diff --git a/lib/HistoricSync.js b/lib/HistoricSync.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f3b99f14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/HistoricSync.js
@@ -0,0 +1,248 @@
+'use strict';
+
+require('classtool');
+
+
+function spec() {
+  var mongoose        = require('mongoose');
+  var util            = require('util');
+  var RpcClient       = require('bitcore/RpcClient').class();
+  var networks        = require('bitcore/networks');
+  var async           = require('async');
+  var config          = require('../config/config');
+  var Block           = require('../app/models/Block');
+  var Transaction     = require('../app/models/Transaction');
+  var TransactionItem = require('../app/models/TransactionItem');
+  var Sync            = require('./Sync').class();
+  var sockets         = require('../app/views/sockets/main.js');
+  var CONCURRENCY     = 5;
+
+
+  function HistoricSync(opts) {
+    this.block_count= 0;
+    this.block_total= 0;
+    this.network    = config.network === 'testnet' ? networks.testnet: networks.livenet;
+    this.sync       = new Sync(opts);
+  }
+
+  function p() {
+    var params = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments);
+    
+    params.unshift('[historic_sync]');
+    console.log.apply(this,params);
+  }
+
+  var progress_bar = function(string, current, total) {
+    p(util.format('%s %d/%d [%d%%]', string, current, total, parseInt(100 * current / total)));
+  };
+
+  HistoricSync.prototype.init = function(opts,cb) {
+    this.rpc = new RpcClient(config.bitcoind);
+    this.opts = opts;
+    this.sync.init(opts, cb);
+  };
+
+  HistoricSync.prototype.close = function() {
+    this.sync.close();
+  };
+
+  HistoricSync.prototype.getPrevNextBlock = function(blockHash, blockEnd, opts, cb) {
+
+    var that = this;
+
+    // recursion end.
+    if (!blockHash || (blockEnd && blockEnd === blockHash) ) {
+      return cb();
+    }
+
+    var existed = 0;
+    var blockInfo;
+    var blockObj;
+
+    async.series([ 
+      // Already got it?
+      function(c) {
+        Block.findOne({hash:blockHash}, function(err,block){
+          if (err) { p(err); return c(err); };
+          if (block) {
+            existed  = 1;
+            blockObj = block;
+          }
+
+          return c();
+        });
+      },
+      //show some (inacurate) status
+      function(c) {
+        if (that.block_count++ % 1000 === 0) {
+          progress_bar('sync status:', that.block_count, that.block_total);
+        }
+        return c();
+      },
+      //get Info from RPC
+      function(c) {
+
+        // TODO: if we store prev/next, no need to go to RPC
+        // if (blockObj && blockObj.nextBlockHash) return c();
+
+        that.rpc.getBlock(blockHash, function(err, ret) {
+          if (err) return c(err);
+
+          blockInfo = ret;
+          return c();
+        });
+      },
+      //store it
+      function(c) {
+        if (existed) return c();
+
+        that.sync.storeBlock(blockInfo.result, function(err, block) {
+          existed = err && err.toString().match(/E11000/);
+          if (err && ! existed)  return c(err);
+          return c();
+        });
+      },
+      /* TODO: Should Start to sync backwards? (this is for partial syncs)
+      function(c) {
+
+        if (blockInfo.result.prevblockhash != current.blockHash) {
+          p("reorg?");
+          opts.prev = 1;
+        }
+        return c();
+        }
+      */
+      ],
+      function (err){
+
+        if (err)
+          p('ERROR: @%s: %s [count: block_count: %d]', blockHash, err, that.block_count);
+
