diff --git a/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/network/p2p/seed/DefaultSeedNodeRepository.java b/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/network/p2p/seed/DefaultSeedNodeRepository.java
index 4c52456fb6..071781b2cc 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/network/p2p/seed/DefaultSeedNodeRepository.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/network/p2p/seed/DefaultSeedNodeRepository.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
 // If a new BaseCurrencyNetwork type gets added we need to add the resource file for it as well!
 @Slf4j
 @Singleton
@@ -69,11 +72,12 @@ public class DefaultSeedNodeRepository implements SeedNodeRepository {
             List<NodeAddress> result = getSeedNodeAddressesFromPropertyFile(config.baseCurrencyNetwork.name().toLowerCase());
             cache.addAll(result);
 
-            // filter
+            // let values configured by filter fail more gracefully
             cache.removeAll(
                     config.bannedSeedNodes.stream()
                             .filter(n -> !n.isEmpty())
-                            .map(NodeAddress::new)
+                            .map(this::getNodeAddress)
+                            .filter(Objects::nonNull)
                             .collect(Collectors.toSet()));
 
             log.info("Seed nodes: {}", cache);
@@ -124,4 +128,14 @@ public class DefaultSeedNodeRepository implements SeedNodeRepository {
             reload();
         return cache.contains(nodeAddress);
     }
+
+    @Nullable
+    private NodeAddress getNodeAddress(String n) {
+        try {
+            return new NodeAddress(n);
+        } catch (Throwable t) {
+            log.error("exception when filtering banned seednodes", t);
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/bisq/core/network/p2p/seed/DefaultSeedNodeRepositoryTest.java b/core/src/test/java/bisq/core/network/p2p/seed/DefaultSeedNodeRepositoryTest.java
index c7c776b038..ea8e1d5168 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/bisq/core/network/p2p/seed/DefaultSeedNodeRepositoryTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/bisq/core/network/p2p/seed/DefaultSeedNodeRepositoryTest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import bisq.network.p2p.NodeAddress;
 
 import bisq.common.config.Config;
 
+import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -45,4 +46,21 @@ public class DefaultSeedNodeRepositoryTest {
         Assert.assertTrue(DUT.getSeedNodeAddresses().contains(new NodeAddress(seed1)));
         Assert.assertTrue(DUT.getSeedNodeAddresses().contains(new NodeAddress(seed2)));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void ignoreBannedSeedNodesWithWrongFormat() {
+        String seed1 = "asdfbroken";
+        String seed2 = "localhost:2002";
+        String baseCurrencyNetwork = format("--%s=%s", Config.BASE_CURRENCY_NETWORK, "btc_regtest");
+        String bannedSeedNodesOption = format("--%s=%s,%s", Config.BANNED_SEED_NODES, seed1, seed2);
+        Config config = new Config(baseCurrencyNetwork, bannedSeedNodesOption);
+        DefaultSeedNodeRepository DUT = new DefaultSeedNodeRepository(config);
+        Assert.assertFalse(DUT.getSeedNodeAddresses().contains(new NodeAddress(seed2)));
+    }
+
+    @After
+    public void tearDown() {
+        //restore default Config
+        new Config();
+    }
 }