diff --git a/dht/config.go b/dht/config.go
index cb305e9..2845257 100644
--- a/dht/config.go
+++ b/dht/config.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const (
 
 	// TODO: all these constants should be defaults, and should be used to set values in the standard Config. then the code should use values in the config
 	// TODO: alternatively, have a global Config for constants. at least that way tests can modify the values
-	alpha           = 3             // this is the constant alpha in the spec
+	alpha           = 5             // this is the constant alpha in the spec
 	bucketSize      = 8             // this is the constant k in the spec
 	nodeIDLength    = bits.NumBytes // bytes. this is the constant B in the spec
 	messageIDLength = 20            // bytes.
diff --git a/dht/contact.go b/dht/contact.go
index 79434e4..cd01179 100644
--- a/dht/contact.go
+++ b/dht/contact.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package dht
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"net"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
@@ -41,6 +42,20 @@ func (c Contact) String() string {
 	return str
 }
 
+func (c Contact) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	return json.Marshal(&struct {
+		ID       string
+		IP       string
+		Port     int
+		PeerPort int
+	}{
+		ID:       c.ID.Hex(),
+		IP:       c.IP.String(),
+		Port:     c.Port,
+		PeerPort: c.PeerPort,
+	})
+}
+
 // MarshalCompact returns a compact byteslice representation of the contact
 // NOTE: The compact representation always uses the tcp PeerPort, not the udp Port. This is dumb, but that's how the python daemon does it
 func (c Contact) MarshalCompact() ([]byte, error) {
diff --git a/dht/message.go b/dht/message.go
index bdd3dc2..26394e8 100644
--- a/dht/message.go
+++ b/dht/message.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ const (
 	headerPayloadField   = "3"
 	headerArgsField      = "4"
 	contactsField        = "contacts"
+	pageField            = "p"
 	tokenField           = "token"
 	protocolVersionField = "protocolVersion"
 )
@@ -270,6 +271,7 @@ type Response struct {
 	FindValueKey    string
 	Token           string
 	ProtocolVersion int
+	Page            uint8
 }
 
 func (r Response) argsDebug() string {
@@ -390,27 +392,34 @@ func (r *Response) UnmarshalBencode(b []byte) error {
 
 	if contacts, ok := rawData[contactsField]; ok {
 		err = bencode.DecodeBytes(contacts, &r.Contacts)
+		delete(rawData, contactsField) // so it doesnt mess up findValue key finding below
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-	} else {
-		for k, v := range rawData {
-			r.FindValueKey = k
-			var compactContacts [][]byte
-			err = bencode.DecodeBytes(v, &compactContacts)
+	}
+	if page, ok := rawData[pageField]; ok {
+		err = bencode.DecodeBytes(page, &r.Page)
+		delete(rawData, pageField) // so it doesnt mess up findValue key finding below
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	for k, v := range rawData {
+		r.FindValueKey = k
+		var compactContacts [][]byte
+		err = bencode.DecodeBytes(v, &compactContacts)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		for _, compact := range compactContacts {
+			var c Contact
+			err = c.UnmarshalCompact(compact)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			for _, compact := range compactContacts {
-				var c Contact
-				err = c.UnmarshalCompact(compact)
-				if err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-				r.Contacts = append(r.Contacts, c)
-			}
-			break
+			r.Contacts = append(r.Contacts, c)
 		}
+		break
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/dht/rpc.go b/dht/rpc.go
index 0fc66c7..6342f8e 100644
--- a/dht/rpc.go
+++ b/dht/rpc.go
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ type RpcIterativeFindValueArgs struct {
 type RpcIterativeFindValueResult struct {
 	Contacts   []Contact
 	FoundValue bool
+	Values     []Contact
 }
 
 func (rpc *rpcReceiver) IterativeFindValue(r *http.Request, args *RpcIterativeFindValueArgs, result *RpcIterativeFindValueResult) error {
@@ -109,12 +110,19 @@ func (rpc *rpcReceiver) IterativeFindValue(r *http.Request, args *RpcIterativeFi
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	foundContacts, found, err := FindContacts(rpc.dht.node, key, false, nil)
+	foundContacts, found, err := FindContacts(rpc.dht.node, key, true, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	result.Contacts = foundContacts
 	result.FoundValue = found
+	if found {
+		for _, contact := range foundContacts {
+			if contact.PeerPort > 0 {
+				result.Values = append(result.Values, contact)
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/extras/util/strings.go b/extras/util/strings.go
index 9000b29..091a58e 100644
--- a/extras/util/strings.go
+++ b/extras/util/strings.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ func NormalizeName(s string) string {
 	c := cases.Fold()
 	return c.String(norm.NFD.String(s))
 }
+
 // ReverseBytesInPlace reverse the bytes. thanks, Satoshi 😒
 func ReverseBytesInPlace(s []byte) {
 	for i, j := 0, len(s)-1; i < j; i, j = i+1, j-1 {