diff --git a/script/simulate_ring.py b/script/simulate_ring.py
index fa875d4e..674b1190 100644
--- a/script/simulate_ring.py
+++ b/script/simulate_ring.py
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@ import hashlib
 import bisect
 import xxhash
 
+def hash_str(s):
+    xxh = xxhash.xxh64()
+    xxh.update(s.encode('ascii'))
+    return xxh.hexdigest()
+
+def sha256_str(s):
+    return hashlib.sha256(s.encode('ascii')).hexdigest()
 
 def walk_ring_from_pos(tokens, dcs, start, rep):
     ret = []
@@ -29,22 +36,24 @@ def count_tokens_per_node(tokens):
     for node, ntok in sorted(list(tokens_of_node.items())):
         print(node, ": ", ntok)
 
+
 def method1(nodes):
     tokens = []
     dcs = set()
     for (node_id, dc, n_tokens) in nodes:
         dcs |= set([dc])
         for i in range(n_tokens):
-            token = hashlib.sha256(f"{node_id} {i}".encode('ascii')).hexdigest()
+            token = hash_str(f"{node_id} {i}")
             tokens.append((token, dc, node_id))
     tokens.sort(key=lambda tok: tok[0])
 
+    print(tokens)
     count_tokens_per_node(tokens)
 
     space_of_node = {}
 
     def walk_ring(v, rep):
-        i = bisect.bisect_left([tok for tok, _, _ in tokens], hashlib.sha256(v).hexdigest())
+        i = bisect.bisect_left([tok for tok, _, _ in tokens], hash_str(v))
         return walk_ring_from_pos(tokens, dcs, i, rep)
 
     return walk_ring
@@ -57,10 +66,7 @@ def method2(nodes):
         h, hn, hndc = None, None, None
         for (node_id, node_dc, n_tokens) in nodes:
             for tok in range(n_tokens):
-                #hnode = hashlib.sha256(f"{i} {node_id} {tok}".encode('ascii')).hexdigest()
-                xxh = xxhash.xxh64()
-                xxh.update(f"partition {i} node {node_id} token {tok}".encode('ascii'))
-                hnode = xxh.digest()
+                hnode = hash_str(f"partition {i} node {node_id} token {tok}")
                 if h is None or hnode < h:
                     h = hnode
                     hn = node_id
@@ -74,8 +80,10 @@ def method2(nodes):
 
         
     def walk_ring(v, rep):
-        vh = hashlib.sha256(v).digest()
-        i = (vh[0]<<8 | vh[1]) % (2**partition_bits)
+        xxh = xxhash.xxh32()
+        xxh.update(v.encode('ascii'))
+        vh = xxh.intdigest()
+        i = vh % (2**partition_bits)
         return walk_ring_from_pos(partition_nodes, dcs, i, rep)
 
     return walk_ring
@@ -85,7 +93,7 @@ def method2(nodes):
 def evaluate_method(walk_ring):
     node_data_counts = {}
     for i in range(100000):
-        nodes = walk_ring(f"{i}".encode('ascii'), 3)
+        nodes = walk_ring(f"{i}", 3)
         for n in nodes:
             if n not in node_data_counts:
                 node_data_counts[n] = 0
@@ -96,25 +104,20 @@ def evaluate_method(walk_ring):
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-
-    nodes = [('digitale', 'atuin', 10),
-             ('drosera', 'atuin', 10),
-             ('datura', 'atuin', 10),
-             ('io', 'jupiter', 20),
-             ('meta', 'pipo', 10),
-             ('mega', 'pipo', 10),
-             ('mina', 'pipo', 10),
-             #('moni', 'pipo', 10),
-             #('mimi', 'pipo', 10),
-             #('mesi', 'pipo', 10),
-             ]
-
     print("------")
     print("method 1")
+    nodes = [('digitale', 'atuin', 64),
+             ('drosera', 'atuin', 64),
+             ('datura', 'atuin', 64),
+             ('io', 'jupiter', 128)]
     method1_walk_ring = method1(nodes)
     evaluate_method(method1_walk_ring)
 
     print("------")
     print("method 2")
+    nodes = [('digitale', 'atuin', 10),
+             ('drosera', 'atuin', 10),
+             ('datura', 'atuin', 10),
+             ('io', 'jupiter', 20)]
     method2_walk_ring = method2(nodes)
     evaluate_method(method2_walk_ring)