diff --git a/crates/lox-distributor/src/lox_context.rs b/crates/lox-distributor/src/lox_context.rs
index c04cef1..bb4f351 100644
--- a/crates/lox-distributor/src/lox_context.rs
+++ b/crates/lox-distributor/src/lox_context.rs
@@ -111,6 +111,15 @@ impl LoxServerContext {
         ba_obj.add_spare_bucket(bucket);
     }
 
+    pub fn replace_with_new(&self, bridgeline: BridgeLine) -> bool {
+        let mut ba_obj = self.ba.lock().unwrap();
+        let mut db_obj = self.db.lock().unwrap();
+        let mut eb_obj = self.extra_bridges.lock().unwrap();
+        let mut available_bridge = eb_obj.last();
+
+        ba_obj.bridge_replace(&bridgeline, available_bridge, &mut db_obj)
+
+    }
     pub fn add_unreachable(&self, bridgeline: BridgeLine) -> bool {
         let mut ba_obj = self.ba.lock().unwrap();
         let mut db_obj = self.db.lock().unwrap();
diff --git a/crates/lox-distributor/src/main.rs b/crates/lox-distributor/src/main.rs
index e3c5309..a9aad1d 100644
--- a/crates/lox-distributor/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/lox-distributor/src/main.rs
@@ -292,6 +292,12 @@ async fn context_manager(mut context_rx: mpsc::Receiver<Command>) {
                         }
                     }
                 }
+                // gone resources are not the same as blocked resources.
+                // Instead, these are bridges which have either failed to pass tests for some period
+                // or have expired bridge descriptors. In both cases, the bridge is unusable, but this
+                // is not likely due to censorship. Therefore, we replace gone resources with new resources
+                // TODO: create a notion of blocked resources from information collected through various means:
+                // https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/censorship-analysis/-/issues/40035
                 if let Some(gone_resources) = resourcediff.gone {
                     for pt in gone_resources {
                         println!("A NEW GONE RESOURCE: {:?}", pt);
@@ -320,7 +326,7 @@ async fn context_manager(mut context_rx: mpsc::Receiver<Command>) {
                                 uid_fingerprint: resource_uid,
                                 info: info_bytes,
                             };
-
+                         /* // Marking bridges as unreachable is reserved for blocked bridges
                             println!("BridgeLine to be removed: {:?}", bridgeline);
                             let res = context.add_unreachable(bridgeline);
                             if res {
@@ -332,12 +338,26 @@ async fn context_manager(mut context_rx: mpsc::Receiver<Command>) {
                                 println!("'Gone' BridgeLine NOT REMOVED!! : {:?}", bridgeline);
                                 //TODO probably do something else here
                             }
+                            */
+                            println!("BridgeLine to be replaced: {:?}", bridgeline);
+                            let res = context.replace_with_new(bridgeline);
+                            if res {
+                                println!(
+                                    "BridgeLine successfully replaced: {:?}",
+                                    bridgeline
+                                );
+                            } else {
+                                println!("'Gone' BridgeLine NOT replaced, marked removed!! : {:?}", bridgeline);
+                                //TODO probably do something else here
+                            }
+
                         }
                     }
                 }
                 context.encrypt_table();
                 sleep(Duration::from_millis(1)).await;
             }
+
             Request { req, sender } => {
                 let response = handle(context.clone(), req).await;
                 if let Err(e) = sender.send(response) {