diff --git a/dist/index.d.ts b/dist/index.d.ts
index 3bfa3db..69e769b 100644
--- a/dist/index.d.ts
+++ b/dist/index.d.ts
@@ -46,5 +46,6 @@ export default class DHTCache extends EventEmitter {
     private _pruneItems;
     private _heartbeatCheck;
     private _emitHeartbeat;
+    private _hello;
 }
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index 5ffdb57..721058c 100644
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diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 53f0400..d983ccf 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class DHTCache extends events_1.default {
         this.flood.on("peer-open", (peer) => this.addPeerHandler(peer));
         this.flood.on("peer-remove", (peer) => this.removePeerHandler(peer));
         this.flood.on("message", (message, id) => this.onGetBroadcast(message, id));
-        this.swarm.on("connection", (peer) => this.send(peer, b4a_1.default.from("hello")));
+        this.swarm.on("connection", this._hello.bind(this));
         [...this.swarm.peers.values()]
             .map((item) => {
             remotePublicKey: item.publicKey;
@@ -287,22 +287,30 @@ class DHTCache extends events_1.default {
         this.graph.removeNode(this._maybeHexify(id));
     }
     _bootstrapFrom(bootstrap) {
-        if (this.bootstrapped) {
-            return;
-        }
         for (const id in bootstrap) {
             const { connectedTo } = bootstrap[id];
             if (id === this.id.toString("hex")) {
                 continue;
             }
+            if (!this.connectedTo.has(id)) {
+                this.swarm.joinPeer(id);
+            }
             for (const connection of connectedTo) {
                 const peer = b4a_1.default.from(connection);
+                if (b4a_1.default.equals(peer, this.id)) {
+                    continue;
+                }
                 this._ensurePeer(peer);
                 this._addEntityConnection(id, peer);
+                if (!this.connectedTo.has(peer.toString("hex"))) {
+                    this.swarm.joinPeer(peer);
+                }
             }
         }
-        this.bootstrapped = true;
-        this.emit("bootstrapped");
+        if (!this.bootstrapped) {
+            this.bootstrapped = true;
+            this.emit("bootstrapped");
+        }
         this._recalculate();
     }
     _getBootstrapInfo() {
@@ -426,5 +434,9 @@ class DHTCache extends events_1.default {
             }));
         }
     }
+    _hello(peer) {
+        this.send(peer, b4a_1.default.from("hello"));
+        this.swarm.leavePeer(peer.remotePublicKey);
+    }
 }
 exports.default = DHTCache;