diff --git a/abp/graphstate.py b/abp/graphstate.py
index 1444fc2..a62c888 100644
--- a/abp/graphstate.py
+++ b/abp/graphstate.py
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ class GraphState(object):
                 for n in range(data):
                     self._add_node(n, vop=vop)
 
+    def add_node(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """ Add a node """
+        self._add_node(self, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
     def _add_node(self, node, **kwargs):
         """ Add a node. By default, nodes are initialized with ``vop=``:math:`I`, i.e. they are in the :math:`|+\\rangle` state.
 
diff --git a/bin/abpserver b/bin/abpserver
index 08069e1..67be3dc 100755
--- a/bin/abpserver
+++ b/bin/abpserver
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ def new_message(client, server, message):
         print edit
     else:
         print "Received update from python {}.".format(client["id"])
+        print message
+        local_state.from_json(json.loads(message))
+        print local_state
         server.send_message_to_all(message)
 
 def new_client(client, server):