diff --git a/examples/fullmesh.rs b/examples/fullmesh.rs
index f5b307b..afc4deb 100644
--- a/examples/fullmesh.rs
+++ b/examples/fullmesh.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use std::io::Write;
+use std::net::SocketAddr;
 
 use log::info;
 
@@ -65,6 +66,11 @@ async fn main() {
 	info!("Node private key: {}", hex::encode(&privkey));
 	info!("Node public key: {}", hex::encode(&privkey.public_key()));
 
+	let public_addr = opt.public_addr.map(|x| x.parse().unwrap());
+	let listen_addr: SocketAddr = opt.listen_addr.parse().unwrap();
+	info!("Node public address: {:?}", public_addr);
+	info!("Node listen address: {}", listen_addr);
+
 	let netapp = NetApp::new(netid.clone(), privkey.clone());
 
 	let mut bootstrap_peers = vec![];
@@ -72,9 +78,11 @@ async fn main() {
 		bootstrap_peers.push(parse_peer_addr(peer).expect("Invalid peer address"));
 	}
 
-	let peering = FullMeshPeeringStrategy::new(netapp.clone(), bootstrap_peers);
-
-	let listen_addr = opt.listen_addr.parse().unwrap();
+	let peering = FullMeshPeeringStrategy::new(
+		netapp.clone(),
+		bootstrap_peers,
+		public_addr.map(|a| SocketAddr::new(a, listen_addr.port())),
+	);
 
 	info!("Add more peers to this mesh by running: fullmesh -n {} -l 127.0.0.1:$((1000 + $RANDOM)) -b {}@{}",
 		hex::encode(&netid),
@@ -83,7 +91,6 @@ async fn main() {
 
 	let watch_cancel = netapp::util::watch_ctrl_c();
 
-	let public_addr = opt.public_addr.map(|x| x.parse().unwrap());
 	tokio::join!(
 		netapp.listen(listen_addr, public_addr, watch_cancel.clone()),
 		peering.run(watch_cancel),
diff --git a/src/peering/fullmesh.rs b/src/peering/fullmesh.rs
index 5f17718..22657dd 100644
--- a/src/peering/fullmesh.rs
+++ b/src/peering/fullmesh.rs
@@ -163,7 +163,11 @@ impl FullMeshPeeringStrategy {
 	/// The strategy will not be run until `.run()` is called and awaited.
 	/// Once that happens, the peering strategy will try to connect
 	/// to all of the nodes specified in the bootstrap list.
-	pub fn new(netapp: Arc<NetApp>, bootstrap_list: Vec<(NodeID, SocketAddr)>) -> Arc<Self> {
+	pub fn new(
+		netapp: Arc<NetApp>,
+		bootstrap_list: Vec<(NodeID, SocketAddr)>,
+		our_addr: Option<SocketAddr>,
+	) -> Arc<Self> {
 		let mut known_hosts = KnownHosts::new();
 		for (id, addr) in bootstrap_list {
 			if id != netapp.id {
@@ -179,6 +183,18 @@ impl FullMeshPeeringStrategy {
 			}
 		}
 
+		if let Some(addr) = our_addr {
+			known_hosts.list.insert(
+				netapp.id,
+				PeerInfoInternal {
+					addr,
+					state: PeerConnState::Ourself,
+					last_seen: None,
+					ping: VecDeque::new(),
+				},
+			);
+		}
+
 		let strat = Arc::new(Self {
 			netapp: netapp.clone(),
 			known_hosts: RwLock::new(known_hosts),
@@ -188,6 +204,8 @@ impl FullMeshPeeringStrategy {
 			peer_list_endpoint: netapp.endpoint("__netapp/peering/fullmesh.rs/PeerList".into()),
 		});
 
+		strat.update_public_peer_list(&strat.known_hosts.read().unwrap());
+
 		strat.ping_endpoint.set_handler(strat.clone());
 		strat.peer_list_endpoint.set_handler(strat.clone());