diff --git a/src/main/java/net/consensys/athena/api/cmd/Athena.java b/src/main/java/net/consensys/athena/api/cmd/Athena.java
index d6b41e34..56b64280 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/consensys/athena/api/cmd/Athena.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/consensys/athena/api/cmd/Athena.java
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@
 import static java.util.Optional.empty;
 
 import net.consensys.athena.api.config.Config;
+import net.consensys.athena.api.network.NetworkNodes;
 import net.consensys.athena.impl.config.TomlConfigBuilder;
 import net.consensys.athena.impl.http.server.Serializer;
 import net.consensys.athena.impl.http.server.netty.DefaultNettyServer;
 import net.consensys.athena.impl.http.server.netty.NettyServer;
 import net.consensys.athena.impl.http.server.netty.NettySettings;
+import net.consensys.athena.impl.network.MemoryNetworkNodes;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
@@ -20,12 +22,14 @@
 
 public class Athena {
 
-  private static final int DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT = 8080;
+  private static NetworkNodes networkNodes;
 
   public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
     Optional<String> configFileName = args.length > 0 ? Optional.of(args[0]) : Optional.empty();
 
     Config config = loadConfig(configFileName);
+    networkNodes = new MemoryNetworkNodes(config);
+
     // start http server
     NettyServer server = startServer(config);
     joinServer(server);
@@ -55,7 +59,7 @@ static NettyServer startServer(Config config) throws InterruptedException {
             config.socket(),
             Optional.of((int) config.port()),
             empty(),
-            new AthenaRouter(),
+            new AthenaRouter(networkNodes),
             new Serializer(new ObjectMapper()));
     NettyServer server = new DefaultNettyServer(settings);
     server.start();
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/consensys/athena/api/cmd/AthenaRouter.java b/src/main/java/net/consensys/athena/api/cmd/AthenaRouter.java
index 830f3946..f2881685 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/consensys/athena/api/cmd/AthenaRouter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/consensys/athena/api/cmd/AthenaRouter.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package net.consensys.athena.api.cmd;
 
 import net.consensys.athena.api.enclave.Enclave;
+import net.consensys.athena.api.network.NetworkNodes;
 import net.consensys.athena.api.storage.KeyValueStore;
 import net.consensys.athena.api.storage.Storage;
 import net.consensys.athena.api.storage.StorageIdBuilder;
@@ -34,6 +35,11 @@ public class AthenaRouter implements Router {
   private static final Storage STORAGE =
       new StorageKeyValueStorageDelegate(KEY_VALUE_STORE, KEY_BUILDER);
   private static final Serializer SERIALIZER = new Serializer(new ObjectMapper());
+  private static NetworkNodes networkNodes;
+
+  public AthenaRouter(NetworkNodes info) {
+    networkNodes = info;
+  }
 
   @Override
   public Controller lookup(HttpRequest request) {
@@ -61,8 +67,7 @@ public Controller lookup(HttpRequest request) {
         return new ResendController(ENCLAVE, STORAGE);
       }
       if (uri.getPath().startsWith("/partyinfo")) {
-        //probably need to inject something that stores the party info state.
-        return new PartyInfoController();
+        return new PartyInfoController(networkNodes);
       }
       if (uri.getPath().startsWith("/push")) {
         return new PushController(STORAGE);
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/consensys/athena/api/config/Config.java b/src/main/java/net/consensys/athena/api/config/Config.java
index 02822656..440db40c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/consensys/athena/api/config/Config.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/consensys/athena/api/config/Config.java
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 package net.consensys.athena.api.config;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
-/** Configuration for Athena Refer to the "sample.conf" file for documentation on config elements */
+/**
+ * Configuration for Athena. Refer to the "sample.conf" file for documentation on config elements
+ */
 public interface Config {
 
   /**
@@ -12,7 +15,7 @@ public interface Config {
    *
    * @return URL for this node
    */
-  String url();
+  URL url();
 
   /**
    * Port to listen on for the public API.
@@ -47,7 +50,7 @@ public interface Config {
    *
    * @return Array of other node URLs to connect to on startup
    */
-  File[] otherNodes();
+  URL[] otherNodes();
 
