diff --git a/duniterpy/api/client.py b/duniterpy/api/client.py
index 788cb6e59bb6406841960fb941a698e3ba91e6ab..37ff1ecdf19a3de3b46e915af6a9b78d83cc4aec 100644
--- a/duniterpy/api/client.py
+++ b/duniterpy/api/client.py
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ class API:
         response = request.urlopen(duniter_request, timeout=15)  # type: HTTPResponse
 
         if response.status != 200:
-            content = str(response.read())
+            content = response.read().decode("utf-8")
             if bma_errors:
                 try:
                     error_data = parse_error(content)
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ class API:
 
         # get response content
         return_response = copy.copy(response)
-        content = str(response.read())
+        content = response.read().decode("utf-8")
         response.close()
 
         # if schema supplied...
diff --git a/duniterpy/helpers/network.py b/duniterpy/helpers/network.py
index 70da09b1d1276d9e91c79d48c4cd6f192d9f5230..af15122335c4378d126f127fc17a8fa4676a4e93 100644
--- a/duniterpy/helpers/network.py
+++ b/duniterpy/helpers/network.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ from itertools import groupby
 from duniterpy.key import VerifyingKey
 
 
-async def get_available_nodes(client: Client) -> List[List[Dict[str, Any]]]:
+def get_available_nodes(client: Client) -> List[List[Dict[str, Any]]]:
     """
     Get available nodes grouped and sorted by descending blockstamp
 
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ async def get_available_nodes(client: Client) -> List[List[Dict[str, Any]]]:
     :return:
     """
     # capture heads and peers
-    heads_response = await client(bma.network.ws2p_heads)
-    peers_response = await client(bma.network.peers)
+    heads_response = client(bma.network.ws2p_heads)
+    peers_response = client(bma.network.peers)
 
     # get heads instances from WS2P messages
     heads = []
diff --git a/examples/request_available_nodes.py b/examples/request_available_nodes.py
index 1b9a208ed07b83f7d869f3541025e5bb4607aa4c..e4a394bd7e2ea350dc7f393297678c75e37db261 100644
--- a/examples/request_available_nodes.py
+++ b/examples/request_available_nodes.py
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 """
 
-import asyncio
-
 from duniterpy.helpers import network
 from duniterpy.api.client import Client
 
@@ -26,20 +24,19 @@ from duniterpy.api.client import Client
 # or the simple definition : [NAME_OF_THE_API] [DOMAIN] [PORT] [PATH]
 # Here we use the secure BASIC_MERKLED_API (BMAS)
 BMAS_ENDPOINT = "BMAS g1-test.duniter.org 443"
-BMAS_ENDPOINT = "BMAS g1.duniter.org 443"
 
 
 ################################################
 
 
-async def main():
+def main():
     """
     Main code
     """
     # Create Client from endpoint string in Duniter format
     client = Client(BMAS_ENDPOINT)
 
-    groups = await network.get_available_nodes(client)
+    groups = network.get_available_nodes(client)
     for group in groups:
         block = group[0]["head"].blockstamp
         print(f"block {block} shared by {len(group)} nodes")
@@ -50,10 +47,6 @@ async def main():
         for endpoint in node["endpoints"]:
             print(endpoint)
 
-    # Close client aiohttp session
-    await client.close()
-
 
-# Latest duniter-python-api is asynchronous and you have to use asyncio, an asyncio loop and a "as" on the data.
-# ( https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio.html )
-asyncio.get_event_loop().run_until_complete(main())
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/tests/api/bma/test_network.py b/tests/api/bma/test_network.py
index c960697d0f7d082531d30127263ab2612ea1c668..ac7f1543dabd6854c03e05073154326c7f01aa81 100644
--- a/tests/api/bma/test_network.py
+++ b/tests/api/bma/test_network.py
@@ -21,10 +21,9 @@ import jsonschema
 from jsonschema import ValidationError, SchemaError
 
 from duniterpy.api.bma import network
-from tests.api.webserver import WebFunctionalSetupMixin, web
 
 
-class TestBmaNetwork(WebFunctionalSetupMixin, unittest.TestCase):
+class TestBmaNetwork(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_peers(self):
         json_sample = {
             "peers": [