github.com/bmuller/rpcudp) to communiate, meaning that it is capable of working behind a [NAT](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAT).
 
 This library aims to be as close to a reference implementation of the [Kademlia paper](http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/~petar/papers/maymounkov-kademlia-lncs.pdf) as possible.
 
@@ -15,53 +15,36 @@ pip install kademlia
 ```
 
 ## Usage
-*This assumes you have a working familiarity with [Twisted](https://twistedmatrix.com).*
+*This assumes you have a working familiarity with [asyncio](https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio.html).*
 
-Assuming you want to connect to an existing network (run the standalone server example below if you don't have a network):
+Assuming you want to connect to an existing network:
 
 ```python
-from twisted.internet import reactor
-from twisted.python import log
+import asyncio
 from kademlia.network import Server
-import sys
 
-# log to std out
-log.startLogging(sys.stdout)
+# Create a node and start listening on port 5678
+node = Server()
+node.listen(5678)
 
-def quit(result):
-    print "Key result:", result
-    reactor.stop()
+# Bootstrap the node by connecting to other known nodes, in this case
+# replace 123.123.123.123 with the IP of another node and optionally
+# give as many ip/port combos as you can for other nodes.
+loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+loop.run_until_complete(node.bootstrap([("123.123.123.123", 5678)]))
 
-def get(result, server):
-    return server.get("a key").addCallback(quit)
+# set a value for the key "my-key" on the network
+loop.run_until_complete(node.set("my-key", "my awesome value"))
 
-def done(found, server):
-    log.msg("Found nodes: %s" % found)
-    return server.set("a key", "a value").addCallback(get, server)
-
-server = Server()
-# next line, or use reactor.listenUDP(5678, server.protocol)
-server.listen(5678)
-server.bootstrap([('127.0.0.1', 1234)]).addCallback(done, server)
-
-reactor.run()
+# get the value associated with "my-key" from the network
+result = loop.run_until_complete(node.get("my-key"))
+print(result)
 ```
 
-Check out the examples folder for other examples.
+## Initializing a Network
+If you're starting a new network from scratch, just omit the `node.bootstrap` call in the example above.  Then, bootstrap other nodes by connecting to the first node you started.
 
-## Stand-alone Server
-If all you want to do is run a local server, just start the example server:
-
-```
-twistd -noy examples/server.tac
-```
-
-## Running Tests
-To run tests:
-
-```
-trial kademlia
-```
+See the examples folder for a first node example that other nodes can bootstrap connect to and some code that gets and sets a key/value.
 
 ## Logging
 This library uses the standard [Python logging library](https://docs.python.org/3/library/logging.html).  To see debut output printed to STDOUT, for instance, use:
@@ -69,7 +52,7 @@ This library uses the standard [Python logging library](https://docs.python.org/
 ```python
 import logging
 
