diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 395ed48..7ccac09 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,3 +25,8 @@ spin = "0.9.2"
 
 [profile.dev.package.num-bigint-dig]
 opt-level = 3
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "worker"
+src = "src/worker.rs"
+required-features = ["std"]
diff --git a/src/bin/worker.rs b/src/bin/worker.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a5f074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bin/worker.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+use ironforce::IronForce;
+use ironforce::res::IFResult;
+
+fn main() -> IFResult<()> {
+    let ironforce = IronForce::new();
+    let (thread, _) = ironforce.launch_main_loop(500);
+    thread.join().unwrap()
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ip.rs b/src/interfaces/ip.rs
index c196d65..6ae0176 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ip.rs
+++ b/src/interfaces/ip.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ use alloc::string::{String, ToString};
 use alloc::vec;
 use alloc::vec::Vec;
 use core::ops::RangeInclusive;
-#[cfg(test)]
 use core::str::FromStr;
 use core::time::Duration;
 use rayon::prelude::*;
@@ -201,7 +200,7 @@ impl Interface for IPInterface {
                 ));
         }
         // We do a peer exchange every 30 iterations
-        if self.main_loop_iterations % 30 == 0 {
+        if self.main_loop_iterations % 30 == 0 && !self.connections.is_empty() {
             let connection_index =
                 (self.main_loop_iterations / 30) as usize % self.connections.len();
             IPInterface::request_peers(&mut self.connections[connection_index])?;
diff --git a/src/ironforce.rs b/src/ironforce.rs
index 84428c8..41e15cf 100644
--- a/src/ironforce.rs
+++ b/src/ironforce.rs
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ impl IronForce {
             has_background_worker: false,
             processed_messages: vec![],
             tunnel_counters: Default::default(),
-            auto_save: false,
+            auto_save: true,
         }
     }
 
@@ -353,6 +353,11 @@ impl IronForce {
         })
     }
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "std")]
+    pub fn from_file(filename: alloc::string::String) -> IFResult<Self> {
+        Self::from_serialization_data(serde_json::from_str(std::fs::read_to_string(filename)?.as_str())?)
+    }
+
     #[cfg(feature = "std")]
     pub fn save_to_file(&self, filename: Option<alloc::string::String>) -> IFResult<()> {
         std::fs::write(
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index de516c5..b73191a 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ pub mod interfaces;
 pub mod res;
 mod tunnel;
 
-#[cfg(std)]
-use crate::interfaces::ip;
+
+pub use ironforce::IronForce;
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {