diff --git a/onionr/onionrutils.py b/onionr/onionrutils.py
index 84225b04..a33bfd30 100644
--- a/onionr/onionrutils.py
+++ b/onionr/onionrutils.py
@@ -176,8 +176,11 @@ class OnionrUtils:
         config.reload()
         self.getTimeBypassToken()
         # TODO: URL encode parameters, just as an extra measure. May not be needed, but should be added regardless.
-        with open('data/host.txt', 'r') as host:
-            hostname = host.read()
+        try:
+            with open('data/host.txt', 'r') as host:
+                hostname = host.read()
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            return False
         payload = 'http://%s:%s/client/?action=%s&token=%s&timingToken=%s' % (hostname, config.get('client.port'), command, config.get('client.hmac'), self.timingToken)
         try:
             retData = requests.get(payload).text
diff --git a/onionr/tests.py b/onionr/tests.py
index 766f9903..e25f5521 100755
--- a/onionr/tests.py
+++ b/onionr/tests.py
@@ -116,9 +116,8 @@ class OnionrTests(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertTrue(False)
 
         self.assertTrue(True)
-
+'''
     def testBlockAPI(self):
-        self.assertTrue(True); return
         logger.debug('-'*26 + '\n')
         logger.info('Running BlockAPI test #1...')
 
@@ -216,7 +215,7 @@ class OnionrTests(unittest.TestCase):
         logger.debug('thread finished.', timestamp = False)
 
         self.assertTrue(True)
-
+'''
     def testQueue(self):
         logger.debug('-'*26 + '\n')
         logger.info('Running daemon queue test...')