   /**
    * The set of public keys this node will host.
@@ -182,7 +185,7 @@ public interface Config {
    *       after populating the <i>tlsKnownClients</i> list to restrict access.
    *   <li><strong>ca:</strong> Only nodes with a valid certificate and chain of trust to one of the
    *       system root certificates will be allowed to connect. The folder containing trusted root
-   *       certificates can be overridden with the SYSTEM_CERTIFICATE_PATH environment variable.
+   *       certificates can be overriden with the SYSTEM_CERTIFICATE_PATH environment variable.
    *   <li><strong>ca-or-tofu:</strong> A combination of ca and tofu: If a certificate is valid, it
    *       is always allowed and added to the <i>tlsKnownClients</i> list. If it is self-signed, it
    *       will be allowed only if it's the first certificate this node has seen for that host.
@@ -250,7 +253,7 @@ public interface Config {
    *       server for any given host. (Similar to how OpenSSH works.)
    *   <li><strong>ca:</strong> The node will only connect to servers with a valid certificate and
    *       chain of trust to one of the system root certificates. The folder containing trusted root
-   *       certificates can be overridden with the SYSTEM_CERTIFICATE_PATH environment variable.
+   *       certificates can be overriden with the SYSTEM_CERTIFICATE_PATH environment variable.
    *   <li><strong>ca-or-tofu:</strong> A combination of ca and tofu: If a certificate is valid, it
    *       is always allowed and added to the <i>tlsKnownServers</i> list. If it is self-signed, it
    *       will be allowed only if it's the first certificate this node has seen for that host.
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/consensys/athena/api/network/NetworkNodes.java b/src/main/java/net/consensys/athena/api/network/NetworkNodes.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2fde11b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/consensys/athena/api/network/NetworkNodes.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package net.consensys.athena.api.network;
+
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.security.PublicKey;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+
+/** Details of other nodes on the network */
+public interface NetworkNodes {
+
+  /**
+   * URL of this node
+   *
+   * @return URL of node
+   */
+  URL url();
+
+  /**
+   * List of URLs of other nodes on the network
+   *
+   * @return
+   */
+  HashSet<URL> nodeURLs();
+
+  /**
+   * Map from URL to public key for all discovered nodes.
+   *
+   * @return
+   */
+  HashMap<URL, PublicKey> nodePKs();
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/consensys/athena/impl/config/MemoryConfig.java b/src/main/java/net/consensys/athena/impl/config/MemoryConfig.java
index f0dff0a6..670a03c6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/consensys/athena/impl/config/MemoryConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/consensys/athena/impl/config/MemoryConfig.java
@@ -3,15 +3,16 @@
 import net.consensys.athena.api.config.Config;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
 public class MemoryConfig implements Config {
 
-  private String url;
+  private URL url;
   private long port;
   private Optional<File> workDir = Optional.empty();
   private Optional<File> socket = Optional.empty();
-  private File[] otherNodes;
+  private URL[] otherNodes;
   private File[] publicKeys;
   private File[] privateKeys;
   private File[] alwaysSendTo;
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ public class MemoryConfig implements Config {
   private Optional<Boolean> showVersion = Optional.empty();
   private long verbosity;
 
-  public void setUrl(String url) {
+  public void setUrl(URL url) {
     this.url = url;
   }
 
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ public void setSocket(File socket) {
     this.socket = Optional.ofNullable(socket);
   }
 
-  public void setOtherNodes(File[] otherNodes) {
+  public void setOtherNodes(URL[] otherNodes) {
     this.otherNodes = otherNodes;
   }
 
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ public void setVerbosity(long verbosity) {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public String url() {
+  public URL url() {
     return url;
   }
 