+        if (blockInfo && blockInfo.result) {
+          if (opts.prev && blockInfo.result.previousblockhash) {
+            return that.getPrevNextBlock(blockInfo.result.previousblockhash, blockEnd, opts, cb);
+          }
+
+          if (opts.next && blockInfo.result.nextblockhash)
+            return that.getPrevNextBlock(blockInfo.result.nextblockhash, blockEnd, opts, cb);
+        }
+        return cb(err);
+    });
+  };
+
+  HistoricSync.prototype.syncBlocks = function(start, end, isForward, cb) {
+    var that = this;
+
+    p('Syncing Blocks, starting from: %s end: %s isForward:',
+                  start, end, isForward);
+
+
+    return that.getPrevNextBlock( start, end,
+                  isForward ? { next: 1 } : { prev: 1}, cb);
+  };
+
+  HistoricSync.prototype.do_import_history = function(opts, next) {
+    var that = this;
+
+    var retry_attemps = 100;
+    var retry_secs    = 2;
+
+    var block_best;
+    var block_height;
+
+    async.series([
+      function(cb) {
+        if (opts.destroy) {
+          p('Deleting Blocks...');
+          that.db.collections.blocks.drop(cb);
+        } else {
+          return cb();
+        }
+      },
+      function(cb) {
+        if (opts.destroy) {
+          p('Deleting TXs...');
+          that.db.collections.transactions.drop(cb);
+        } else {
+          return cb();
+        }
+      },
+      function(cb) {
+        if (opts.destroy) {
+          p('Deleting TXItems...');
+          that.db.collections.transactionitems.drop(cb);
+        } else {
+          return cb();
+        }
+      },
+      function(cb) {
+        that.rpc.getInfo(function(err, res) {
+          if (err) cb(err);
+
+          that.block_total = res.result.blocks;
+          return cb();
+        });
+      },
+      // We are not using getBestBlockHash, because is not available in all clients
+      function(cb) {
+        if (!opts.reverse) return cb();
+
+        that.rpc.getBlockCount(function(err, res) {
+          if (err) cb(err);
+          block_height = res.result;
+          return cb();
+        });
+      },
+      function(cb) {
+        if (!opts.reverse) return cb();
+
+        that.rpc.getBlockHash(block_height, function(err, res) {
+          if (err) cb(err);
+
+          block_best = res.result;
+          return cb();
+        });
+      },
+      ], 
+      function(err) {
+
+        function sync() {
+          var start, end, isForward;
+
+          if (opts.reverse) {
+            start     = block_best;
+            end       = that.network.genesisBlock.hash.reverse().toString('hex');
+            isForward = false;
+          }
+          else {
+            start     = that.network.genesisBlock.hash.reverse().toString('hex');
+            end       = null;
+            isForward = true;
+          }
+
+          that.syncBlocks(start, end, isForward, function(err) {
+
+            if (err && err.message.match(/ECONNREFUSED/) && retry_attemps--){
+              setTimeout(function() {
+                p("Retrying in %d secs ", retry_secs);
+                sync();
+              }, retry_secs * 1000);
+            }
+            else
+              return next(err, that.block_count);
+          });
+        }
+        sync();
+    });
+  }
+
+  HistoricSync.prototype.import_history = function(opts, next) {
+    var that = this;
+    that.do_import_history(opts, next);
+  };
+
+
+  return HistoricSync;
+}
+module.defineClass(spec);
+
diff --git a/lib/PeerSync.js b/lib/PeerSync.js
index fff731b6..f7e51b65 100644
--- a/lib/PeerSync.js
+++ b/lib/PeerSync.js
@@ -11,23 +11,27 @@ function spec() {
   var peerdb_fn = 'peerdb.json';
 
