diff --git a/bin/main b/bin/main
index 5a29ac0..781b7bd 100755
Binary files a/bin/main and b/bin/main differ
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index aff51da..bcb8dda 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -132,16 +132,25 @@ int main() {
     }
 
     //network test
+    std::cout << std::endl << std::endl << "Testing networking " << std::endl;
+
+    std::vector<std::string> keys5 = Encryption::generateKeypair();
+    Mesh mesh3;
+    Mesh::Node node5 = mesh3.addNode("127.0.0.1:8080", keys5[1]);
+    //path
+    std::vector<Mesh::Node> path3 = { node5, node5};
+    //message
+    Message message5("NULL", "Hello, world!");
+    message5 = message5.encode(path3);
+
     //send a message from node1 to node1 using the networking class
     Networking networking(node1.bindAddress(), node1.bindPort());
     networking.startListeningThread();
     std::cout << "Started Listening for messages..." << std::endl;
 
-    //encode the message but use the manual path instead of the mesh generated path as decoding with private keys only works if there is multiple nodes and we are simulating a mesh here
-    Message message3 = message1.encode(path2);
     //send the message
-    networking.sendMessage(node1.bindAddress(), node1.bindPort(), message3.toString());
-
+    std::cout << "sending message..." << std::endl;
+    networking.sendMessage(node1.bindAddress(), node1.bindPort(), message5.toString());
 
 
     return 0;
diff --git a/src/networking.cpp b/src/networking.cpp
index 937fb3a..9875ee4 100644
--- a/src/networking.cpp
+++ b/src/networking.cpp
@@ -68,10 +68,14 @@ void Networking::listenForMessages() {
 
                 //parse the message to get the next address
                 Message message(receivedMessage);
+                //decrypt the message with the private key of this node to get the next address and content
+                message.decode(Encryption::getPrivateKey());
                 std::string nextAddress = message.getNextAddress();
                 int nextPort = message.getNextPort(message.getNextAddressFull());
-                if (nextAddress == ipAddress || message.isDestination()) {
+
+                if (message.isDestination()) {
                     std::cout << "Message has reached destination" << std::endl;
+                    std::cout << "Message content: " << message.getContent() << std::endl;
                 } else {
                     std::cout << "Message is not for this node, sending to " << message.getNextAddressFull() << std::endl;
                     sendMessage(nextAddress, nextPort, message.getContent());