diff --git a/libbitdht/src/bitdht/bdmanager.cc b/libbitdht/src/bitdht/bdmanager.cc
index 114a48cbc..8541b5332 100644
--- a/libbitdht/src/bitdht/bdmanager.cc
+++ b/libbitdht/src/bitdht/bdmanager.cc
@@ -330,10 +330,18 @@ void bdNodeManager::iteration()
 				updateStore();
 
 #ifdef DEBUG_MGR
-				std::cerr << "bdNodeManager::iteration(): REFRESH ";
+				std::cerr << "bdNodeManager::iteration(): Do App Search";
 				std::cerr << std::endl;
 #endif
 
+				/* run a random search for ourselves, from own App DHT peer */
+				QueryRandomLocalNet();
+
+
+#ifdef DEBUG_MGR
+				std::cerr << "bdNodeManager::iteration(): REFRESH ";
+				std::cerr << std::endl;
+#endif
 
 				status();
 			}
@@ -374,6 +382,43 @@ void bdNodeManager::iteration()
 	}
 }
 
+	/* NB: This is a bit of a hack, the code is duplicated from bdnode & bdquery.
+	 * should use fn calls into their functions for good generality
+	 */
+void bdNodeManager::QueryRandomLocalNet()
+{
+        bdId id;
+	bdNodeId targetNodeId;
+
+	uint32_t withFlag = BITDHT_PEER_STATUS_DHT_APPL;
+	if (mNodeSpace.findRandomPeerWithFlag(id, withFlag))
+	{
+		/* calculate mid point */
+		mFns->bdRandomMidId(&mOwnId, &(id.id), &targetNodeId);
+
+		/* do standard find_peer message */
+
+		bdToken transId;
+		genNewTransId(&transId);
+		msgout_find_node(&id, &transId, &targetNodeId);
+			
+//#ifdef DEBUG_NODE_MSGS
+		std::cerr << "bdNodeManager::QueryRandomLocalNet() Querying : ";
+		mFns->bdPrintId(std::cerr, &id);
+		std::cerr << " searching for : ";
+		mFns->bdPrintNodeId(std::cerr, &targetNodeId);
+		std::cerr << std::endl;
+//#endif
+	}
+	else
+	{
+//#ifdef DEBUG_NODE_MSGS
+		std::cerr << "bdNodeManager::QueryRandomLocalNet() No LocalNet Peer Found";
+		std::cerr << std::endl;
+//#endif
+	}
+}
+
 
 int bdNodeManager::status()
 {
diff --git a/libbitdht/src/bitdht/bdmanager.h b/libbitdht/src/bitdht/bdmanager.h
index 0b9a4587d..6d73435b2 100644
--- a/libbitdht/src/bitdht/bdmanager.h
+++ b/libbitdht/src/bitdht/bdmanager.h
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ int	checkStatus();
 int 	checkPingStatus();
 int 	SearchOutOfDate();
 void	startQueries();
+void 	QueryRandomLocalNet();
 
 	std::map<bdNodeId, bdQueryPeer>	mActivePeers;
         std::list<BitDhtCallback *> mCallbacks;
diff --git a/libbitdht/src/bitdht/bdpeer.cc b/libbitdht/src/bitdht/bdpeer.cc
index e16158eef..5abba60f7 100644
--- a/libbitdht/src/bitdht/bdpeer.cc
+++ b/libbitdht/src/bitdht/bdpeer.cc
@@ -945,3 +945,76 @@ uint32_t  bdSpace::calcSpaceSize()
 	return totalcount;
 }
 
+uint32_t  bdSpace::calcSpaceSizeWithFlag(uint32_t withFlag)
+{
+	std::vector<bdBucket>::iterator it;
+
+	/* little summary */
+	uint32_t totalcount = 0;
+	
+	it = buckets.begin();
+	if (it != buckets.end())
+	{
+		it++; /* skip own bucket! */
+	}
+	for(; it != buckets.end(); it++)
+	{
+		int size = 0;
+		std::list<bdPeer>::iterator lit;
+		for(lit = it->entries.begin(); lit != it->entries.end(); lit++)
+		{
+			if (withFlag & lit->mPeerFlags)
+			{
+				size++;
+			}
+		}
+		totalcount += size;
+	}
+	return totalcount;
+}
+
+        /* special function to enable DHT localisation (i.e find peers from own network) */
+bool bdSpace::findRandomPeerWithFlag(bdId &id, uint32_t withFlag)
+{
+	std::vector<bdBucket>::iterator it;
+	uint32_t totalcount = calcSpaceSizeWithFlag(withFlag);
+	uint32_t rnd = rand() % totalcount;
+	uint32_t i = 0;
+	uint32_t buck = 0;
+
+	std::cerr << "bdSpace::findRandomPeerWithFlag()";
+	std::cerr << std::endl;
+
+	it = buckets.begin();
+	if (it != buckets.end())
+	{
+		it++; /* skip own bucket! */
+	}
+	for(; it != buckets.end(); it++, buck++)
+	{
+		int size = 0;
+		std::list<bdPeer>::iterator lit;
+		for(lit = it->entries.begin(); lit != it->entries.end(); lit++)
+		{
+			if (withFlag & lit->mPeerFlags)
+			{
+				if (i == rnd)
+				{
+					std::cerr << "bdSpace::findRandomPeerWithFlag() found #" << i;
+					std::cerr << " in bucket #" << buck;
+					std::cerr << std::endl;
+
+					/* found */
+					id = lit->mPeerId;
+					return true;
+				}
+				i++;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	std::cerr << "bdSpace::findRandomPeerWithFlag() failed to find " << rnd << " / " << totalcount;
+	std::cerr << std::endl;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
diff --git a/libbitdht/src/bitdht/bdpeer.h b/libbitdht/src/bitdht/bdpeer.h
index 35dbf345f..7d8f74f34 100644
--- a/libbitdht/src/bitdht/bdpeer.h
+++ b/libbitdht/src/bitdht/bdpeer.h
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@ int     printDHT();
 uint32_t calcNetworkSize();
 uint32_t calcNetworkSizeWithFlag(uint32_t withFlag);
 uint32_t calcSpaceSize();
+uint32_t calcSpaceSizeWithFlag(uint32_t withFlag);
+
+        /* special function to enable DHT localisation (i.e find peers from own network) */
+bool 	findRandomPeerWithFlag(bdId &id, uint32_t withFlag);
 
 	/* to add later */
 int	updateOwnId(bdNodeId *newOwnId);