   function PeerSync() {}
-  PeerSync.prototype.init = function(config) {
+
+
+  PeerSync.prototype.init = function(config, cb) {
+
+    var that = this;
 
     var network = config && (config.network || 'testnet');
 
-    this.peerdb = undefined;
-    this.sync = new Sync({
+    that.peerdb = undefined;
+    that.sync = new Sync({
       networkName: network
     });
-    this.sync.init(config);
-
-    this.PeerManager = require('bitcore/PeerManager').createClass({
-      config: {
-        network: network
-      }
+    that.sync.init(config, function() { 
+      that.PeerManager = require('bitcore/PeerManager').createClass({
+        config: {
+          network: network
+        }
+      });
+      that.load_peers();
+      return cb();
     });
-    this.load_peers();
-
   };
 
   PeerSync.prototype.load_peers = function() {
diff --git a/lib/Sync.js b/lib/Sync.js
index 2e425ba1..084a1563 100644
--- a/lib/Sync.js
+++ b/lib/Sync.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ function spec() {
   var mongoose        = require('mongoose');
   var util            = require('util');
   var RpcClient       = require('bitcore/RpcClient').class();
-  var networks        = require('bitcore/networks');
   var async           = require('async');
   var config          = require('../config/config');
   var Block           = require('../app/models/Block');
@@ -19,100 +18,8 @@ function spec() {
 
   function Sync(config) {
     this.tx_count   = 0;
-    this.block_count= 0;
-    this.block_total= 0; 
-    this.network    = config.networkName === 'testnet' ? networks.testnet: networks.livenet;
   }
 
-  var progress_bar = function(string, current, total) {
-    console.log(util.format('\t%s %d/%d [%d%%]', string, current, total, parseInt(100 * current / total)));
-  };
-
-  Sync.prototype.getPrevNextBlock = function(blockHash, blockEnd, opts, cb) {
-
-    var that = this;
-
-    // recursion end.
-    if (!blockHash || (blockEnd && blockEnd == blockHash) ) {
-      console.log("Reach end:", blockHash, blockEnd);
-      return cb();
-    }
-
-    var existed = 0;
-    var blockInfo;
-    var blockObj;
-
-    async.series([ 
-      // Already got it?
-      function(c) {
-        Block.findOne({hash:blockHash}, function(err,block){
-          if (err) { console.log(err); return c(err); };
-          if (block) {
-            existed  = 1;
-            blockObj = block;
-          }
-
-          return c();
-        });
-      },
-      //show some (inacurate) status
-      function(c) {
-        if (that.block_count++ % 1000 === 0) {
-          progress_bar('Historic sync status:', that.block_count, that.block_total);
-        }
-        return c();
-      },
-      //get Info from RPC
-      function(c) {
-
-        // TODO: if we store prev/next, no need to go to RPC
-        // if (blockObj && blockObj.nextBlockHash) return c();
-
-        that.rpc.getBlock(blockHash, function(err, ret) {
-          if (err) return c(err);
-
-          blockInfo = ret;
-          return c();
-        });
-      },
-      //store it
-      function(c) {
-        if (existed) return c();
-
-        that.storeBlock(blockInfo.result, function(err, block) {
-          existed = err && err.toString().match(/E11000/);
-          if (err && ! existed)  return c(err);
-          return c();
-        });
-      },
-      /* TODO: Should Start to sync backwards? (this is for partial syncs)
-      function(c) {
-
-        if (blockInfo.result.prevblockhash != current.blockHash) {
-          console.log("reorg?");
-          opts.prev = 1;
-        }
-        return c();
-        }
-      */
-      ],
-      function (err){ 
-
-        if (err) 
-          console.log("ERROR: @%s: %s [count: block_count: %d]", blockHash, err, that.block_count);
-
-        if (blockInfo && blockInfo.result) {
-          if (opts.prev && blockInfo.result.previousblockhash) {
-            return that.getPrevNextBlock(blockInfo.result.previousblockhash, blockEnd, opts, cb);
-          }
-
-          if (opts.next && blockInfo.result.nextblockhash)
-            return that.getPrevNextBlock(blockInfo.result.nextblockhash, blockEnd, opts, cb);
-        }
-        return cb(err);
-    });
-  };
-
   Sync.prototype.storeBlock = function(block, cb) {
     var that = this;
 
@@ -165,231 +72,36 @@ function spec() {
                   isForward ? { next: 1 } : { prev: 1}, cb);
   };
 
