diff --git a/lib/interface.py b/lib/interface.py
index c8217474..cbcfeff8 100644
--- a/lib/interface.py
+++ b/lib/interface.py
@@ -598,6 +598,22 @@ class Interface(threading.Thread):
         self.queue.put(self)
 
 
+    def synchronous_get(self, requests, timeout=100000000):
+        queue = Queue.Queue()
+        ids = self.send(requests, lambda i,r: queue.put(r))
+        id2 = ids[:]
+        res = {}
+        while ids:
+            r = queue.get(True, timeout)
+            _id = r.get('id')
+            if _id in ids:
+                ids.remove(_id)
+                res[_id] = r.get('result')
+        out = []
+        for _id in id2:
+            out.append(res[_id])
+        return out
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
 
diff --git a/lib/network.py b/lib/network.py
index d83b00d1..c590d269 100644
--- a/lib/network.py
+++ b/lib/network.py
@@ -368,20 +368,8 @@ class Network(threading.Thread):
 
     
     def synchronous_get(self, requests, timeout=100000000):
-        queue = Queue.Queue()
-        ids = self.interface.send(requests, lambda i,r: queue.put(r))
-        id2 = ids[:]
-        res = {}
-        while ids:
-            r = queue.get(True, timeout)
-            _id = r.get('id')
-            if _id in ids:
-                ids.remove(_id)
-                res[_id] = r.get('result')
-        out = []
-        for _id in id2:
-            out.append(res[_id])
-        return out
+        return self.interface.synchronous_get(requests)
+
 
 
     #def retrieve_transaction(self, tx_hash, tx_height=0):