diff --git a/kademlia/network.py b/kademlia/network.py
index 2aed90b..9df994b 100644
--- a/kademlia/network.py
+++ b/kademlia/network.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Package for interacting on the network at a high level.
 """
 import random
+import pickle
 
 from twisted.internet.task import LoopingCall
 from twisted.internet import defer, reactor
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ class SpiderCrawl(object):
             # where <value> will be a list of tuples if not found or
             # a dictionary of {'value': v} where v is the value desired
             if not response[0]:
-                toremove.push(peerid)
+                toremove.append(peerid)
             elif isinstance(response[1], dict):
                 self.log.debug("found value for %i" % self.node.long_id)
                 return response[1]
@@ -235,3 +236,30 @@ class Server(object):
         nearest = self.protocol.router.findNeighbors(node)
         spider = SpiderCrawl(self.protocol, node, nearest, self.ksize, self.alpha)
         return spider.findNodes().addCallback(store)
+
+    def save(self, fname):
+        data = { 'ksize': self.ksize,
+                 'alpha': self.alpha,
+                 'id': self.node.id,
+                 'neighbors': self.bootstrappableNeighbors() }
+        with open(fname, 'w') as f:
+            pickle.dump(data, f)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def load(self, fname):
+        with open(fname, 'r') as f:
+            data = pickle.load(f)
+        s = Server(data['ksize'], data['alpha'], data['id'])
+        if len(data['neighbors']) > 0:
+            s.bootstrap(data['neighbors'])
+        return s
+
+    def saveRegularly(self, fname, frequency=600):
+        """
+        @param fname: File to save retularly to
+        @param frequencey: Frequency in seconds that the state
+        should be saved.  By default, 10 minutes.
+        """
+        loop = LoopingCall(self.save, fname)
+        loop.start(frequency)
+        return loop
diff --git a/kademlia/routing.py b/kademlia/routing.py
index 1be310e..3bbe3ed 100644
--- a/kademlia/routing.py
+++ b/kademlia/routing.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class RoutingTable(object):
         return [b for b in self.buckets if b.lastUpdated < (time.time() - 3600)]
 
     def removeContact(self, node):
-        index = self.getBucketFor(self, node)
+        index = self.getBucketFor(node)
         self.buckets[index].removeNode(node)
 
     def addContact(self, node):
diff --git a/server.tac b/server.tac
index 947aa6d..56ea272 100644
--- a/server.tac
+++ b/server.tac
@@ -2,27 +2,20 @@ from twisted.application import service, internet
 from twisted.python.log import ILogObserver
 from twisted.internet import reactor, task
 
-import sys, os, pickle
+import sys, os
 sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 from kademlia.network import Server
 from kademlia import log
 
-
-if os.path.isfile('cache.pickle'):
-    data = pickle.load(open('cache.pickle'))
-    kserver = Server(id = data['id'])
-    kserver.bootstrap(data['servers'])
-else:
-    kserver = Server()
-
 application = service.Application("kademlia")
 application.setComponent(ILogObserver, log.FileLogObserver(sys.stdout, log.INFO).emit)
+
+if os.path.isfile('cache.pickle'):
+    kserver = Server.load('cache.pickle')
+else:
+    kserver = Server()
+    kserver.bootstrap([("1.2.3.4", 8468)])
+kserver.saveRegularly('cache.pickle', 10)
+
 server = internet.UDPServer(8468, kserver.protocol)
 server.setServiceParent(application)
-
-def updateCache():
-    data = { 'id': kserver.node.id, 'servers': kserver.bootstrappableNeighbors() }
-    with open('cache.pickle', 'w') as f:
-        pickle.dump(data, f)
-
-task.LoopingCall(updateCache).start(5.0, False)