diff --git a/src/crypto/chacha.rs b/src/crypto/chacha.rs
index 0cca1c4..0ae736b 100644
--- a/src/crypto/chacha.rs
+++ b/src/crypto/chacha.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 use chacha20poly1305::{ChaCha20Poly1305, Key, Nonce};
-use chacha20poly1305::aead::{Aead, NewAead};
+use chacha20poly1305::aead::{Aead, NewAead, Error};
 use std::fmt::{Debug, Formatter};
 use std::fmt;
 
 pub const ZERO_NONCE: [u8; 12] = [0u8; 12];
-const FAILURE: &str = "encryption failure!";
 
 /// A small wrap-up to use Chacha20 encryption for domain names.
 #[derive(Clone)]
@@ -22,14 +21,14 @@ impl Chacha {
         Chacha { cipher, nonce: buf }
     }
 
-    pub fn encrypt(&self, data: &[u8]) -> Vec<u8> {
+    pub fn encrypt(&self, data: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Error> {
         let nonce = Nonce::from(self.nonce.clone());
-        self.cipher.encrypt(&nonce, data.as_ref()).expect(FAILURE)
+        self.cipher.encrypt(&nonce, data.as_ref())
     }
 
-    pub fn decrypt(&self, data: &[u8]) -> Vec<u8> {
+    pub fn decrypt(&self, data: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Error> {
         let nonce = Nonce::from(self.nonce.clone());
-        self.cipher.decrypt(&nonce, data.as_ref()).expect(FAILURE)
+        self.cipher.decrypt(&nonce, data.as_ref())
     }
 
     pub fn get_nonce(&self) -> &[u8; 12] {
@@ -52,11 +51,11 @@ mod tests {
     pub fn test_chacha() {
         let buf = b"178135D209C697625E3EC71DA5C760382E54936F824EE5083908DA66B14ECE18";
         let chacha1 = Chacha::new(b"178135D209C697625E3EC71DA5C76038", &buf[..12]);
-        let bytes1 = chacha1.encrypt(b"TEST");
+        let bytes1 = chacha1.encrypt(b"TEST").unwrap();
         println!("{}", to_hex(&bytes1));
 
         let chacha2 = Chacha::new(b"178135D209C697625E3EC71DA5C76038", &buf[..12]);
-        let bytes2 = chacha2.decrypt(&bytes1);
+        let bytes2 = chacha2.decrypt(&bytes1).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(String::from_utf8(bytes2).unwrap(), "TEST");
 
         let bytes2 = chacha2.encrypt(b"TEST");
diff --git a/src/p2p/network.rs b/src/p2p/network.rs
index 62f491c..edcb36e 100644
--- a/src/p2p/network.rs
+++ b/src/p2p/network.rs
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ impl Network {
                                         trace!("Client hello read successfully");
                                         true
                                     }
-                                    Err(e) => {
-                                        info!("Error reading client handshake. {}", e);
+                                    Err(_) => {
+                                        debug!("Error reading client handshake from {}.", peer.get_addr());
                                         false
                                     }
                                 }
@@ -256,8 +256,8 @@ impl Network {
                                         trace!("Server hello read successfully");
                                         true
                                     }
-                                    Err(e) => {
-                                        warn!("Error reading server handshake. {}", e);
+                                    Err(_) => {
+                                        debug!("Error reading client handshake from {}", peer.get_addr());
                                         false
                                     }
                                 }
@@ -376,8 +376,9 @@ impl Network {
                         State::Connected => {}
                         State::Message { data } => {
                             //debug!("Sending data to {}: {}", &peer.get_addr(), &String::from_utf8(data.clone()).unwrap());
-                            let data = encode_bytes(&data, peer.get_cipher());
-                            send_message(peer.get_stream(), &data).unwrap_or_else(|e| warn!("Error sending message {}", e));
+                            if let Ok(data) = encode_bytes(&data, peer.get_cipher()) {
+                                send_message(peer.get_stream(), &data).unwrap_or_else(|e| warn!("Error sending message {}", e));
+                            }
                         }
                         State::Idle { from } => {
                             debug!("Odd version of pings :)");
@@ -636,16 +637,16 @@ fn subscribe_to_bus(running: Arc<AtomicBool>) {
 }
 
 
-fn encode_bytes(data: &Vec<u8>, cipher: &Option<Chacha>) -> Vec<u8> {
+fn encode_bytes(data: &Vec<u8>, cipher: &Option<Chacha>) -> Result<Vec<u8>, chacha20poly1305::aead::Error> {
     match cipher {
-        None => { data.clone() }
+        None => { Ok(data.clone()) }
         Some(chacha) => {
             chacha.encrypt(data.as_slice())
         }
     }
 }
 
-fn encode_message(message: &Message, cipher: &Option<Chacha>) -> Result<Vec<u8>, ()> {
+fn encode_message(message: &Message, cipher: &Option<Chacha>) -> Result<Vec<u8>, chacha20poly1305::aead::Error> {
     match serde_cbor::to_vec(message) {
         Ok(vec) => {
             match cipher {
@@ -655,22 +656,22 @@ fn encode_message(message: &Message, cipher: &Option<Chacha>) -> Result<Vec<u8>,
                 }
                 Some(chacha) => {
                     //info!("Encoding message: {:?}", to_hex(&vec));
-                    Ok(chacha.encrypt(vec.as_slice()))
+                    chacha.encrypt(vec.as_slice())
                 }
             }
         }
         Err(e) => {
             warn!("Could not encode message! {}", e);
-            Err(())
+            Err(chacha20poly1305::aead::Error)
         }
     }
 }
 
-fn decode_message(data: &Vec<u8>, cipher: &Option<Chacha>) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Error> {
+fn decode_message(data: &Vec<u8>, cipher: &Option<Chacha>) -> Result<Vec<u8>, chacha20poly1305::aead::Error> {
     match cipher {
         None => { Ok(data.clone()) }
         Some(chacha) => {
-            Ok(chacha.decrypt(data.as_slice()))
+            chacha.decrypt(data.as_slice())
         }
     }
 }