diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index af4dc8a..e23ce4b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ license-files = ["LICEN[CS]E*"]
 dependencies = [ "meshcore >= 2.2.15",
 				 "bleak >= 0.22", 
 				 "prompt_toolkit >= 3.0.50", 
-				 "requests >= 2.28.0", 
-				 "pycryptodome" ]
+				 "requests >= 2.28.0" ]
 
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://github.com/fdlamotte/meshcore-cli"
diff --git a/src/meshcore_cli/meshcore_cli.py b/src/meshcore_cli/meshcore_cli.py
index 6b7d3f9..99834d5 100644
--- a/src/meshcore_cli/meshcore_cli.py
+++ b/src/meshcore_cli/meshcore_cli.py
@@ -232,58 +232,11 @@ process_event_message.timestamp=""
 async def handle_log_rx(event):
     mc = handle_log_rx.mc
 
-    pkt = bytes().fromhex(event.payload["payload"])
-    pbuf = io.BytesIO(pkt)
-    header = pbuf.read(1)[0]
-    route_type = header & 0x03
-    payload_type = (header & 0x3c) >> 2
-    payload_ver = (header & 0xc0) >> 6
-
-    transport_code = None
-    if route_type == 0x00 or route_type == 0x03: # has transport code
-        transport_code = pbuf.read(4)    # discard transport code
-
-    path_byte = pbuf.read(1)[0]
-    path_hash_size = ((path_byte & 0xC0) >> 6) + 1
-    path_len = (path_byte & 0x3F)
-    # here path_len is number of hops, not number of bytes
-
-    path = pbuf.read(path_len*path_hash_size).hex() # Beware of traces where pathes are mixed
-
-    try :
-        route_typename = ROUTE_TYPENAMES[route_type]
-    except IndexError:
-        logger.debug(f"Unknown route type {route_type}") 
-        route_typename = "UNK"
-
-    try :
-        payload_typename = PAYLOAD_TYPENAMES[payload_type]
-    except IndexError:
-        logger.debug(f"Unknown payload type {payload_type}")
-        payload_typename = "UNK"
-
-    pkt_payload = pbuf.read()
-
-    event.payload["header"] = header
-    event.payload["route_type"] = route_type
-    event.payload["route_typename"] = route_typename
-    event.payload["payload_type"] = payload_type
-    event.payload["payload_typename"]= payload_typename
-
-    event.payload["payload_ver"] = payload_ver
-
-    if not transport_code is None:
-        event.payload["transport_code"] = transport_code.hex()
-
-    event.payload["path_len"] = path_len 
-    event.payload["path_hash_size"] = path_hash_size
-    event.payload["path"] = path
-
-    event.payload["pkt_payload"] = pkt_payload.hex()
+    payload_type = event.payload["payload_type"]
 
     if payload_type == 0x05: # flood msg / channel
         if handle_log_rx.channel_echoes:
-            pk_buf = io.BytesIO(pkt_payload)
+            pk_buf = io.BytesIO(event.payload["pkt_payload"])
             chan_hash = pk_buf.read(1).hex()
             cipher_mac = pk_buf.read(2)
             msg = pk_buf.read() # until the end of buffer
@@ -311,9 +264,9 @@ async def handle_log_rx(event):
 
             if chan_name != "" :
                 width = os.get_terminal_size().columns
-                cars = width - 13 - len(path) - len(chan_name) - 1
+                cars = width - 13 - len(event.payload["path"]) - len(chan_name) - 1
                 dispmsg = message.replace("\n","")[0:cars]
-                txt = f"{ANSI_LIGHT_GRAY}{chan_name} {ANSI_DGREEN}{dispmsg+(cars-len(dispmsg))*' '} {ANSI_YELLOW}[{path}]{ANSI_LIGHT_GRAY}{event.payload['snr']:6,.2f}{event.payload['rssi']:4}{ANSI_END}"
+                txt = f"{ANSI_LIGHT_GRAY}{chan_name} {ANSI_DGREEN}{dispmsg+(cars-len(dispmsg))*' '} {ANSI_YELLOW}[{event.payload['path']}]{ANSI_LIGHT_GRAY}{event.payload['snr']:6,.2f}{event.payload['rssi']:4}{ANSI_END}"
                 if handle_message.above:
                     print_above(txt)
                 else:
@@ -321,7 +274,7 @@ async def handle_log_rx(event):
 
     elif payload_type == 0x04: # Advert
         if handle_log_rx.advert_echoes:
-            pk_buf = io.BytesIO(pkt_payload)
+            pk_buf = io.BytesIO(event.payload['pkt_payload'])
             adv_key = pk_buf.read(32).hex()
             adv_timestamp = int.from_bytes(pk_buf.read(4), "little", signed=False)
             signature = pk_buf.read(64).hex()
@@ -362,13 +315,14 @@ async def handle_log_rx(event):
             txt = f"{ANSI_LIGHT_GRAY}Advert for{ANSI_END} {adv_name}{ANSI_GREEN}/{CONTACT_TYPENAMES[adv_type]}{ts_str}{ANSI_END}"
             if not adv_lat is None:
                 txt += f" {ANSI_LIGHT_GRAY}coords: {adv_lat},{adv_lon}"
-            txt += f" {ANSI_YELLOW}path: [{path}] {ANSI_LIGHT_GRAY}snr: {event.payload['snr']:.2f}dB{ANSI_END}"
+            txt += f" {ANSI_YELLOW}path: [{event.payload['path']}] {ANSI_LIGHT_GRAY}snr: {event.payload['snr']:.2f}dB{ANSI_END}"
 
             if handle_message.above:
                 print_above(txt)
             else:
                 print(txt)
 
+    event.payload["pkt_payload"] = event.payload["pkt_payload"].hex() # convert for json serialization
 
     if handle_log_rx.json_log_rx: # json mode ... raw dump
         msg = json.dumps(event.payload)
@@ -1717,7 +1671,8 @@ async def set_channel (mc, chan, name, key=None):
         return None
 
     info = res.payload
-    info["channel_hash"] = SHA256.new(info["channel_secret"]).hexdigest()[0:2]
+    if not "channel_hash" in info:
+        info["channel_hash"] = SHA256.new(info["channel_secret"]).hexdigest()[0:2]
     info["channel_secret"] = info["channel_secret"].hex()
 
     if hasattr(mc,'channels') :