-log = logging.getLogger('rpcudp')
+log = logging.getLogger('kademlia')
 log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
 log.addHandler(logging.StreamHandler())
 ```
diff --git a/examples/example.py b/examples/example.py
deleted file mode 100644
index be95613..0000000
--- a/examples/example.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-import logging
-import asyncio
-
-from kademlia.network import Server
-
-
-logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
-loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
-loop.set_debug(True)
-
-server = Server()
-server.listen(8468)
-
-def done(result):
-    print("Key result:", result)
-
-def setDone(result, server):
-    server.get("a key").addCallback(done)
-
-def bootstrapDone(found, server):
-    server.set("a key", "a value").addCallback(setDone, server)
-
-#server.bootstrap([("1.2.3.4", 8468)]).addCallback(bootstrapDone, server)
-
-try:
-    loop.run_forever()
-except KeyboardInterrupt:
-    pass
-finally:
-    server.stop()
-    loop.close()
diff --git a/examples/first_node.py b/examples/first_node.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2800f0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/first_node.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import logging
+import asyncio
+
+from kademlia.network import Server
+
+handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
+handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+log = logging.getLogger('kademlia')
+log.addHandler(handler)
+log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+
+server = Server()
+server.listen(8468)
+
+loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+loop.set_debug(True)
+
+try:
+    loop.run_forever()
+except KeyboardInterrupt:
+    pass
+finally:
+    server.stop()
+    loop.close()
diff --git a/examples/get.py b/examples/get.py
index 7e62590..c8b0d58 100644
--- a/examples/get.py
+++ b/examples/get.py
@@ -8,7 +8,13 @@ if len(sys.argv) != 2:
     print("Usage: python get.py <key>")
     sys.exit(1)
 
-logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
+handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
+handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+log = logging.getLogger('kademlia')
+log.addHandler(handler)
+log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+
 loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
 loop.set_debug(True)
 
diff --git a/examples/set.py b/examples/set.py
index f561281..cf274cf 100644
--- a/examples/set.py
+++ b/examples/set.py
@@ -8,7 +8,13 @@ if len(sys.argv) != 3:
     print("Usage: python set.py <key> <value>")
     sys.exit(1)
 
-logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
+handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
+handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+log = logging.getLogger('kademlia')
+log.addHandler(handler)
+log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+
 loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
 loop.set_debug(True)
 
diff --git a/kademlia/crawling.py b/kademlia/crawling.py
index a681051..33edea1 100644
--- a/kademlia/crawling.py
+++ b/kademlia/crawling.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 from collections import Counter
-from logging import getLogger
+import logging
 
 from kademlia.node import Node, NodeHeap
 from kademlia.utils import gather_dict
 
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 class SpiderCrawl(object):
     """
@@ -26,8 +28,7 @@ class SpiderCrawl(object):
         self.node = node
         self.nearest = NodeHeap(self.node, self.ksize)
         self.lastIDsCrawled = []
-        self.log = getLogger("kademlia-spider")
-        self.log.info("creating spider with peers: %s" % peers)
+        log.info("creating spider with peers: %s" % peers)
         self.nearest.push(peers)
 
 
@@ -47,10 +48,10 @@ class SpiderCrawl(object):
              yet queried
           4. repeat, unless nearest list has all been queried, then ur done
         """
-        self.log.info("crawling with nearest: %s" % str(tuple(self.nearest)))
+        log.info("crawling with nearest: %s" % str(tuple(self.nearest)))
         count = self.alpha
         if self.nearest.getIDs() == self.lastIDsCrawled:
-            self.log.info("last iteration same as current - checking all in list now")
+            log.info("last iteration same as current - checking all in list now")
             count = len(self.nearest)
         self.lastIDsCrawled = self.nearest.getIDs()
 
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ class ValueSpiderCrawl(SpiderCrawl):
         valueCounts = Counter(values)
         if len(valueCounts) != 1:
             args = (self.node.long_id, str(values))
-            self.log.warning("Got multiple values for key %i: %s" % args)
+            log.warning("Got multiple values for key %i: %s" % args)
         value = valueCounts.most_common(1)[0][0]
 
         peerToSaveTo = self.nearestWithoutValue.popleft()
diff --git a/kademlia/network.py b/kademlia/network.py
index 0cdb023..41b3a8e 100644
--- a/kademlia/network.py
+++ b/kademlia/network.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Package for interacting on the network at a high level.
 import random
 import pickle
 import asyncio
-from logging import getLogger
+import logging
 
 from kademlia.protocol import KademliaProtocol
 from kademlia.utils import digest
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ from kademlia.node import Node
 from kademlia.crawling import ValueSpiderCrawl
 from kademlia.crawling import NodeSpiderCrawl
 
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 class Server(object):
     """
@@ -34,7 +36,6 @@ class Server(object):
         """
         self.ksize = ksize
         self.alpha = alpha
-        self.log = getLogger("kademlia-server")
         self.storage = storage or ForgetfulStorage()
         self.node = Node(id or digest(random.getrandbits(255)))
         self.transport = None
@@ -61,11 +62,13 @@ class Server(object):
         proto_factory = lambda: self.protocol_class(self.node, self.storage, self.ksize)
         loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
         listen = loop.create_datagram_endpoint(proto_factory, local_addr=(interface, port))
+        log.info("Node %i listening on %s:%i", self.node.long_id, interface, port)
         self.transport, self.protocol = loop.run_until_complete(listen)
         # finally, schedule refreshing table
         self.refresh_table()
 
     def refresh_table(self):
+        log.debug("Refreshing routing table")
         asyncio.ensure_future(self._refresh_table())
         loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
