diff --git a/dist/index.d.ts b/dist/index.d.ts
index 25a69b4..224fa81 100644
--- a/dist/index.d.ts
+++ b/dist/index.d.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ export default class DHTCache extends EventEmitter {
     private bootstrapped;
     private graph;
     private connectedTo;
+    private heartBeatInterval;
     protected flood: DHTFlood;
-    constructor(swarm: any, { id, ...opts }?: {
+    constructor(swarm: any, { id, heartBeatInterval, ...opts }?: {
         id?: Buffer;
         [key: string]: any;
     });
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diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 2213811..7396c44 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ class DHTCache extends events_1.default {
     bootstrapped;
     graph;
     connectedTo;
+    heartBeatInterval;
     flood;
-    constructor(swarm, { id = swarm.keyPair.publicKey, ...opts } = {}) {
+    constructor(swarm, { id = swarm.keyPair.publicKey, heartBeatInterval = 15, ...opts } = {}) {
         super();
         if (!id)
             throw new TypeError("Must provide id for self");
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ class DHTCache extends events_1.default {
         this.bootstrapped = false;
         this.graph = new jsnetworkx_1.DiGraph();
         this.connectedTo = new Set();
+        this.heartBeatInterval = heartBeatInterval;
         this._cache = new Set();
         this._online = new Set([this._maybeHexify(this.id)]);
         this.swarm = swarm;
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ class DHTCache extends events_1.default {
         });
         this._ensurePeer(this.id);
         setInterval(() => this._heartbeatCheck(), 5 * 1000);
-        setInterval(() => this._emitHeartbeat(), 60 * 1000);
+        setInterval(() => this._emitHeartbeat(), this.heartBeatInterval * 1000);
     }
     _cache;
     get cache() {
@@ -330,6 +332,9 @@ class DHTCache extends events_1.default {
             this.graph.removeNode(id);
         }
         for (const id of online) {
+            if (b4a_1.default.equals(b4a_1.default.from(id, "hex"), this.id)) {
+                continue;
+            }
             const item = this.graph.node.get(id);
             if (!item?.online) {
                 online.delete(id);
@@ -376,7 +381,9 @@ class DHTCache extends events_1.default {
             const node = this.graph.node.get(peer);
             const heartbeat = node?.heartbeat;
             const conn = this.swarm._allConnections.get(pubkey);
-            const online = conn && heartbeat > 0 && Date.now() - heartbeat <= 60 * 1000;
+            const online = conn &&
+                heartbeat > 0 &&
+                Date.now() - heartbeat <= this.heartBeatInterval * 1000;
             if (node?.online !== online) {
                 changed = true;
             }