diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 5c6a6a2..08436b7 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -423,6 +423,10 @@ export default class DHTCache extends EventEmitter {
     }
 
     for (const id of online) {
+      if (b4a.equals(b4a.from(id, "hex"), this.id)) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
       const item = this.graph.node.get(id);
       if (!item?.online) {
         online.delete(id);