diff --git a/logo.ans b/logo.ans
deleted file mode 100644
index 2792d0e890..0000000000
--- a/logo.ans
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-ÜÛÛÛÜ
- ßÛÛÛ
-ÜÜ    Üßßß
-ÜÛÛÜ  ßßßß  ßÛß  ÜÜÜÜ
-ßßßßþ     ßÛÛÛ   ÜÜ
-ÜÛÛÜ  ÜÛÜ  Üßßß    ÛÛÛ
-ÜÛÛÜ   ßß    ßßßß
-ÜÜ  ßßßßÜÜ    ÜÜÜÛÜ    ÜÜ
- ÛÛÛÜÜ    ÛÛÛ  ßßß þ   ßßßß   ÛÛÛÛ   ÜÜ
-ßß ÛÛÛ   ßßßß    ÛÛÛ
-ÜÜÜ   ßßÜÛÛÜ    ÜÜßß
- ßÛÛÛÜß ßß   ßßßß   ÜÛÛÜ
-ÜÜÜ  ßßßÜÜÜÜ ßß
-ÛÛÛÛÛÜÜÛÜßßß    ßßß    ßßß
-ß ßßßß   ßÜÜÜÛÜ
-ÜÛÜ   Ü   ÜÛÛÜþÜ  ß
-ß   ßßß  ßßßßþ
-ÜÛÜ    ÜÜ    ÜÛÛÜ
-ß    ßßßß   ßßßß  ÜÜÜ
-    I O T AÜÛÛÜÜÜ ÛÛÛÛ  ÜÛÛÛÜ
-    -------------------ßß ÛÛÛßßß    ÛÛÛÛ
-    Ledger of Things   ÜÛÛÜ  ßß   ÜÜßßß
-ß ßß ÛÛÛ
-ßß
-
diff --git a/logo.utf8.ans b/logo.utf8.ans
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2ea4d654c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logo.utf8.ans
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+▄███▄
+ ▀███
+▄▄    ▄▀▀▀
+▄██▄  ▀▀▀▀  ▀█▀  ▄▄▄▄
+▀▀▀▀■     ▀███   ▄▄
+▄██▄  ▄█▄  ▄▀▀▀    ███
+▄██▄   ▀▀    ▀▀▀▀
+▄▄  ▀▀▀▀▄▄    ▄▄▄█▄    ▄▄
+ ███▄▄    ███  ▀▀▀ ■   ▀▀▀▀   ████   ▄▄
+▀▀ ███   ▀▀▀▀    ███
+▄▄▄   ▀▀▄██▄    ▄▄▀▀
+ ▀███▄▀ ▀▀   ▀▀▀▀   ▄██▄
+▄▄▄  ▀▀▀▄▄▄▄ ▀▀
+█████▄▄█▄▀▀▀    ▀▀▀    ▀▀▀
+▀ ▀▀▀▀   ▀▄▄▄█▄
+▄█▄   ▄   ▄██▄■▄  ▀
+▀   ▀▀▀  ▀▀▀▀■
+▄█▄    ▄▄    ▄██▄
+▀    ▀▀▀▀   ▀▀▀▀  ▄▄▄
+    I O T A▄██▄▄▄ ████  ▄███▄
+    -------------------▀▀ ███▀▀▀    ████
+    Ledger of Things   ▄██▄  ▀▀   ▄▄▀▀▀
+▀ ▀▀ ███
+▀▀
+
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/iota/iri/IRI.java b/src/main/java/com/iota/iri/IRI.java
index 2f86d82827..9231ce4a1e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/iota/iri/IRI.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/iota/iri/IRI.java
@@ -172,10 +172,10 @@ private static void shutdownHook() {
     }
 
     private static void showIotaLogo() {
-        final String charset = "CP437";
+        final String charset = "UTF8";
 
         try {
-            final Path path = Paths.get("logo.ans");
+            final Path path = Paths.get("logo.utf8.ans");
             Files.readAllLines(path, Charset.forName(charset)).forEach(log::info);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             log.error("Impossible to display logo. Charset {} not supported by terminal.", charset);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/iota/iri/service/API.java b/src/main/java/com/iota/iri/service/API.java
index 7ad3e86b9c..6e5a232be6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/iota/iri/service/API.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/iota/iri/service/API.java
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ private void sendResponse(final HttpServerExchange exchange, final AbstractRespo
         if (res instanceof ErrorResponse) {
             exchange.setStatusCode(400); // bad request
         } else if (res instanceof ExceptionResponse) {
-            exchange.setStatusCode(500); // internall error
+            exchange.setStatusCode(500); // internal error
         }
 
         setupResponseHeaders(exchange);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/iota/iri/service/Node.java b/src/main/java/com/iota/iri/service/Node.java
index 6b358542b4..8514e75f6b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/iota/iri/service/Node.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/iota/iri/service/Node.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public class Node {
     private final DatagramPacket tipRequestingPacket = new DatagramPacket(new byte[TRANSACTION_PACKET_SIZE],
             TRANSACTION_PACKET_SIZE);
 
-    private final ExecutorService executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(4);
+    private final ExecutorService executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(Configuration.booling(DefaultConfSettings.EXPERIMENTAL) ? 5 :3);
 
     public void init() throws Exception {
 
@@ -90,17 +90,35 @@ public void init() throws Exception {
         executor.submit(spawnTipRequesterThread());
         
         if (Configuration.booling(DefaultConfSettings.EXPERIMENTAL)) {
-            executor.submit(spawnNeighborDNSResolver());
+            executor.submit(spawnNeighborDNSRefresherThread());
+            executor.submit(spawnRepeaterThread());
         }
         executor.shutdown();
     }
+    
+    private Runnable spawnRepeaterThread() {
+        return () -> {
+
+            log.info("Spawning Repeater Thread");
+
+            while (!shuttingDown.get()) {
+                log.info("Repeater in Action...");
+                try {
+                    Thread.sleep(1000*50);
+                } catch (final Exception e) {
+                    log.error("Repeater Thread Exception:", e);
+                }
+            }
+            log.info("Shutting down Neighbor DNS Resolver Thread");
+        };
+    }
 
     private Map<String, String> neighborIpCache = new HashMap<>();
     
-    private Runnable spawnNeighborDNSResolver() {
+    private Runnable spawnNeighborDNSRefresherThread() {
         return () -> {
 
-            log.info("Spawning Neighbor DNS Checker Thread");
+            log.info("Spawning Neighbor DNS Refresher Thread");
 
             while (!shuttingDown.get()) {
                 log.info("Checking Neighbors' Ip...");
@@ -135,7 +153,7 @@ private Runnable spawnNeighborDNSResolver() {
 
                     Thread.sleep(1000*60*30);
                 } catch (final Exception e) {
-                    log.error("Spawning Neighbor DNS Resolver Thread Exception:", e);
+                    log.error("Neighbor DNS Refresher Thread Exception:", e);
                 }
             }
             log.info("Shutting down Neighbor DNS Resolver Thread");