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ public Optional<File> socket() {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public File[] otherNodes() {
+  public URL[] otherNodes() {
     return otherNodes;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/consensys/athena/impl/config/TomlConfigBuilder.java b/src/main/java/net/consensys/athena/impl/config/TomlConfigBuilder.java
index 58cd9275..e9117382 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/consensys/athena/impl/config/TomlConfigBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/consensys/athena/impl/config/TomlConfigBuilder.java
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -19,7 +21,12 @@ public Config build(InputStream config) throws ConfigException {
     Toml toml = new Toml().read(config);
 
     if (toml.getString("url") != null) {
-      memoryConfig.setUrl(toml.getString("url"));
+      try {
+        memoryConfig.setUrl(new URL(toml.getString("url")));
+      } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+        errorMsg.append("Error: key 'url' in config is malformed.\n\t");
+        errorMsg.append(e.getMessage()).append("\n");
+      }
     } else {
       errorMsg.append("Error: value for key 'url' in config must be specified\n");
     }
@@ -38,7 +45,12 @@ public Config build(InputStream config) throws ConfigException {
       memoryConfig.setSocket(new File(toml.getString("socket")));
     }
 
-    memoryConfig.setOtherNodes(convertListToFileArray(toml.getList("othernodes")));
+    try {
+      memoryConfig.setOtherNodes(convertListToURLArray(toml.getList("othernodes")));
+    } catch (ConfigException e) {
+      errorMsg.append("Error: key 'othernodes' in config containes malformed URLS.\n");
+      errorMsg.append(e.getMessage());
+    }
 
     memoryConfig.setPublicKeys(convertListToFileArray(toml.getList("publickeys")));
     memoryConfig.setPrivateKeys(convertListToFileArray(toml.getList("privatekeys")));
@@ -113,6 +125,34 @@ private File[] convertListToFileArray(List<String> paths) {
     return paths == null ? new File[0] : paths.stream().map(File::new).toArray(File[]::new);
   }
 
+  private URL[] convertListToURLArray(List<String> urls) {
+    URL[] urlArray;
+    StringBuilder errorMsg = new StringBuilder();
+
+    if (urls == null) {
+      urlArray = new URL[0];
+    } else {
+      urlArray = new URL[urls.size()];
+      for (int i = 0; i < urls.size(); i++) {
+        try {
+          urlArray[i] = new URL(urls.get(i));
+        } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+          errorMsg
+              .append("\tURL [")
+              .append(urls.get(i))
+              .append("] ")
+              .append(e.getMessage())
+              .append("\n");
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    if (errorMsg.length() != 0) {
+      throw new ConfigException(errorMsg.toString());
+    }
+
+    return urlArray;
+  }
+
   private String[] convertListToStringArray(List<String> paths) {
     return paths == null ? new String[0] : paths.toArray(new String[paths.size()]);
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/consensys/athena/impl/http/controllers/PartyInfoController.java b/src/main/java/net/consensys/athena/impl/http/controllers/PartyInfoController.java
index d9654fdf..c7b80a26 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/consensys/athena/impl/http/controllers/PartyInfoController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/consensys/athena/impl/http/controllers/PartyInfoController.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package net.consensys.athena.impl.http.controllers;
 
+import net.consensys.athena.api.network.NetworkNodes;
 import net.consensys.athena.impl.http.server.ContentType;
 import net.consensys.athena.impl.http.server.Controller;
 import net.consensys.athena.impl.http.server.Result;
@@ -12,8 +13,14 @@
  */
 public class PartyInfoController implements Controller {
 
