diff --git a/dist/dhtOnlineBase.d.ts b/dist/dhtOnlineBase.d.ts
index 851298b..dc9d3d6 100644
--- a/dist/dhtOnlineBase.d.ts
+++ b/dist/dhtOnlineBase.d.ts
@@ -6,20 +6,21 @@ export default class DHTOnlineBase extends EventEmitter {
     private bootstrapped;
     private graph;
     private connectedTo;
-    private data;
     private encoding;
     constructor(id: Buffer, { encoding }?: {
         encoding?: string | undefined;
     });
+    private _data;
+    get data(): {};
+    set data(value: {});
     private _online;
     get online(): string[];
     broadcast(data: any, ttl?: number): void;
     getPeerData(id: Buffer | string): any;
-    setData(data: any): void;
-    private _broadcastData;
     protected onAddPeer(id: Buffer): void;
     protected onRemovePeer(id: Buffer): void;
     protected onGetBroadcast(message: Buffer, id: Buffer): void;
+    private _broadcastData;
     private _hasSeenPeer;
     private _setPeer;
     private _ensurePeer;
diff --git a/dist/dhtOnlineBase.d.ts.map b/dist/dhtOnlineBase.d.ts.map
index 92365b3..88c119a 100644
--- a/dist/dhtOnlineBase.d.ts.map
+++ b/dist/dhtOnlineBase.d.ts.map
@@ -1 +1 @@
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diff --git a/dist/dhtOnlineBase.js b/dist/dhtOnlineBase.js
index 99b03aa..54408a6 100644
--- a/dist/dhtOnlineBase.js
+++ b/dist/dhtOnlineBase.js
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ class DHTOnlineBase extends events_1.default {
     bootstrapped;
     graph;
     connectedTo;
-    data;
     encoding;
     constructor(id, { encoding = DEFAULT_ENCODING } = {}) {
         super();
@@ -24,10 +23,19 @@ class DHTOnlineBase extends events_1.default {
         this.bootstrapped = false;
         this.graph = new jsnetworkx_1.DiGraph();
         this.connectedTo = new Set();
-        this.data = {};
+        this._data = {};
         this.encoding = (0, codecs_1.default)(encoding || DEFAULT_ENCODING);
         this._online = [this._maybeHexify(this.id)];
     }
+    _data;
+    get data() {
+        return this._data;
+    }
+    set data(value) {
+        this._data = value;
+        this._setPeer(this.id, value);
+        this._broadcastData();
+    }
     _online;
     get online() {
         return this._online;
@@ -38,22 +46,6 @@ class DHTOnlineBase extends events_1.default {
     getPeerData(id) {
         return this.graph.node.get(this._maybeHexify(id));
     }
-    setData(data) {
-        this.data = data;
-        this._setPeer(this.id, data);
-        this._broadcastData();
-    }
-    _broadcastData() {
-        const rawData = this.data;
-        if (!Object.keys(rawData).length) {
-            return;
-        }
-        const data = this.encoding.encode(rawData);
-        this.broadcast(messages_js_1.Message.toBinary(messages_js_1.Message.create({
-            type: messages_js_1.Type.STATE,
-            data,
-        })));
-    }
     onAddPeer(id) {
         const stringId = id.toString("hex");
         if (this.connectedTo.has(stringId)) {
@@ -129,6 +121,17 @@ class DHTOnlineBase extends events_1.default {
             this._bootstrapFrom(bootstrap);
         }
     }
+    _broadcastData() {
+        const rawData = this._data;
+        if (!Object.keys(rawData).length) {
+            return;
+        }
+        const data = this.encoding.encode(rawData);
+        this.broadcast(messages_js_1.Message.toBinary(messages_js_1.Message.create({
+            type: messages_js_1.Type.STATE,
+            data,
+        })));
+    }
     _hasSeenPeer(id) {
         return this.graph.hasNode(this._maybeHexify(id));
     }
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 380a220..af12c65 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class DHTOnline extends dhtOnlineBase_js_1.default {
         this.flood.on("peer-remove", (peer) => this.handlePeerRemove(peer));
         this.flood.on("message", (message, id) => this.onGetBroadcast(message, id));
         this.swarm.on("connection", (peer) => this.flood.send(peer, Buffer.from("hello"), 0));
-        this.setData(data);
+        this.data = data;
         [...this.swarm.peers.values()].forEach(this.handlePeerAdd.bind(this));
     }
     handlePeerAdd(peer) {