diff --git a/bin/hushlist b/bin/hushlist
index ca242f9..da89067 100755
--- a/bin/hushlist
+++ b/bin/hushlist
@@ -23,10 +23,9 @@ print "Hushlist running on $blockchain ${chain}net, $blocks blocks\n";
 print "Balances: transparent $tbalance HUSH, private $zbalance HUSH\n";
 
 # we only need one
-my $list    = Hush::List->new;
-my $command = shift || help();
-
-my $COMMANDS = {
+my $list      = Hush::List->new;
+my $command   = shift || help();
+my $COMMANDS  = {
     "add"     =>   \&add,
     "contact" =>   \&contact,
     "new"     =>   \&new,
@@ -43,10 +42,22 @@ sub help {
 
 sub contact {
     my $cmd = shift || '';
-    if ($cmd eq 'new') {
-        # add a hush contact, yay
-        my ($name,$zaddr) = @ARGV;
-        die Dumper [ $name, $zaddr ];
+    my $subcommands = {
+        "add" => sub {
+            # add a hush contact, yay
+            my ($cmd,$name,$zaddr) = @ARGV;
+            barf Dumper [ $cmd, $name, $zaddr ];
+        },
+        "rm" => sub {
+            my ($cmd,$name,$zaddr) = @ARGV;
+            barf Dumper [ $cmd, $name, $zaddr ];
+        },
+    };
+    my $subcmd = $subcommands->{$cmd};
+    if ($subcmd) {
+        $subcmd->();
+    } else {
+        barf "Invalid hushlist contact subcommand!";
     }
 }
 
@@ -69,7 +80,7 @@ sub new {
 }
 
 sub run {
-    print "Running command $command\n";
+    #print "Running command $command\n";
     my $cmd = $COMMANDS->{$command};
 
     if ($cmd) {
diff --git a/lib/Hush/List.pm b/lib/Hush/List.pm
index 2500640..4e494ec 100644
--- a/lib/Hush/List.pm
+++ b/lib/Hush/List.pm
@@ -96,6 +96,20 @@ sub global_status {
             print "\t- $hushlist: " . scalar(@members) . " members \n";
         }
     }
+
+    print "Hushlist contacts:\n ";
+
+    # other possibilties: KMD, ZEN, others?
+    my @chains = qw/hush tush zec taz/;
+
+    for my $chain (@chains) {
+        my $contacts_file = catdir($HUSHLIST_CONFIG_DIR,"$chain-contacts.txt");
+        if (-e $contacts_file) {
+            my @contacts      = read_file($contacts_file);
+            my $uchain        = uc($chain);
+            print "\t- " . scalar(@contacts) . " $uchain contacts\n";
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 # show details about a particular hushlist
@@ -142,6 +156,12 @@ sub new_list {
     open my $fh, '>', $list_specific_conf or barf "Could not open $list_specific_conf for writing";
     print $fh "# hushlist $name config v$Hush::List::VERSION\n";
     print $fh "generated=$time\n";
+    # default chain is hush for now
+    # changing the chain of an existing list means that the subset
+    # of members that have addresses in the local contact list for the
+    # new chain will receive message, or operation aborts if no valid
+    # contacts on new chain
+    print $fh "chain=hush\n";
     close $fh;
     }