diff --git a/cmd/indra/main.go b/cmd/indra/main.go
index dd3b10f8..0f51f7af 100644
--- a/cmd/indra/main.go
+++ b/cmd/indra/main.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ var commands = &cmds.Command{
 					return err
 				}
 
-				if srv.Serve(); check(err) {
+				if err = srv.Serve(); check(err) {
 					return err
 				}
 
diff --git a/docker/sim/docker-compose-dev.yml b/docker/sim/docker-compose-dev.yml
index 5d901f5f..f73318bd 100644
--- a/docker/sim/docker-compose-dev.yml
+++ b/docker/sim/docker-compose-dev.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ services:
     environment:
       INDRA_SERVE_KEY: "66T7j5JnhsjDTqVvV8zEM2rTUobu66tocizfqArVEnP1"
       INDRA_SERVE_LISTEN: "/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/62134,/ip6/::/tcp/62134"
+    command:
+      - "serve"
   seed1:
     sysctls:
       - "net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=0"
@@ -36,6 +38,8 @@ services:
     environment:
       INDRA_SERVE_KEY: "66T7j5JnhsjDTqVvV8zEM2rTUobu66tocizfqArVEnP2"
       INDRA_SERVE_LISTEN: "/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/62134,/ip6/::/tcp/62134"
+    command:
+      - "serve"
   seed2:
     sysctls:
       - "net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=0"
@@ -56,6 +60,8 @@ services:
     environment:
       INDRA_SERVE_KEY: "66T7j5JnhsjDTqVvV8zEM2rTUobu66tocizfqArVEnP3"
       INDRA_SERVE_LISTEN: "/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/62134,/ip6/::/tcp/62134"
+    command:
+      - "serve"
   peer0:
     sysctls:
       - "net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=0"
@@ -76,6 +82,8 @@ services:
     environment:
       #INDRA_SERVE_SEED: "/dns4/seed0/tcp/62134/p2p/16Uiu2HAm2LgowPNBM47dR6gSJmEeQaqCZ6u4WPhTCSWkxyNrfAxo"
       INDRA_SERVE_LISTEN: "/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/62134,/ip6/::/tcp/62134"
+    command:
+      - "serve"
   peer1:
     sysctls:
       - "net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=0"
@@ -96,6 +104,8 @@ services:
     environment:
       #INDRA_SERVE_SEED: "/dns4/seed0/tcp/62134/p2p/16Uiu2HAm2LgowPNBM47dR6gSJmEeQaqCZ6u4WPhTCSWkxyNrfAxo"
       INDRA_SERVE_LISTEN: "/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/62134,/ip6/::/tcp/62134"
+    command:
+      - "serve"
   peer2:
     sysctls:
       - "net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=0"
@@ -116,6 +126,8 @@ services:
     environment:
       #INDRA_SERVE_SEED: "/dns4/seed0/tcp/62134/p2p/16Uiu2HAm2LgowPNBM47dR6gSJmEeQaqCZ6u4WPhTCSWkxyNrfAxo"
       INDRA_SERVE_LISTEN: "/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/62134,/ip6/::1/tcp/62134"
+    command:
+      - "serve"
 volumes:
   seed0_gopath:
   seed1_gopath:
diff --git a/docker/sim/run.sh b/docker/sim/run.sh
index 90aa4874..f31749a6 100755
--- a/docker/sim/run.sh
+++ b/docker/sim/run.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 go mod tidy
 
-IPFS_LOGGING=info go run ./cmd/indra/. serve
\ No newline at end of file
+IPFS_LOGGING=info go run ./cmd/indra/. $@
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/p2p/seed/bootstrap.go b/pkg/p2p/seed/bootstrap.go
index 9386e1f0..b7ac477d 100644
--- a/pkg/p2p/seed/bootstrap.go
+++ b/pkg/p2p/seed/bootstrap.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package seed
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	dht "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ var (
 	c  context.Context
 	h  host.Host = nil
 
+	kadht *dht.IpfsDHT
+
 	failedChan = make(chan error)
 )
 
@@ -80,6 +83,14 @@ func Bootstrap(ctx context.Context, host host.Host, seeds []multiaddr.Multiaddr)
 	c = ctx
 	h = host
 
+	if kadht, err = dht.New(ctx, h); check(err) {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if err = kadht.Bootstrap(ctx); check(err) {
+		return
+	}
+
 	log.I.Ln("using seeds:")
 
 	var peerInfo *peer.AddrInfo