+  private static NetworkNodes networkNodes;
+
+  public PartyInfoController(NetworkNodes info) {
+    networkNodes = info;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public Result handle(FullHttpRequest request) {
-    return Result.notImplemented(ContentType.HASKELL_ENCODED);
+    return Result.ok(ContentType.HASKELL_ENCODED, networkNodes);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/consensys/athena/impl/network/MemoryNetworkNodes.java b/src/main/java/net/consensys/athena/impl/network/MemoryNetworkNodes.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ed6bd8d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/consensys/athena/impl/network/MemoryNetworkNodes.java
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package net.consensys.athena.impl.network;
+
+import net.consensys.athena.api.config.Config;
+import net.consensys.athena.api.network.NetworkNodes;
+
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.security.PublicKey;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+
+public class MemoryNetworkNodes implements NetworkNodes {
+
+  private URL url;
+  private HashSet<URL> nodeURLs;
+  private HashMap<URL, PublicKey> nodePKs;
+
+  public MemoryNetworkNodes() {
+    nodeURLs = new HashSet<>();
+    nodePKs = new HashMap<>();
+  }
+
+  public MemoryNetworkNodes(Config config) {
+    url = config.url();
+    if (config.otherNodes().length > 0) {
+      nodeURLs = new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(config.otherNodes()));
+    } else {
+      nodeURLs = new HashSet<>();
+    }
+
+    nodePKs = new HashMap<>();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Add the URL of a node to the nodeURLs list.
+   *
+   * @param node URL of new node
+   */
+  public void addNodeURL(URL node) {
+    this.nodeURLs.add(node);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Add a node's URL and PublcKey to the nodeURLs and nodePKs lists
+   *
+   * @param node URL of new node
+   * @param nodePk PublicKey of new node
+   */
+  public void addNode(URL node, PublicKey nodePk) {
+    this.nodeURLs.add(node);
+    this.nodePKs.put(node, nodePk);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public URL url() {
+    return url;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public HashSet<URL> nodeURLs() {
+    return nodeURLs;
+  }
+
+  public HashMap<URL, PublicKey> nodePKs() {
+    return nodePKs;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/consensys/athena/api/cmd/AthenaRouterTest.java b/src/test/java/net/consensys/athena/api/cmd/AthenaRouterTest.java
index 98fe0503..ab9c7c41 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/consensys/athena/api/cmd/AthenaRouterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/consensys/athena/api/cmd/AthenaRouterTest.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import net.consensys.athena.impl.http.controllers.SendController;
 import net.consensys.athena.impl.http.controllers.UpcheckController;
 import net.consensys.athena.impl.http.server.Controller;
+import net.consensys.athena.impl.network.MemoryNetworkNodes;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ public class AthenaRouterTest {
   private final String testName;
   private final String path;
   private final Class controllerClass;
-  AthenaRouter router = new AthenaRouter();
+  AthenaRouter router = new AthenaRouter(new MemoryNetworkNodes());
 
   @Parameterized.Parameters
   public static Collection routes() {
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ public static Collection routes() {
           {"Receive", "/receive", ReceiveController.class},
           {"Delete", "/delete", DeleteController.class},
           {"Resend", "/resend", ResendController.class},
-          {"PartyInfo", "/partyinfo", PartyInfoController.class},
+          {"NetworkNodes", "/partyinfo", PartyInfoController.class},
           {"Push", "/push", PushController.class},
         });
   }
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/consensys/athena/impl/config/TomlConfigBuilderTest.java b/src/test/java/net/consensys/athena/impl/config/TomlConfigBuilderTest.java
index e61d46ab..6d59b1da 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/consensys/athena/impl/config/TomlConfigBuilderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/consensys/athena/impl/config/TomlConfigBuilderTest.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.URL;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -24,7 +25,8 @@ public void testFullFileRead() throws Exception {
 
     Config testConf = configBuilder.build(configAsStream);
 
-    assertEquals("http://127.0.0.1:9001/", testConf.url());
+    URL expectedURL = new URL("http://127.0.0.1:9001/");
+    assertEquals(expectedURL, testConf.url());
     assertEquals(9001, testConf.port());
     assertEquals("memory", testConf.storage());
     assertEquals("off", testConf.tls());
@@ -46,10 +48,6 @@ public void testFullFileRead() throws Exception {
     assertEquals(expectedFile, testConf.passwords().get());
 
     // File Arrays
-    expectedFilesArray = new File[1];
-    expectedFilesArray[0] = new File("http://127.0.0.1:9000/");
-    assertArrayEquals(expectedFilesArray, testConf.otherNodes());
-
     expectedFilesArray = new File[1];
     expectedFilesArray[0] = new File("foo.pub");
     assertArrayEquals(expectedFilesArray, testConf.publicKeys());
@@ -68,6 +66,11 @@ public void testFullFileRead() throws Exception {
     expectedFilesArray = new File[0];
     assertArrayEquals(expectedFilesArray, testConf.tlsClientChain());
 
