diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6eb4e77..0463ee7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 setup:
 	python3 -m venv .venv
 	.venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt
-	mkdir data
+	mkdir -p data
 	wget https://github.com/P3TERX/GeoLite.mmdb/raw/download/GeoLite2-City.mmdb -P data
 
 up:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3798115..7ef50ac 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ flask_wtf
 pysocks
 git+https://github.com/cdiv1e12/py-levin
 geoip2
+zmq
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/xmrnodes/app.py b/xmrnodes/app.py
index 70a34ae..373272a 100644
--- a/xmrnodes/app.py
+++ b/xmrnodes/app.py
@@ -1,21 +1,18 @@
 import json
 import re
 import logging
-from os import makedirs
 from random import shuffle
-from socket import gethostbyname_ex
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
 import geoip2.database
 import arrow
 import requests
-import click
 from flask import Flask, request, redirect, jsonify
-from flask import render_template, flash, url_for
+from flask import render_template, flash
 from urllib.parse import urlparse, urlencode
 
 from xmrnodes.helpers import determine_crypto, is_onion, make_request
-from xmrnodes.helpers import retrieve_peers, rw_cache, get_highest_block
+from xmrnodes.helpers import retrieve_peers, rw_cache, get_highest_block, check_zmq
 from xmrnodes.forms import SubmitNode
 from xmrnodes.models import Node, HealthCheck, Peer
 from xmrnodes import config
@@ -163,6 +160,13 @@ def cleanup_health_checks():
         print("Deleting check", check.id)
         check.delete_instance()
 
+@app.cli.command("zmq")
+def get_zmq():
+    # nodes = Node.select().where(Node.validated == True)
+    # for node in nodes:
+    #     check_zmq(node.url)
+    check_zmq('http://monero.10z.com.ar:18089')
+
 @app.cli.command("check")
 def check():
     cleanup_health_checks()
diff --git a/xmrnodes/helpers.py b/xmrnodes/helpers.py
index 8857d9f..4fdd933 100644
--- a/xmrnodes/helpers.py
+++ b/xmrnodes/helpers.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import sys
 import socket
 import pickle
+from time import sleep
 from os import path
 
+import zmq
 from requests import get as r_get
-from levin.section import Section
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
 from levin.bucket import Bucket
 from levin.ctypes import *
 from levin.constants import LEVIN_SIGNATURE
@@ -13,6 +15,29 @@ from xmrnodes.models import Node
 from xmrnodes import config
 
 
+def check_zmq(url: str):
+    # print(url.split('://'))
+    node_socket = urlparse(url).netloc
+    node_url = node_socket.split(':')[0]
+    port = 18084
+    tcp_node = f'tcp://{node_url}:{port}'
+    print('Checking ZMQ for node {}'.format(tcp_node))
+    try:
+        ctx = zmq.Context()
+        subscriber = ctx.socket(zmq.SUB)
+        subscriber.setsockopt_string(zmq.SUBSCRIBE, '')
+        subscriber.setsockopt(zmq.CONFLATE, 1)
+        subscriber.connect(tcp_node)
+        # data = subscriber.recv()
+        count = 0
+        while count < 5:
+            data = subscriber.recv_multipart()
+            count += 1
+            print('success: {}'.format(data))
+        ctx.term()
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(e)
+
 def make_request(url: str, path="/get_info", data=None):
     headers = {"Origin": "https://monero.fail"}
     if is_onion(url):