-  // This is not currently used. Transactions are represented by txid only
-  // in mongodb
-  Sync.prototype.syncTXs = function(cb) {
-
+  Sync.prototype.init = function(opts, cb) {
     var that = this;
 
-    console.log('Syncing TXs...');
-
-    Transaction.find({
-      blockhash: null
-    },
-    function(err, txs) {
-      if (err) return cb(err);
-
-      var read = 0;
-      var pull = 0;
-      var write = 0;
-      var total = txs.length;
-      console.log('\tneed to pull %d txs', total);
-
-      if (!total) return cb();
-
-      async.each(txs, function(tx, next) {
-        if (!tx.txid) {
-          console.log('NO TXID skipping...', tx);
-          return next();
-        }
-
-        if (read++ % 1000 === 0) progress_bar('read', read, total);
-
-        that.rpc.getRawTransaction(tx.txid, 1, function(err, txInfo) {
-
-          if (pull++ % 1000 === 0) progress_bar('\tpull', pull, total);
-
-          if (!err && txInfo) {
-            Transaction.update({
-              txid: tx.txid
-            },
-            txInfo.result, function(err) {
-              if (err) return next(err);
-
-              if (write++ % 1000 === 0) progress_bar('\t\twrite', write, total);
-
-              return next();
-            });
-          }
-          else return next();
-        });
-      },
-      function(err) {
-        if (err) return cb(err);
-        return cb(err);
-      });
-    });
-  };
-
-
-  // Not used
-  Sync.prototype.processTXs = function(reindex, cb) {
-
-    var that = this;
-
-    console.log('Syncing TXs...');
-
-    var filter = reindex ? {} : { processed: false } ;
-
-    Transaction.find(filter, function(err, txs) {
-      if (err) return cb(err);
-
-      var read = 0,
-        pull   = 0,
-        proc   = 0,
-        total  = txs.length;
-
-      console.log('\tneed to pull %d txs', total);
-
-      if (!total) return cb();
-
-
-      async.forEachLimit(txs, CONCURRENCY, function(tx, next) {
-          if (read++ % 1000 === 0) progress_bar('read', read, total);
-
-          if (!tx.txid) {
-            console.log('NO TXID skipping...', tx);
-            return next();
-          }
-
-          // This will trigger an RPC call
-          Transaction.explodeTransactionItems( tx.txid, tx.time, function(err) {
-            if (proc++ % 1000 === 0) progress_bar('\tproc', pull, total);
-            next(err);
-          });
-        },
-        cb);
-    });
-  };
-
-  Sync.prototype.init = function(opts) {
-    this.rpc = new RpcClient(config.bitcoind);
-
+    that.opts = opts;
 
     if (!(opts && opts.skip_db_connection)) {
       mongoose.connect(config.db, {server: {auto_reconnect: true}} );
-    }
-    this.opts = opts;
-    this.db = mongoose.connection;
 
-    this.db.on('error', function(err) {
-        console.log('connection error:' + err);
-        moogose.disconnect();
-    });
+      this.db = mongoose.connection;
 
