diff --git a/src/dhtOnlineBase.ts b/src/dhtOnlineBase.ts
index 332f369..d759a8f 100644
--- a/src/dhtOnlineBase.ts
+++ b/src/dhtOnlineBase.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@ export default class DHTOnlineBase extends EventEmitter {
     return this._data;
   }
 
+  set data(value: {}) {
+    this._data = value;
+
+    this._setPeer(this.id, value);
+
+    this._broadcastData();
+  }
+
   private _online: string[];
 
   get online(): string[] {
@@ -50,14 +58,6 @@ export default class DHTOnlineBase extends EventEmitter {
     return this.graph.node.get(this._maybeHexify(id));
   }
 
-  public setData(data: any) {
-    this._data = data;
-
-    this._setPeer(this.id, data);
-
-    this._broadcastData();
-  }
-
   protected onAddPeer(id: Buffer) {
     const stringId = id.toString("hex");
     if (this.connectedTo.has(stringId)) {
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 83395e4..0c8a0de 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export default class DHTOnline extends DHTOnlineBase {
       this.flood.send(peer, Buffer.from("hello"), 0)
     );
 
-    this.setData(data);
+    this.data = data;
 
     [...this.swarm.peers.values()].forEach(this.handlePeerAdd.bind(this));
   }
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 34ff966..1011236 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ test("Basic presence test  / data propagation", (t) => {
     const p1 = new DHTOnline(peer1);
     const p2 = new DHTOnline(peer2);
 
-    p1.setData({ message: "Hello" });
-    p2.setData({ message: "World!" });
+    p1.data = { message: "Hello" };
+    p2.data = { message: "World!" };
 
     t.ok(p1.id, "Generated id 1");
     t.ok(p2.id, "Generated id 2");