diff --git a/src/bitcoind.cpp b/src/bitcoind.cpp
index bf4ade69..f9715a88 100644
--- a/src/bitcoind.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoind.cpp
@@ -182,8 +182,6 @@ static bool TestCreateSpamMsgTx()
     exit(1);
 }
 
-
-
 extern void GenesisMiner();
 extern void noui_connect();
 int main(int argc, char* argv[])
diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index b57564d4..23fb5e9b 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ using namespace boost;
 CWallet* pwalletMain;
 CClientUIInterface uiInterface;
 
+void startSessionTorrent(boost::thread_group& threadGroup);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 // Win32 LevelDB doesn't use filedescriptors, and the ones used for
 // accessing block files, don't count towards to fd_set size limit
@@ -947,5 +949,57 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup)
     // Run a thread to flush wallet periodically
     threadGroup.create_thread(boost::bind(&ThreadFlushWalletDB, boost::ref(pwalletMain->strWalletFile)));
 
+    startSessionTorrent(threadGroup);
+
     return !fRequestShutdown;
 }
+
+// ===================== LIBTORRENT & DHT ===========================
+
+#include "libtorrent/config.hpp"
+#include "libtorrent/entry.hpp"
+#include "libtorrent/bencode.hpp"
+#include "libtorrent/session.hpp"
+
+using namespace libtorrent;
+static session *ses;
+
+void startSessionTorrent(boost::thread_group& threadGroup)
+{
+    error_code ec;
+    int listen_port = GetListenPort() + 1000;
+    std::string bind_to_interface = "";
+
+    printf("startSessionTorrent port=%d\n", listen_port);
+
+    ses = new session(fingerprint("LT", LIBTORRENT_VERSION_MAJOR, LIBTORRENT_VERSION_MINOR, 0, 0)
+            , session::add_default_plugins
+            , alert::all_categories
+                    & ~(alert::dht_notification
+                    + alert::progress_notification
+                    + alert::debug_notification
+                    + alert::stats_notification));
+
+    /*
+    std::vector<char> in;
+    if (load_file(".ses_state", in, ec) == 0)
+    {
+            lazy_entry e;
+            if (lazy_bdecode(&in[0], &in[0] + in.size(), e, ec) == 0)
+                    ses.load_state(e);
+    }
+    */
+
+    ses->listen_on(std::make_pair(listen_port, listen_port)
+            , ec, bind_to_interface.c_str());
+    if (ec)
+    {
+            fprintf(stderr, "failed to listen%s%s on ports %d-%d: %s\n"
+                    , bind_to_interface.empty() ? "" : " on ", bind_to_interface.c_str()
+                    , listen_port, listen_port+1, ec.message().c_str());
+    }
+
+    ses->start_dht();
+    printf("libtorrent + dht started\n");
+}
+
diff --git a/twister-qt.pro b/twister-qt.pro
index 894901b8..ea282078 100644
--- a/twister-qt.pro
+++ b/twister-qt.pro
@@ -119,6 +119,13 @@ QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += genleveldb
 # Gross ugly hack that depends on qmake internals, unfortunately there is no other way to do it.
 QMAKE_CLEAN += $$PWD/src/leveldb/libleveldb.a; cd $$PWD/src/leveldb ; $(MAKE) clean
 
+# libtorrent hack
+INCLUDEPATH += libtorrent/include
+LIBS += $$PWD/libtorrent/src/.libs/libtorrent-rasterbar.a
+DEFINES += TORRENT_DEBUG
+DEFINES += BOOST_ASIO_SEPARATE_COMPILATION
+#DEFINES += BOOST_ASIO_DYN_LINK
+
 # regenerate src/build.h
 !win32|contains(USE_BUILD_INFO, 1) {
     genbuild.depends = FORCE