-    this.db.on('disconnect', function(err) {
-        console.log('disconnect:' + err);
-        mongoose.connect(config.db, {server: {auto_reconnect: true}} );
-    });
-
-
-  };
-
-  Sync.prototype.import_history = function(opts, next) {
-
-    var that = this;
-
-    var retry_attemps = 100;
-    var retry_secs    = 2;
-
-    var block_best;
-    var block_height;
-
-    this.db.once('open', function() {
-      async.series([
-      function(cb) {
-        if (opts.destroy) {
-          console.log('Deleting Blocks...');
-          that.db.collections.blocks.drop(cb);
-        } else {
-          return cb();
-        }
-      },
-      function(cb) {
-        if (opts.destroy) {
-          console.log('Deleting TXs...');
-          that.db.collections.transactions.drop(cb);
-        } else {
-          return cb();
-        }
-      },
-      function(cb) {
-        if (opts.destroy) {
-          console.log('Deleting TXItems...');
-          that.db.collections.transactionitems.drop(cb);
-        } else {
-          return cb();
-        }
-      },
-      function(cb) {
-        that.rpc.getInfo(function(err, res) {
-          if (err) cb(err);
-
-          that.block_total = res.result.blocks;
-          return cb();
-        });
-      },
-      // We are not using getBestBlockHash, because is not available in all clients
-      function(cb) {
-        if (!opts.reverse) return cb();
-
-        that.rpc.getBlockCount(function(err, res) {
-          if (err) cb(err);
-          block_height = res.result;
-          return cb();
-        });
-      },
-      function(cb) {
-        if (!opts.reverse) return cb();
-
-        that.rpc.getBlockHash(block_height, function(err, res) {
-          if (err) cb(err);
-
-          block_best = res.result;
-          return cb();
-        });
-      },
-      ], function(err) {
-
-
-        function sync() {
-
-          var start, end, isForward;
-
-          if (opts.reverse) {
-            start     = block_best;
-            end       = that.network.genesisBlock.hash.reverse().toString('hex');
-            isForward = false;
-          }
-          else {
-            start     = that.network.genesisBlock.hash.reverse().toString('hex');
-            end       = null;
-            isForward = true;
-          }
-
-          that.syncBlocks(start, end, isForward, function(err) {
-
-            if (err && err.message.match(/ECONNREFUSED/) && retry_attemps--){
-              setTimeout(function() {
-                console.log("Retrying in %d secs ", retry_secs);
-                sync();
-              }, retry_secs * 1000);
-            }
-            else  
-              return next(err, that.block_count); 
-          });
-        }
-
-        if (!opts.skip_blocks) {
-          sync();
-        }
+      this.db.on('error', function(err) {
+          console.log('connection error:' + err);
+          moogose.disconnect();
       });
-    });
+
+      this.db.on('disconnect', function(err) {
+          console.log('disconnect:' + err);
+          mongoose.connect(config.db, {server: {auto_reconnect: true}} );
+      });
+
+      return that.db.once('open', cb);
+    }
+    else return cb();
   };
 
   Sync.prototype.close = function() {
-    console.log("closing connection");
-    this.db.close();
+    if (!(this.opts && this.opts.skip_db_connection)) {
+      console.log("closing connection");
+      this.db.close();
+    }
   };
   return Sync;
 }
diff --git a/util/sync.js b/util/sync.js
index ff5d54ea..569ca782 100755
--- a/util/sync.js
+++ b/util/sync.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require('buffertools').extend();
 
 var SYNC_VERSION = '0.1';
 var program = require('commander');
-var Sync = require('../lib/Sync').class();
+var HistoricSync = require('../lib/HistoricSync').class();
 var async = require('async');
 
 program
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ program
   .option('-R --reverse', 'Sync backwards', 0)
   .parse(process.argv);
 
-var sync = new Sync({
+var historicSync = new HistoricSync({
   networkName: program.network
 });
 
@@ -27,23 +27,22 @@ if (program.remove) {
 }
 
 async.series([
-function(cb) {
-  sync.init(program);
-  cb();
-},
-function(cb) {
-  sync.import_history(program, function(err, count) {
-    if (err) {
-      console.log('CRITICAL ERROR: ', err);
-    }
-    else {
-      console.log('Done! [%d blocks]', count, err);
-    }
+  function(cb) {
+    historicSync.init(program, cb);
+  },
+  function(cb) {
+    historicSync.import_history(program, function(err, count) {
+      if (err) {
+        console.log('CRITICAL ERROR: ', err);
+      }
+      else {
+        console.log('Done! [%d blocks]', count, err);
+      }
+      cb();
+    });
+  },
+  function(cb) {
+    historicSync.close();
     cb();
-  });
-},
-function(cb) {
-  sync.close();
-  cb();
 }]);