diff --git a/pipe.sh b/pipe.sh
index c807807..3850351 100755
--- a/pipe.sh
+++ b/pipe.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 x=''
 while [ t ];
 do
-	$(`x < RAFTNODESENDMSGRESPPIPE`);
+	$(`$x < RAFTNODESENDMSGRESPPIPE`);
   echo "$($x)" > RAFTNODERECEIVEMSGPIPE;
 done
diff --git a/raft/consensus_module.nim b/raft/consensus_module.nim
index acd9b36..c834e5e 100644
--- a/raft/consensus_module.nim
+++ b/raft/consensus_module.nim
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ proc RaftNodeQuorumMin[SmCommandType, SmStateType](node: RaftNode[SmCommandType,
     for peer in node.peers:
       if peer.hasVoted:
         cnt.inc
-    if cnt >= (node.peers.len div 2 + 1):
+    if cnt >= (node.peers.len div 2 + node.peers.len mod 2):
       result = true
 
 proc RaftNodeHandleHeartBeat*[SmCommandType, SmStateType](node: RaftNode[SmCommandType, SmStateType], msg: RaftMessageAppendEntries): RaftMessageAppendEntriesResponse[SmStateType] =
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ proc RaftNodeHandleRequestVote*[SmCommandType, SmStateType](node: RaftNode[SmCom
   withRLock(node.raftStateMutex):
     result = RaftMessageRequestVoteResponse(msgId: msg.msgId, senderId: node.id, receiverId: msg.senderId, granted: false)
     if node.state != rnsCandidate and node.state != rnsStopped and msg.senderTerm > node.currentTerm and node.votedFor == DefaultUUID:
-      # if msg.lastLogIndex >= RaftNodeLogIndexGet(node) and msg.lastLogTerm >= RaftNodeLogEntryGet(node, RaftNodeLogIndexGet(node)).term:
-      asyncSpawn cancelAndWait(node.electionTimeoutTimer)
-      node.votedFor = msg.senderId
-      result.granted = true
-      RaftNodeScheduleElectionTimeout(node)
+      if msg.lastLogIndex >= RaftNodeLogIndexGet(node) and msg.lastLogTerm >= RaftNodeLogEntryGet(node, RaftNodeLogIndexGet(node)).term:
+        asyncSpawn cancelAndWait(node.electionTimeoutTimer)
+        node.votedFor = msg.senderId
+        result.granted = true
+        RaftNodeScheduleElectionTimeout(node)
 
 proc RaftNodeAbortElection*[SmCommandType, SmStateType](node: RaftNode[SmCommandType, SmStateType]) =
   withRLock(node.raftStateMutex):
diff --git a/raft/log_ops.nim b/raft/log_ops.nim
index 933a369..5a42e00 100644
--- a/raft/log_ops.nim
+++ b/raft/log_ops.nim
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ import types
 
 # Private Log Ops
 proc RaftNodeLogIndexGet*[SmCommandType, SmStateType](node: RaftNode[SmCommandType, SmStateType]): RaftLogIndex =
-  discard
+  len(node.log.logData)
 
 proc RaftNodeLogEntryGet*[SmCommandType, SmStateType](node: RaftNode[SmCommandType, SmStateType], logIndex: RaftLogIndex): RaftNodeLogEntry[SmCommandType] =
-  discard
+  if logIndex > 0:
+    result = node.log.logData[logIndex]
 
 proc RaftNodeLogAppend*[SmCommandType, SmStateType](node: RaftNode[SmCommandType, SmStateType], logEntry: RaftNodeLogEntry[SmCommandType]) =
   discard
diff --git a/raft/raft_api.nim b/raft/raft_api.nim
index 905e31a..6e3898f 100644
--- a/raft/raft_api.nim
+++ b/raft/raft_api.nim
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ export
 proc RaftNodeSmInit[SmCommandType, SmStateType](stateMachine: var RaftNodeStateMachine[SmCommandType, SmStateType])
 
 # Raft Node Public API
-proc new*[SmCommandType, SmStateType](T: type RaftNode[SmCommandType, SmStateType];   # Create New Raft Node
+proc new*[SmCommandType, SmStateType](T: type RaftNode[SmCommandType, SmStateType];
                   id: RaftNodeId; peersIds: seq[RaftNodeId];
                   # persistentStorage: RaftNodePersistentStorage,
-                  msgSendCallback: RaftMessageSendCallback,
-                  electionTimeout: int=150,
-                  heartBeatTimeout: int=180,
-                  appendEntriesTimeout: int=150)
-): T =
+                  msgSendCallback: RaftMessageSendCallback;
+                  electionTimeout: int=150;
+                  heartBeatTimeout: int=180;
+                  appendEntriesTimeout: int=150
+  ): T =
   var
     peers: RaftNodePeers
 
diff --git a/raft/types.nim b/raft/types.nim
index 769fce8..6151db3 100644
--- a/raft/types.nim
+++ b/raft/types.nim
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ type
     rnsStopped = 4
 
   RaftNodeId* = UUID                        # uuid4 uniquely identifying every Raft Node
-  RaftNodeTerm* = uint64                    # Raft Node Term Type
-  RaftLogIndex* = uint64                    # Raft Node Log Index Type
+  RaftNodeTerm* = int                       # Raft Node Term Type
+  RaftLogIndex* = int                       # Raft Node Log Index Type
 
   RaftNodePeer* = ref object                    # Raft Node Peer object
     id*: RaftNodeId
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ type
 
