diff --git a/cmd/version.go b/cmd/version.go
index 3764b42d1bbeefed8db6f70b83bc2f10c82f0f60..648650b7061872a4c9537695e7a51197a5a01999 100644
--- a/cmd/version.go
+++ b/cmd/version.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Change this value to set the version for this build
-const currentVersion = "1.4.1"
+const currentVersion = "1.4.2"
 
 func printVersion() {
 	fmt.Printf("xx network Server v%s -- %s\n\n", SEMVER, GITVERSION)
diff --git a/cmd/version_vars.go b/cmd/version_vars.go
index ca0c6afbb52049a0a77ff883d9700b639abb39c6..32d6cc11819eabce9f007d9418898eff15ebad47 100644
--- a/cmd/version_vars.go
+++ b/cmd/version_vars.go
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 // Code generated by go generate; DO NOT EDIT.
 // This file was generated by robots at
-// 2020-08-20 14:48:23.397906 -0500 CDT m=+0.015335905
+// 2020-08-25 12:02:11.1171 -0500 CDT m=+0.026401391
 package cmd
 
-const GITVERSION = `cd36174f Made RegisterNode pass in Salt`
-const SEMVER = "1.4.1"
+const GITVERSION = `06630aa4 fix missing salt on restart`
+const SEMVER = "1.4.2"
 const DEPENDENCIES = `module gitlab.com/elixxir/server
 
 go 1.13
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.6.3
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.0-20200820194546-0881d5e2fd51
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.0-20200825165742-eebc1a5e669f
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.0-20200731174640-0503cf80524a
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/gpumathsgo v0.0.2-0.20200617001921-1de1fff56304
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.0-20200708185800-a06e961280e6
-	gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.0-20200731174953-53980d88816e
+	gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.0-20200820210701-016f5017b13c
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200707235045-ab33eee955e0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.30.0
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.55.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 815a149c9401dc1861b4f51a4082a26a1024c23b..b078b402ffde5d803f4c8d5d08651fd22112b1b2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.6.3
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.0-20200820194546-0881d5e2fd51
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.0-20200825165742-eebc1a5e669f
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.0-20200731174640-0503cf80524a
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/gpumathsgo v0.0.2-0.20200617001921-1de1fff56304
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.0-20200708185800-a06e961280e6
-	gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.0-20200731174953-53980d88816e
+	gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.0-20200820210701-016f5017b13c
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200707235045-ab33eee955e0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.30.0
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.55.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ceb8aed74b79b1894a4ef7e92821a9e799b07ffb..1b4781d2ff44110950ce670c1ef940daa34f0271 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@ github.com/ugorji/go v1.1.4/go.mod h1:uQMGLiO92mf5W77hV/PUCpI3pbzQx3CRekS0kk+RGr
 github.com/xiang90/probing v0.0.0-20190116061207-43a291ad63a2/go.mod h1:UETIi67q53MR2AWcXfiuqkDkRtnGDLqkBTpCHuJHxtU=
 github.com/xordataexchange/crypt v0.0.3-0.20170626215501-b2862e3d0a77/go.mod h1:aYKd//L2LvnjZzWKhF00oedf4jCCReLcmhLdhm1A27Q=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.0-20200707210150-b8ebd0951d23/go.mod h1:OsWMZ1O/R9fOkm+PoHnR3rkXfFtipGoPs73FuKuurHY=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.0-20200820194546-0881d5e2fd51 h1:Wg7vorFI9yO+CrIhEOFuW0fJcM31tvBYEq/2wV3fKmo=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.0-20200820194546-0881d5e2fd51/go.mod h1:HiSOYK9J3gckXygXqAWuuYXPbG7ZBv5OZ6AvGj+A/qs=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.0-20200825165742-eebc1a5e669f h1:wC3tjmFjA9cKGjxVEakFCbsMxatSTHN0Yi0QuQ9cEWI=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.0-20200825165742-eebc1a5e669f/go.mod h1:HiSOYK9J3gckXygXqAWuuYXPbG7ZBv5OZ6AvGj+A/qs=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.0-20200612160324-a76e4451ae25/go.mod h1:SpcmFZ4baOMRxH7qo2myvYFNr8/bz9ItYzVo5Q2Ld1k=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.0-20200707005343-97f868cbd930 h1:9qzfwyR12OYgn3j30qcHZHHVfWshWnH54lcAHppEROQ=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.0-20200707005343-97f868cbd930/go.mod h1:LHBAaEf48a0/AjU118rjoworH0LgXifhAqmNX3ZRvME=
@@ -214,6 +214,8 @@ gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.0-20200708185800-a06e961280e6 h1:7xLD8w5qAKN1
 gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.0-20200708185800-a06e961280e6/go.mod h1:OQgUZq7SjnE0b+8+iIAT2eqQF+2IFHn73tOo+aV11mg=
 gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.0-20200731174953-53980d88816e h1:P8Nt1WdTwkHC0JT0Hc9NaQgVN2g5WkClx7kHYnuZb+Q=
 gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.0-20200731174953-53980d88816e/go.mod h1:76OCijGBxYOBV5Kt7z6K7vNg3n9I57aCQMmI8GTpoEM=
+gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.0-20200820210701-016f5017b13c h1:EHyp6GAXuT0/P3R9+9yUEaw0A8BZcSIC2Tfow11//ew=
+gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.0-20200820210701-016f5017b13c/go.mod h1:J+GJ6fn71a4xnYVvbcrhtvWSOQIqqhaGcaej5xB3/JY=
 go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.2/go.mod h1:IbVyRI1SCnLcuJnV2u8VeU0CEYM7e686BmAb1XKL+uU=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.4.0/go.mod h1:gD2HeocX3+yG+ygLZcrzQJaqmWj9AIm7n08wl/qW/PE=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.1.0/go.mod h1:wR5kodmAFQ0UK8QlbwjlSNy0Z68gJhDJUG5sjR94q/0=