diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1ce3229..417c990 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/ipfs/go-log v0.0.1
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core v0.3.0
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-peerstore v0.1.4
-	github.com/minio/sha256-simd v0.0.0-20190131020904-2d45a736cd16
+	github.com/minio/sha256-simd v0.1.1
 	github.com/multiformats/go-multihash v0.0.10
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0
 )
 
 go 1.13
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 49ba0ba..6b675c2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man v1.0.10/go.mod h1:SmD6nW6nTyfqj6ABTjUi3V3JVMnlJmwc
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v0.0.0-20171005155431-ecdeabc65495/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0 h1:ZDRjVQ15GmhC3fiQ8ni8+OwkZQO4DARzQgrnXU1Liz8=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/dgraph-io/badger v1.5.5-0.20190226225317-8115aed38f8f/go.mod h1:VZxzAIRPHRVNRKRo6AXrX9BJegn6il06VMTZVJYCIjQ=
 github.com/dgraph-io/badger v1.6.0/go.mod h1:zwt7syl517jmP8s94KqSxTlM6IMsdhYy6psNgSztDR4=
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@ github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.1/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0 h1:TivCn/peBQ7UY8ooIcPgZFpTNSz0Q2U6UrFlUfqbe0Q=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0 h1:2E4SXV/wtOkTonXsotYi4li6zVWxYlZuYNCXe9XRJyk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
 github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ZVVdQEZoIme9iO1Ch2Jdy24qqXrMMOU6lpPAyBWyWuQ=
 github.com/ugorji/go/codec v0.0.0-20181204163529-d75b2dcb6bc8/go.mod h1:VFNgLljTbGfSG7qAOspJ7OScBnGdDN/yBr0sguwnwf0=
@@ -228,6 +230,7 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190227160552-c95aed5357e7 h1:C2F/nMkR/9sfUTpvR3QrjBuTd
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190227160552-c95aed5357e7/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190311183353-d8887717615a/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859 h1:R/3boaszxrf1GEUWTVDzSKVwLmSJpwZ1yqXm8j0v2QI=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20180821212333-d2e6202438be/go.mod h1:N/0e6XlmueqKjAGxoOufVs8QHGRruUQn6yWY3a++T0U=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20180314180146-1d60e4601c6f/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
@@ -270,5 +273,6 @@ gopkg.in/src-d/go-cli.v0 v0.0.0-20181105080154-d492247bbc0d/go.mod h1:z+K8VcOYVY
 gopkg.in/src-d/go-log.v1 v1.0.1/go.mod h1:GN34hKP0g305ysm2/hctJ0Y8nWP3zxXXJ8GFabTyABE=
 gopkg.in/tomb.v1 v1.0.0-20141024135613-dd632973f1e7/go.mod h1:dt/ZhP58zS4L8KSrWDmTeBkI65Dw0HsyUHuEVlX15mw=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.1/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2 h1:ZCJp+EgiOT7lHqUV2J862kp8Qj64Jo6az82+3Td9dZw=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190102054323-c2f93a96b099/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
diff --git a/util_test.go b/util_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25ee99f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package kbucket
+
+import (
+	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core/test"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestCloser(t *testing.T) {
+	Pa := test.RandPeerIDFatal(t)
+	Pb := test.RandPeerIDFatal(t)
+	var X string
+
+	// returns true if d(Pa, X) < d(Pb, X)
+	for {
+		X = string(test.RandPeerIDFatal(t))
+		if xor(ConvertPeerID(Pa), ConvertKey(X)).less(xor(ConvertPeerID(Pb), ConvertKey(X))) {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	require.True(t, Closer(Pa, Pb, X))
+
+	// returns false if d(Pa,X) > d(Pb, X)
+	for {
+		X = string(test.RandPeerIDFatal(t))
+		if xor(ConvertPeerID(Pb), ConvertKey(X)).less(xor(ConvertPeerID(Pa), ConvertKey(X))) {
+			break
+		}
+
+	}
+	require.False(t, Closer(Pa, Pb, X))
+}