         self.refresh_loop = loop.call_later(3600, self.refresh_table)
@@ -110,6 +113,7 @@ class Server(object):
             addrs: A `list` of (ip, port) `tuple` pairs.  Note that only IP addresses
                    are acceptable - hostnames will cause an error.
         """
+        log.debug("Attempting to bootstrap node with %i initial contacts", len(addrs))
         cos = list(map(self.bootstrap_node, addrs))
         nodes = [node for node in await asyncio.gather(*cos) if not node is None]
         spider = NodeSpiderCrawl(self.protocol, self.node, nodes, self.ksize, self.alpha)
@@ -128,7 +132,7 @@ class Server(object):
         """
         def handle(results):
             ips = [ result[1][0] for result in results if result[0] ]
-            self.log.debug("other nodes think our ip is %s" % str(ips))
+            log.debug("other nodes think our ip is %s" % str(ips))
             return ips
 
         ds = []
@@ -143,6 +147,7 @@ class Server(object):
         Returns:
             :class:`None` if not found, the value otherwise.
         """
+        log.info("Looking up key %s", key)
         dkey = digest(key)
         # if this node has it, return it
         if self.storage.get(dkey) is not None:
@@ -150,7 +155,7 @@ class Server(object):
         node = Node(dkey)
         nearest = self.protocol.router.findNeighbors(node)
         if len(nearest) == 0:
-            self.log.warning("There are no known neighbors to get key %s" % key)
+            log.warning("There are no known neighbors to get key %s" % key)
             return None
         spider = ValueSpiderCrawl(self.protocol, node, nearest, self.ksize, self.alpha)
         return await spider.find()
@@ -159,7 +164,7 @@ class Server(object):
         """
         Set the given string key to the given value in the network.
         """
-        self.log.debug("setting '%s' = '%s' on network" % (key, value))
+        log.info("setting '%s' = '%s' on network" % (key, value))
         dkey = digest(key)
         return await self.set_digest(dkey, value)
 
@@ -171,12 +176,12 @@ class Server(object):
 
         nearest = self.protocol.router.findNeighbors(node)
         if len(nearest) == 0:
-            self.log.warning("There are no known neighbors to set key %s" % dkey.hex())
+            log.warning("There are no known neighbors to set key %s" % dkey.hex())
             return False
 
         spider = NodeSpiderCrawl(self.protocol, node, nearest, self.ksize, self.alpha)
         nodes = await spider.find()
-        self.log.info("setting '%s' on %s" % (dkey.hex(), list(map(str, nodes))))
+        log.info("setting '%s' on %s" % (dkey.hex(), list(map(str, nodes))))
 
         # if this node is close too, then store here as well
         if self.node.distanceTo(node) < max([n.distanceTo(node) for n in nodes]):
@@ -190,12 +195,13 @@ class Server(object):
         Save the state of this node (the alpha/ksize/id/immediate neighbors)
         to a cache file with the given fname.
         """
+        log.info("Saving state to %s", fname)
         data = { 'ksize': self.ksize,
                  'alpha': self.alpha,
                  'id': self.node.id,
                  'neighbors': self.bootstrappableNeighbors() }
         if len(data['neighbors']) == 0:
-            self.log.warning("No known neighbors, so not writing to cache.")
+            log.warning("No known neighbors, so not writing to cache.")
             return
         with open(fname, 'wb') as f:
             pickle.dump(data, f)
@@ -206,6 +212,7 @@ class Server(object):
         Load the state of this node (the alpha/ksize/id/immediate neighbors)
         from a cache file with the given fname.
         """
+        log.info("Loading state from %s", fname)
         with open(fname, 'rb') as f:
             data = pickle.load(f)
         s = Server(data['ksize'], data['alpha'], data['id'])
diff --git a/kademlia/protocol.py b/kademlia/protocol.py
index c7fa9d3..0fbdf6d 100644
--- a/kademlia/protocol.py
+++ b/kademlia/protocol.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import random
 import asyncio
-from logging import getLogger
+import logging
 
 from rpcudp.protocol import RPCProtocol
 
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ from kademlia.node import Node
 from kademlia.routing import RoutingTable
 from kademlia.utils import digest
 
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 class KademliaProtocol(RPCProtocol):
     def __init__(self, sourceNode, storage, ksize):
@@ -15,7 +17,6 @@ class KademliaProtocol(RPCProtocol):
         self.router = RoutingTable(self, ksize, sourceNode)
         self.storage = storage
         self.sourceNode = sourceNode
-        self.log = getLogger("kademlia-protocol")
 
     def getRefreshIDs(self):
         """
@@ -37,12 +38,12 @@ class KademliaProtocol(RPCProtocol):
     def rpc_store(self, sender, nodeid, key, value):
         source = Node(nodeid, sender[0], sender[1])
         self.welcomeIfNewNode(source)
-        self.log.debug("got a store request from %s, storing value" % str(sender))
+        log.debug("got a store request from %s, storing '%s'='%s'", sender, key.hex(), value)
         self.storage[key] = value
         return True
 
     def rpc_find_node(self, sender, nodeid, key):
-        self.log.info("finding neighbors of %i in local table" % int(nodeid.hex(), 16))
+        log.info("finding neighbors of %i in local table", int(nodeid.hex(), 16))
         source = Node(nodeid, sender[0], sender[1])
         self.welcomeIfNewNode(source)
         node = Node(key)
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ class KademliaProtocol(RPCProtocol):
         if not self.router.isNewNode(node):
             return
 
-        self.log.info("never seen %s before, adding to router and setting nearby " % node)
+        log.info("never seen %s before, adding to router", node)
         for key, value in self.storage.items():
             keynode = Node(digest(key))
             neighbors = self.router.findNeighbors(keynode)
@@ -110,10 +111,10 @@ class KademliaProtocol(RPCProtocol):
         we get no response, make sure it's removed from the routing table.
         """
         if not result[0]:
-            self.log.warning("no response from %s, removing from router" % node)
+            log.warning("no response from %s, removing from router", node)
             self.router.removeContact(node)
             return result
         
-        self.log.info("got successful response from %s")
+        log.info("got successful response from %s", node)
         self.welcomeIfNewNode(node)
         return result