diff --git a/src/scripts/bgp_network_collector.py b/src/scripts/bgp_network_collector.py
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+++ b/src/scripts/bgp_network_collector.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+ 
+import os
+import sys
+import time
+import json
+from StringIO import StringIO
+import pprint
+import shelve
+import shelve
+
+#
+# Add withdrawal option
+#
+
+database = shelve.open("/var/lib/bgp_network_collector.db")
+
+while True:
+    try:
+        line = sys.stdin.readline().strip()
+        # print >> sys.stderr, "GOT A LINE: ", line
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+
+        io = StringIO(line) 
+        decoded_update = json.load(io) 
+ 
+        pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=4, stream=sys.stderr)
+        #pp.pprint(decoded_update)
+
+        try: 
+            current_announce = decoded_update["neighbor"]["message"]["update"]["announce"]["ipv4 unicast"]
+            #pp.pprint(current_announce)
+
+            for next_hop in current_announce:
+                current_announce_for_certain_next_hop = current_announce[next_hop]
+           
+                for prefix_announce in current_announce_for_certain_next_hop:
+                    #pp.pprint(current_announce_for_certain_next_hop[prefix_announce])
+                    pp.pprint(prefix_announce)
+
+                    if type(prefix_announce) != str:
+                        prefix_announce = prefix_announce.encode('utf8')
+
+                    if not database.has_key(prefix_announce):
+                        #print >> sys.stderr, "New data"
+                        database[prefix_announce] = 1;
+                    else:
+                        pass 
+                        #print >> sys.stderr, "I already have this subnet"
+
+            # call sync for each data portion
+            database.sync()
+        except KeyError:
+            pass
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        database.close()
+        sys.exit(0)
+    except IOError:
+        # most likely a signal during readline
+        database.close()
+        sys.exit(0)
+
diff --git a/src/scripts/bgp_network_retriever.py b/src/scripts/bgp_network_retriever.py
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+++ b/src/scripts/bgp_network_retriever.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import shelve
+database = shelve.open("/var/lib/bgp_network_collector.db")
+for key in sorted(database):
+    print key
diff --git a/src/scripts/exabgp_network_collector.conf b/src/scripts/exabgp_network_collector.conf
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+++ b/src/scripts/exabgp_network_collector.conf
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+group Core_v4 {
+    hold-time 180;
+    local-as 65000;
+    peer-as 65000;
+    router-id 10.0.129.2;
+    #graceful-restart 1200;
+
+    neighbor 10.0.131.2 {
+        local-address 10.0.129.2;
+        description "ExaBGP route server client";
+
+        # Do not establish outgoing connection
+        # passive;
+
+        process stdout {
+            neighbor-changes;
+        
+            receive {
+                parsed;
+               update;
+            }   
+        
+            encoder json;
+            run /usr/local/bin/bgp_network_collector.py;
+        }   
+    }  
+}
+