diff --git a/minindn/helpers/ndn_routing_helper.py b/minindn/helpers/ndn_routing_helper.py
index c2d1013..93b196f 100644
--- a/minindn/helpers/ndn_routing_helper.py
+++ b/minindn/helpers/ndn_routing_helper.py
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 import json
 import operator
 from collections import defaultdict
-from tqdm import tqdm
 from joblib import Parallel, delayed
 
 from mininet.log import info, debug, error, warn
@@ -298,7 +297,7 @@
         info('Creating faces and adding routes to FIB\n')
 
         res = Parallel(n_jobs=-1, require='sharedmem',
-                       prefer="threads")(delayed(self.addNodeRoutes)(host) for host in tqdm(self.net.hosts))
+                       prefer="threads", verbose=1)(delayed(self.addNodeRoutes)(host) for host in self.net.hosts)
 
         info('Processed all the routes to NFD\n')
 
@@ -309,8 +308,8 @@
         :param Node node: Node from net object
         """
         neighborIPs = self.getNeighbor(node)
-        self.createFaces(node, neighborIPs)
-        self.routeAdd(node, neighborIPs)
+        neighborFaces = self.createFaces(node, neighborIPs)
+        self.routeAdd(node, neighborFaces)
 
     def addOrigin(self, nodes, prefix):
         """
@@ -348,10 +347,15 @@
         self.calculateNPossibleRoutes(nFaces=1)
 
     def createFaces(self, node, neighborIPs):
-        for ip in neighborIPs.values():
-            nfdc.createFace(node, ip, self.faceType)
+        neighborFaces = {}
+        for k, ip in neighborIPs.items():
+            faceID = nfdc.createFace(node, ip, self.faceType)
+            if not isinstance(faceID, str): raise ValueError(faceID)
+            neighborFaces[k] = faceID
+        return neighborFaces
 
-    def routeAdd(self, node, neighborIPs):
+
+    def routeAdd(self, node, neighborFaces):
         """
         Add route from a node to its neighbors for each prefix/s  advertised by destination node
 
@@ -367,8 +371,7 @@
             prefixes = [defaultPrefix] + self.namePrefixes[destination]
             for prefix in prefixes:
                 # Register routes to all the available destination name prefix/s
-                faceID = nfdc.createFace(node, neighborIPs[nextHop])
-                nfdc.registerRoute(node, prefix, faceID, cost=cost)
+                nfdc.registerRoute(node, prefix, neighborFaces[nextHop], cost=cost)
     @staticmethod
     def getNeighbor(node):
         # Nodes to IP mapping
diff --git a/minindn/helpers/nfdc.py b/minindn/helpers/nfdc.py
index 50c005b..9468d8b 100644
--- a/minindn/helpers/nfdc.py
+++ b/minindn/helpers/nfdc.py
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@
 # along with Mini-NDN, e.g., in COPYING.md file.
 # If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-from mininet.log import debug
+from mininet.log import debug, warn
 from minindn.minindn import Minindn
 
 # If needed (e.g. to speed up the process), use a smaller (or larger value) 
 # based on your machines resource (CPU, memory)
-SLEEP_TIME = 0.1
+SLEEP_TIME = 0.0015
 
 class Nfdc(object):
     STRATEGY_ASF = 'asf'
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
         if "face-created" in output or (allowExisting and "face-exists" in output):
             faceID = output.split(" ")[1][3:]
             return faceID
+        warn("["+ node.name + "] Face register failed: " + output)
         return -1
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -102,7 +103,9 @@
     @staticmethod
     def setStrategy(node, namePrefix, strategy):
         cmd = 'nfdc strategy set {} ndn:/localhost/nfd/strategy/{}'.format(namePrefix, strategy)
-        debug(node.cmd(cmd))
+        out = node.cmd(cmd)
+        if out.find('error') != -1:
+            warn("[" + node.name + "] Error on strategy set out: " + out)
         Minindn.sleep(SLEEP_TIME)
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -124,4 +127,4 @@
         if "faceid=" not in output:
             return -1
         faceId = output.split(" ")[0][7:]
-        return faceId
\ No newline at end of file
+        return faceId