diff --git a/crates/lox-library/src/bridge_table.rs b/crates/lox-library/src/bridge_table.rs
index ec2e0f6..1750d7b 100644
--- a/crates/lox-library/src/bridge_table.rs
+++ b/crates/lox-library/src/bridge_table.rs
@@ -249,6 +249,25 @@ impl BridgeTable {
         self.buckets.len()
     }
 
+    pub fn recycle_bucket(&mut self, bucket: &[BridgeLine; MAX_BRIDGES_PER_BUCKET], index: u32) {
+        // Pick a random key to encrypt this bucket
+        let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+        let mut key: [u8; 16] = [0; 16];
+        rng.fill_bytes(&mut key);
+        self.keys[index as usize] = key;
+        self.buckets[index as usize] = *bucket;
+        for (i, b) in bucket.iter().enumerate() {
+            if b.port > 0 {
+                if let Some(v) = self.reachable.get_mut(b) {
+                    v.push((index, i));
+                } else {
+                    let v = vec![(index, i)];
+                    self.reachable.insert(*b, v);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Append a new bucket to the bridge table, returning its index
     pub fn new_bucket(&mut self, bucket: &[BridgeLine; MAX_BRIDGES_PER_BUCKET]) -> u32 {
         // Pick a random key to encrypt this bucket
diff --git a/crates/lox-library/src/lib.rs b/crates/lox-library/src/lib.rs
index 81e9d6b..5fc9eb7 100644
--- a/crates/lox-library/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/lox-library/src/lib.rs
@@ -293,7 +293,14 @@ impl BridgeAuth {
         bridges: [BridgeLine; MAX_BRIDGES_PER_BUCKET],
         bdb: &mut BridgeDb,
     ) {
-        let bnum = self.bridge_table.new_bucket(&bridges);
+        let bnum: u32;
+        if self.bridge_table.recyclable.is_empty() {
+            bnum = self.bridge_table.new_bucket(&bridges);
+        } else {
+            bnum = *self.bridge_table.recyclable.iter().next().unwrap();
+            self.bridge_table.recyclable.remove(&bnum);
+            self.bridge_table.recycle_bucket(&bridges, bnum)
+        }
         let mut single = [BridgeLine::default(); MAX_BRIDGES_PER_BUCKET];
         for b in bridges.iter() {
             single[0] = *b;
@@ -305,7 +312,14 @@ impl BridgeAuth {
 
     /// Insert a hot spare bucket of bridges
     pub fn add_spare_bucket(&mut self, bucket: [BridgeLine; MAX_BRIDGES_PER_BUCKET]) {
-        let bnum = self.bridge_table.new_bucket(&bucket);
+        let bnum: u32;
+        if self.bridge_table.recyclable.is_empty() {
+            bnum = self.bridge_table.new_bucket(&bucket);
+        } else {
+            bnum = *self.bridge_table.recyclable.iter().next().unwrap();
+            self.bridge_table.recyclable.remove(&bnum);
+            self.bridge_table.recycle_bucket(&bucket, bnum)
+        }
         self.bridge_table.spares.insert(bnum);
     }
 
@@ -320,6 +334,19 @@ impl BridgeAuth {
         // This will be the bad/annoying part
     }
 
+    pub fn allocate_bridges(&mut self, distributor_bridges: &mut Vec<BridgeLine>, bdb: &mut BridgeDb) {
+        while let Some(bridge) = distributor_bridges.iter().next_back() {
+            self.bridge_table.unallocated_bridges.push(*bridge)
+        }
+        while self.bridge_table.unallocated_bridges.len() >= MAX_BRIDGES_PER_BUCKET {
+            let mut bucket = [BridgeLine::default(); MAX_BRIDGES_PER_BUCKET];
+            for i in 0..MAX_BRIDGES_PER_BUCKET {
+                bucket[i] = self.bridge_table.unallocated_bridges.pop().unwrap();
+            }
+            self.add_openinv_bridges(bucket, bdb);
+        }
+    }
+
     // Update the details of a bridge in the bridge table. This assumes that the IP and Port
     // of a given bridge remains the same and thus can be updated.
     // First we must retrieve the list of reachable bridges, then we must search for any matching our partial key
diff --git a/crates/lox-library/src/tests.rs b/crates/lox-library/src/tests.rs
index 885980c..b9c5d9e 100644
--- a/crates/lox-library/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/lox-library/src/tests.rs
@@ -682,6 +682,27 @@ fn test_update_bridge() {
     println!("After update openinv = {:?}\n", th.bdb.openinv_buckets);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_bridge_replace() {
+    // TODO
+    let mut th = TestHarness::new();
+    // Add new bridge to table with known values,
+    // check that I can find and update the values and that everything else stays the same
+
+    // Create 3 bridges to test harness
+    let bucket = [
+        BridgeLine::random(),
+        BridgeLine::random(),
+        BridgeLine::random(),
+    ];
+
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_allocate_bridges() {
+    // TODO
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_mark_unreachable() {
     let mut th = TestHarness::new();