diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 3997808..5d608fa 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
 * compact peer representation in announce response: is implementation correct?
 * scrape info hash parsing: multiple ought to be accepted
 * move stuff to common crate with ws: what about Request/InMessage etc?
-* info hashes, peer ids: verify that they are 20 bytes
+* info hashes, peer ids: check that whole deserialization and url decoding
+  works as it should. There are suspicously many `\u{fffd}`
 * AnnounceRequest.compact: parse int to bool
 
 ## aquatic_ws
diff --git a/aquatic_http/src/lib/network/mod.rs b/aquatic_http/src/lib/network/mod.rs
index 99bf662..0c54503 100644
--- a/aquatic_http/src/lib/network/mod.rs
+++ b/aquatic_http/src/lib/network/mod.rs
@@ -184,13 +184,6 @@ pub fn run_handshake_and_read_requests<'a>(
 
                     debug!("read request, sending to handler");
 
-                    if let Request::Announce(ref request) = request {
-                        for (i, c) in request.info_hash.0.chars().enumerate() {
-                            debug!("{}: {}", i, c.escape_unicode());
-                        }
-                        debug!("request info hash char count: {}", request.info_hash.0.chars().count());
-                    }
-
                     if let Err(err) = request_channel_sender
                         .send((meta, request))
                     {
diff --git a/aquatic_http/src/lib/protocol/mod.rs b/aquatic_http/src/lib/protocol/mod.rs
index d8a26ae..6b50c87 100644
--- a/aquatic_http/src/lib/protocol/mod.rs
+++ b/aquatic_http/src/lib/protocol/mod.rs
@@ -9,30 +9,6 @@ mod serde_helpers;
 use serde_helpers::*;
 
 
-pub fn serialize_response_peers_compact<S>(
-    response_peers: &Vec<ResponsePeer>,
-    serializer: S
-) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error> where S: Serializer {
-    let mut bytes = Vec::with_capacity(response_peers.len() * 6);
-
-    for peer in response_peers {
-        match peer.ip_address {
-            IpAddr::V4(ip) => {
-                bytes.extend_from_slice(&u32::from(ip).to_be_bytes());
-                bytes.extend_from_slice(&peer.port.to_be_bytes())
-            },
-            IpAddr::V6(_) => {
-                continue
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    let text: String = bytes.into_iter().map(|byte| byte as char).collect();
-
-    serializer.serialize_str(&text)
-}
-
-
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Hash, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(transparent)]
 pub struct PeerId(
diff --git a/aquatic_http/src/lib/protocol/serde_helpers.rs b/aquatic_http/src/lib/protocol/serde_helpers.rs
index 00ba4a8..956119c 100644
--- a/aquatic_http/src/lib/protocol/serde_helpers.rs
+++ b/aquatic_http/src/lib/protocol/serde_helpers.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+use std::net::IpAddr;
+
 use serde::{Serializer, Deserializer, de::{Visitor, SeqAccess}};
 
-use super::InfoHash;
+use super::{InfoHash, ResponsePeer};
 
 
 struct TwentyCharStringVisitor;
@@ -90,4 +92,28 @@ pub fn deserialize_info_hashes<'de, D>(
     where D: Deserializer<'de>,
 {
     Ok(deserializer.deserialize_any(InfoHashVecVisitor).unwrap_or_default())
+}
+
+
+pub fn serialize_response_peers_compact<S>(
+    response_peers: &Vec<ResponsePeer>,
+    serializer: S
+) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error> where S: Serializer {
+    let mut bytes = Vec::with_capacity(response_peers.len() * 6);
+
+    for peer in response_peers {
+        match peer.ip_address {
+            IpAddr::V4(ip) => {
+                bytes.extend_from_slice(&u32::from(ip).to_be_bytes());
+                bytes.extend_from_slice(&peer.port.to_be_bytes())
+            },
+            IpAddr::V6(_) => {
+                continue
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    let text: String = bytes.into_iter().map(|byte| byte as char).collect();
+
+    serializer.serialize_str(&text)
 }
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