   RaftNodeLogEntry*[SmCommandType] = object         # Abstarct Raft Node Log entry containing opaque binary data (Blob etc.)
     term*: RaftNodeTerm
-    index*: RaftLogIndex
     entryType*: LogEntryType                        # Type of entry - data to append, configuration or no op etc.
     data*: Option[SmCommandType]                    # Entry data (State Machine Command) - this is mutually exclusive with configuration
                                                     # depending on entryType field
@@ -126,7 +125,7 @@ type
     # Timers
     votesFuts*: seq[Future[RaftMessageResponseBase]]
 
-    requestVotesTimeout*: int
+    electionTimeout*: int
     heartBeatTimeout*: int
     appendEntriesTimeout*: int
 
@@ -147,7 +146,7 @@ type
     currentTerm*: RaftNodeTerm               # Latest term this Raft Node has seen (initialized to 0 on first boot, increases monotonically)
     votedFor*: RaftNodeId                    # Candidate RaftNodeId that received vote in current term (or DefaultUUID if none),
                                              # also used to redirect Client Requests in case this Raft Node is not the leader
-    log: RaftNodeLog[SmCommandType]          # This Raft Node Log
+    log*: RaftNodeLog[SmCommandType]          # This Raft Node Log
     stateMachine*: RaftNodeStateMachine[SmCommandType, SmStateType]      # Not sure for now putting it here. I assume that persisting the State Machine's
                                                                         # state is enough to consider it 'persisted'
     peers*: RaftNodePeers                    # This Raft Node Peers IDs. I am not sure if this must be persistent or volatile but making it persistent
diff --git a/tests/basic_cluster.nim b/tests/basic_cluster.nim
index 83410c2..029fbe0 100644
--- a/tests/basic_cluster.nim
+++ b/tests/basic_cluster.nim
@@ -53,5 +53,5 @@ proc BasicRaftClusterInit*(nodesIds: seq[RaftNodeId]): BasicRaftCluster =
       peersIds = nodesIds
 
     peersIds.del(peersIds.find(nodeId))
-    result.nodes[nodeId] = BasicRaftNode.new(nodeId, peersIds, BasicRaftClusterRaftMessageSendCallbackCreate(result))
+    result.nodes[nodeId] = BasicRaftNode.new(nodeId, peersIds, BasicRaftClusterRaftMessageSendCallbackCreate(result), electionTimeout=50, heartBeatTimeout=50)
 
diff --git a/tests/raft_test_node_standalone.nim b/tests/raft_test_node_standalone.nim
index 87d314a..e1f6371 100644
--- a/tests/raft_test_node_standalone.nim
+++ b/tests/raft_test_node_standalone.nim
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
-import ../raft
 import basic_state_machine
+import basic_cluster
+
 import std/json
-import uuids
-import chronicles
 import msgpack4nim
+import strutils
+import std/strformat
+import httpclient
 
 type
-  RaftPeerConf = object
-    id: UUID
-    host: string
-    port: int
+  RaftPeerConf* = object
+    id*: UUID
+    host*: string
+    port*: int
 
-  RaftPeersConfContainer = seq[RaftPeerConf]
+  RaftPeersConfContainer* = seq[RaftPeerConf]
 
 var
   conf: RaftPeersConfContainer
@@ -21,9 +23,49 @@ proc loadConfig() =
   # read and parse file
   let jsConf = parseFile(jsonFile)
   for n in jsConf["raftPeers"]:
-    conf.add(RaftPeerConf(id: parseUUID(n["id"].astToStr), host: n["host"].astToStr, port: int(n["port"].astToStr)))
+    conf.add(RaftPeerConf(id: parseUUID(n["id"].astToStr), host: n["host"].astToStr, port: parseInt(n["port"].astToStr)))
+    debug "Conf", conf=conf
   info "Conf", config=repr(conf)
 
+proc TestRaftMessageSendCallbackCreate(): RaftMessageSendCallback =
+  proc (msg: RaftMessageBase): Future[RaftMessageResponseBase] {.async, gcsafe.} =
+    var
+      host: string
+      port: int
+    for c in conf:
+      if c.id == msg.receiverId:
+        host = c.host
+        port = c.port
+    var
+      client = newAsyncHttpClient()
+      s = MsgStream.init() # besides MsgStream, you can also use Nim StringStream or FileStream
+
+    s.pack(msg) #here the magic happened
+
+    var
+      resp = await client.post(fmt"http://host:port", s.data)
+
+    echo resp.status
+    var
+      ss = MsgStream.init(resp.body)
+      xx: RaftMessageResponseBase
+    ss.unpack(xx) #and here too
+    result = xx
+
 if isMainModule:
   loadConfig()
-  var node = RaftNode[SmCommand, SmState].new()
\ No newline at end of file
+  var
+    nodesIds: seq[UUID]
+    node: BasicRaftNode
+
+  for c in conf:
+    debug "single conf", single_conf=c
+    nodesIds.add(c.id)
+
+  var
+    nodeId = parseUUID("f9695ea4-4f37-11ee-8e75-8ff5a48faa42")
+    peersIds = nodesIds
+
+  peersIds.del(peersIds.find(nodeId))
+
+  node = BasicRaftNode.new(nodeId, peersIds, TestRaftMessageSendCallbackCreate())
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/tornado_simple_raft_node_server.py b/tests/tornado_simple_raft_node_server.py
index 10068b4..6a7d195 100644
--- a/tests/tornado_simple_raft_node_server.py
+++ b/tests/tornado_simple_raft_node_server.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ def writeFifo(data):
 def readPipe():
     with open(readFIFO, "r") as fifo:
             data = fifo.read()
+            # writeFifo(data)
             if len(data) == 0:
                 pass
                 # print("Writer closed")
@@ -55,5 +56,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         if oe.errno != errno.EEXIST:
             raise
     
+    readPipe()
+    
     asyncio.run(main())
                 
\ No newline at end of file