diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index d11c25e..4cfd144 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -362,6 +362,9 @@ export default class DHTCache extends EventEmitter {
       }
       const connectedTo = this.graph
         .neighbors(id)
+        .filter(
+          (item: any) => this.graph.node.get(item)?.type === EntityType.PUBKEY
+        )
         .map((id: string) => Buffer.from(id, "hex"));
       state[id] = { connectedTo };
     }