diff --git a/llarp/tooling/hive_router.cpp b/llarp/tooling/hive_router.cpp
index 0fc74ae39..3a40e2e05 100644
--- a/llarp/tooling/hive_router.cpp
+++ b/llarp/tooling/hive_router.cpp
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ namespace tooling
   void
   HiveRouter::disableGossiping()
   {
-    m_disableGossiping = false;
+    m_disableGossiping = true;
   }
 
   void
   HiveRouter::enableGossiping()
   {
-    m_disableGossiping = true;
+    m_disableGossiping = false;
   }
 
   void
diff --git a/pybind/llarp/config.cpp b/pybind/llarp/config.cpp
index 2ca9934ee..e38626645 100644
--- a/pybind/llarp/config.cpp
+++ b/pybind/llarp/config.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ namespace llarp
             })
         .def_readwrite("workerThreads", &RouterConfig::m_workerThreads)
         .def_readwrite("numNetThreads", &RouterConfig::m_numNetThreads)
-        .def_readwrite("JobQueueSize", &RouterConfig::m_JobQueueSize);
+        .def_readwrite("JobQueueSize", &RouterConfig::m_JobQueueSize)
+        .def_readwrite("enablePeerStats", &RouterConfig::m_enablePeerStats);
 
     py::class_<NetworkConfig>(mod, "NetworkConfig")
         .def(py::init<>())
diff --git a/test/hive/hive.py b/test/hive/hive.py
index d78c16c3f..fa6fb88e0 100644
--- a/test/hive/hive.py
+++ b/test/hive/hive.py
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ class RouterHive(object):
     config.router.nickname = "Router%d" % index
     config.router.overrideAddress('127.0.0.1:{}'.format(port))
     config.router.blockBogons = False
+    config.router.enablePeerStats = True
 
     config.network.enableProfiling = False
     config.network.routerProfilesFile = "%s/profiles.dat" % dirname