diff --git a/veilid-core/src/network_manager/native/protocol/ws.rs b/veilid-core/src/network_manager/native/protocol/ws.rs
index 9adf0d1e..0f840b22 100644
--- a/veilid-core/src/network_manager/native/protocol/ws.rs
+++ b/veilid-core/src/network_manager/native/protocol/ws.rs
@@ -347,7 +347,10 @@ impl WebsocketProtocolHandler {
         // Negotiate TLS if this is WSS
         if tls {
             let connector = TlsConnector::default();
-            let tls_stream = connector.connect(domain.to_string(), tcp_stream).await?;
+            let tls_stream = network_result_try!(connector
+                .connect(domain.to_string(), tcp_stream)
+                .await
+                .into_network_result()?);
             let (ws_stream, _response) = client_async(request, tls_stream)
                 .await
                 .map_err(to_io_error_other)?;
diff --git a/veilid-core/src/network_manager/send_data.rs b/veilid-core/src/network_manager/send_data.rs
index 40245e9b..a1a421c4 100644
--- a/veilid-core/src/network_manager/send_data.rs
+++ b/veilid-core/src/network_manager/send_data.rs
@@ -19,12 +19,27 @@ impl NetworkManager {
         data: Vec<u8>,
     ) -> EyreResult<NetworkResult<SendDataMethod>> {
         // First try to send data to the last flow we've seen this peer on
+
         let data = if let Some(flow) = destination_node_ref.last_flow() {
+            #[cfg(feature = "verbose-tracing")]
+            log_net!(debug
+                "send_data: trying last flow ({:?}) for {:?}",
+                flow,
+                destination_node_ref
+            );
+
             match self.net().send_data_to_existing_flow(flow, data).await? {
                 SendDataToExistingFlowResult::Sent(unique_flow) => {
                     // Update timestamp for this last flow since we just sent to it
                     destination_node_ref.set_last_flow(unique_flow.flow, Timestamp::now());
 
+                    #[cfg(feature = "verbose-tracing")]
+                    log_net!(debug
+                        "send_data: sent to last flow ({:?}) for {:?}",
+                        unique_flow,
+                        destination_node_ref
+                    );
+
                     return Ok(NetworkResult::value(SendDataMethod {
                         opt_relayed_contact_method: None,
                         contact_method: NodeContactMethod::Existing,
@@ -34,6 +49,12 @@ impl NetworkManager {
                 SendDataToExistingFlowResult::NotSent(data) => {
                     // Couldn't send data to existing flow
                     // so pass the data back out
+                    #[cfg(feature = "verbose-tracing")]
+                    log_net!(debug
+                        "send_data: did not send to last flow ({:?}) for {:?}",
+                        flow,
+                        destination_node_ref
+                    );
                     data
                 }
             }
diff --git a/veilid-python/tests/test_dht.py b/veilid-python/tests/test_dht.py
index 95055e18..175875b8 100644
--- a/veilid-python/tests/test_dht.py
+++ b/veilid-python/tests/test_dht.py
@@ -467,10 +467,10 @@ async def test_dht_write_read_local():
             for desc0 in records:
                 desc1 = await rc0.open_dht_record(desc0.key)
                 
-                vd0 = await rc0.get_dht_value(desc1.key, ValueSubkey(0))
+                vd0 = await rc0.get_dht_value(desc1.key, ValueSubkey(0), force_refresh=True)
                 assert vd0.data == TEST_DATA
                 
-                vd1 = await rc0.get_dht_value(desc1.key, ValueSubkey(1))
+                vd1 = await rc0.get_dht_value(desc1.key, ValueSubkey(1), force_refresh=True)
                 assert vd1.data == TEST_DATA2
                 await rc0.close_dht_record(desc1.key)
                 
diff --git a/veilid-server/src/main.rs b/veilid-server/src/main.rs
index 5c9a9bf1..e26e47a6 100644
--- a/veilid-server/src/main.rs
+++ b/veilid-server/src/main.rs
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ pub struct CmdlineArgs {
 
     /// Change targets to ignore for logging
     #[arg(long)]
-    ignore_log_targets: Option<Vec<String>>,
+    ignore_log_targets: Option<String>,
 
     /// Override all network listen addresses with ':port'
     #[arg(long)]
@@ -319,6 +319,9 @@ fn main() -> EyreResult<()> {
     if let Some(ignore_log_targets) = args.ignore_log_targets {
         println!("Changing ignored log targets: {:?}", ignore_log_targets);
         settingsrw.logging.terminal.ignore_log_targets = ignore_log_targets
+            .split(',')
+            .map(|x| x.to_owned())
+            .collect();
     }
 
     if let Some(port) = args.port {
diff --git a/veilid-tools/src/network_result.rs b/veilid-tools/src/network_result.rs
index 9fe1698a..e65f8bf9 100644
--- a/veilid-tools/src/network_result.rs
+++ b/veilid-tools/src/network_result.rs
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ impl<T> IoNetworkResultExt<T> for io::Result<T> {
                     | io::ErrorKind::ConnectionAborted
                     | io::ErrorKind::ConnectionRefused
                     | io::ErrorKind::ConnectionReset => Ok(NetworkResult::NoConnection(e)),
+                    io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput | io::ErrorKind::InvalidData => {
+                        Ok(NetworkResult::InvalidMessage(e.to_string()))
+                    }
                     io::ErrorKind::AddrNotAvailable => Ok(NetworkResult::AlreadyExists(e)),
                     _ => Err(e),
                 }