+    // URL Array
+    URL[] expectedURLArray = new URL[1];
+    expectedURLArray[0] = new URL("http://127.0.0.1:9000/");
+    assertArrayEquals(expectedURLArray, testConf.otherNodes());
+
     // String Array
     String expectedStringArray[] = {"10.0.0.1", "2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334"};
     assertArrayEquals(expectedStringArray, testConf.ipWhitelist());
@@ -154,6 +157,10 @@ public void testInvalidConfigsThrowException() throws Exception {
     } catch (ConfigException e) {
       String message =
           "Invalid Configuration Options\n"
+              + "Error: key 'url' in config is malformed.\n\tunknown protocol: htt\n"
+              + "Error: key 'othernodes' in config containes malformed URLS.\n"
+              + "\tURL [htt://127.0.0.1:9000/] unknown protocol: htt\n"
+              + "\tURL [10.1.1.1] no protocol: 10.1.1.1\n"
               + "Error: the number of keys specified for keys 'publickeys' and 'privatekeys' must be the same\n"
               + "Error: value for key 'storage' type must start with: ['bdp:', 'dir:', 'leveldb:', 'sqllite:'] or be 'memory'\n"
               + "Error: value for key 'tls' status must be 'strict' or 'off'\n"
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/consensys/athena/impl/http/controllers/PartyInfoControllerTest.java b/src/test/java/net/consensys/athena/impl/http/controllers/PartyInfoControllerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9dbbf130
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/net/consensys/athena/impl/http/controllers/PartyInfoControllerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package net.consensys.athena.impl.http.controllers;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+import net.consensys.athena.api.network.NetworkNodes;
+import net.consensys.athena.impl.config.MemoryConfig;
+import net.consensys.athena.impl.http.helpers.HttpTester;
+import net.consensys.athena.impl.http.server.Controller;
+import net.consensys.athena.impl.http.server.Result;
+import net.consensys.athena.impl.network.MemoryNetworkNodes;
+
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpMethod;
+import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpResponseStatus;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class PartyInfoControllerTest {
+  @Test
+  public void testSuccessfullProcessingOfRequest() throws Exception {
+
+    MemoryConfig config = new MemoryConfig();
+
+    config.setUrl(new URL("http://127.0.0.1:9001/"));
+    URL[] otherNodes = new URL[1];
+    otherNodes[0] = new URL("http://127.0.0.1:9000/");
+    config.setOtherNodes(otherNodes);
+
+    NetworkNodes networkNodes = new MemoryNetworkNodes(config);
+    Controller controller = new PartyInfoController(networkNodes);
+
+    Result result =
+        new HttpTester(controller).uri("/partyinfo").method(HttpMethod.POST).sendRequest();
+
+    assertEquals(result.getStatus().code(), HttpResponseStatus.OK.code());
+    assertEquals(Optional.of(networkNodes), result.getPayload());
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/consensys/athena/impl/http/server/netty/DefaultNettyServerTest.java b/src/test/java/net/consensys/athena/impl/http/server/netty/DefaultNettyServerTest.java
index b9a648c5..fd6ab7a8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/consensys/athena/impl/http/server/netty/DefaultNettyServerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/consensys/athena/impl/http/server/netty/DefaultNettyServerTest.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 import net.consensys.athena.api.cmd.AthenaRouter;
 import net.consensys.athena.impl.http.server.Serializer;
+import net.consensys.athena.impl.network.MemoryNetworkNodes;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.DataOutputStream;
@@ -26,7 +27,11 @@ public void testStartWillStartTheServerAndListenOnHttpPortFromSettings()
     int port = getPortWithNothingRunningOnIt();
     NettySettings settings =
         new NettySettings(
-            empty(), of(port), empty(), new AthenaRouter(), new Serializer(new ObjectMapper()));
+            empty(),
+            of(port),
+            empty(),
+            new AthenaRouter(new MemoryNetworkNodes()),
+            new Serializer(new ObjectMapper()));
     NettyServer server = new DefaultNettyServer(settings);
     server.start();
     URL url = new URL("http://localhost:" + port + "/upcheck");
diff --git a/src/test/resources/invalidConfigTest.toml b/src/test/resources/invalidConfigTest.toml
index 2ae68636..c8764989 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/invalidConfigTest.toml
+++ b/src/test/resources/invalidConfigTest.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Test config with invalid config settings to test validation exception
-url = "http://127.0.0.1:9001/"
+url = "htt://127.0.0.1:9001/"
 port = 9001
+othernodes = ["htt://127.0.0.1:9000/", "10.1.1.1"]
 verbosity = 4
 tls = "notValid"
 tlsservertrust = "invalid-trust-mode"