diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d729010..d593f07 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,11 +6,10 @@
     "dependencies": {
         "@lumeweb/libkernel-universal": "git+https://git.lumeweb.com/LumeWeb/libkernel-universal.git",
         "@siaweb/libweb": "git+https://git.lumeweb.com/LumeWeb/libsiaweb.git",
-        "backoff": "^2.5.0",
+        "backoff.js": "^1.0.4",
         "eventemitter3": "^5.0.0"
     },
     "devDependencies": {
-        "@types/backoff": "^2.5.2",
         "@types/node": "^18.13.0",
         "prettier": "^2.8.4",
         "pretty": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 3ce62e4..b4fc25f 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ import { DataFn, ErrTuple, hexToBuf } from "@siaweb/libweb";
 
 import type { EventEmitter } from "eventemitter3";
 
-import backoff, { Backoff } from "backoff";
+// @ts-ignore
+import Backoff from "backoff.js";
 
 export class SwarmClient extends Client {
   private useDefaultSwarm: boolean;
   private id: number = 0;
   private _autoReconnect: boolean;
-  private _connectBackoff: Backoff;
+  private _connectBackoff: any;
 
   private _ready?: Promise<void>;
 
@@ -18,10 +19,9 @@ export class SwarmClient extends Client {
     super();
     this.useDefaultSwarm = useDefaultDht;
     this._autoReconnect = autoReconnect;
-    this._connectBackoff = backoff.fibonacci();
-
-    this._connectBackoff.on("ready", () => {
-      this.start();
+    this._connectBackoff = new Backoff({
+      strategy: "fibo",
+      maxAttempts: 0,
     });
   }
 
@@ -57,19 +57,14 @@ export class SwarmClient extends Client {
     await this._ready;
 
     this._ready = undefined;
-    this._connectBackoff.reset();
   }
 
   async start(): Promise<void> {
-    const backoff = () => setImmediate(() => this._connectBackoff.backoff());
+    this._connectBackoff.run(() => this.init());
 
-    try {
-      await this.init();
-    } catch (e) {
-      this.logErr(e);
-      backoff();
-      return;
-    }
+    this._connectBackoff.on("retry", (error: any) => {
+      this.logErr(error);
+    });
 
     await this.ready();
   }
@@ -84,7 +79,7 @@ export class SwarmClient extends Client {
     );
 
     await connect[1];
-    this._connectBackoff.backoff();
+    this.start();
   }
 
   public async addRelay(pubkey: string): Promise<void> {