Can't get the p2pool node running.
Latest repo cloned https://github.com/nzsquirrell/p2pool-nzs

unitus.conf:
rpcuser=unitusrpc
rpcpassword=x
server=1
listen=1
logtimestamps=1
gen=0
daemon=1
bind=10.0.4.2
rpcallowip=10.0.4.1
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
rpcport=50604
maxconnections=20

~/unitus_pool$ python run_p2pool.py --net unitus_bla
2015-01-06 21:00:04.270700 p2pool (version 13.3-379-g4c2764f)
2015-01-06 21:00:04.270907
2015-01-06 21:00:04.271104 Testing bitcoind RPC connection to 'http://127.0.0.1:50604/' with username 'unitusrpc'...
2015-01-06 21:00:04.301014     ...success!
2015-01-06 21:00:04.301278     Current block hash: bee05d475225005e2802200539e39f5bc031d286ef0667dc83ebf4c38690fc93
2015-01-06 21:00:04.301424     Current block height: 11999
2015-01-06 21:00:04.301512
2015-01-06 21:00:04.301628 Testing bitcoind P2P connection to '127.0.0.1:50603'...
2015-01-06 21:00:09.302095     ...taking a while. Common reasons for this include all of bitcoind's connection slots being used...

It gets stuck @ p2p connection every time. I tried starting p2pool right after unitusd to make sure there are available slots, nothing changes.
Any ideas? Thanks