diff --git a/router-daemon/pvcrd/DHCPServer.py b/router-daemon/pvcrd/DHCPServer.py
index d7de801f..81cd0a52 100644
--- a/router-daemon/pvcrd/DHCPServer.py
+++ b/router-daemon/pvcrd/DHCPServer.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import select
 import ipaddress
 from socket import *
 
+import daemon_lib.ansiiprint as ansiiprint
 import daemon_lib.zkhandler as zkhandler
 
 # see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Host_Configuration_Protocol
@@ -715,7 +716,8 @@ class HostDatabase(object):
         return list(map(Host.from_tuple, self.db.get(pattern)))
 
     def add(self, host):
-        self.db.add(host.to_tuple())
+        host_tuple = host.to_tuple()
+        self.db.add(host_tuple)
 
     def delete(self, host = None, **kw):
         if host is None:
@@ -833,6 +835,7 @@ class DHCPServer(object):
         if not any([host.ip == ip for host in known_hosts]):
             print('add', mac_address, ip, packet.host_name)
             self.hosts.replace(Host(mac_address, ip, packet.host_name or '', time.time()))
+        ansiiprint.echo('DHCP client allocated - {} {} {}'.format(mac_address, ip, packet.host_name), '', 'i')
         return ip
 
     @property
diff --git a/router-daemon/pvcrd/VXNetworkInstance.py b/router-daemon/pvcrd/VXNetworkInstance.py
index a85a92a6..60af7ed5 100644
--- a/router-daemon/pvcrd/VXNetworkInstance.py
+++ b/router-daemon/pvcrd/VXNetworkInstance.py
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ class VXNetworkInstance():
             if data != None and self.dhcp_flag != data.decode('ascii'):
                 self.dhcp_flag = ( data.decode('ascii') == 'True' )
                 if self.dhcp_flag:
+                    ansiiprint.echo('Starting DHCP server for network "{}".'.format(self.ip_network), '', 'o')
                     dhcp_config = DHCPServer.DHCPServerConfiguration(
                         zk_conn=self.zk_conn,
                         ipaddr=self.ip_gateway,
@@ -88,8 +89,9 @@ class VXNetworkInstance():
                         dns_servers=[]
                     )
                     self.dhcp_instance = DHCPServer.DHCPServer(dhcp_config)
+                    self.dhcp_instance.start()
                 else:
-                    self.dhcp_instance.remove()
+                    self.dhcp_instance.close()
                     self.dhcp_instance = None