diff --git a/db-commons/src/main/resources/reference.conf b/db-commons/src/main/resources/reference.conf
index 832238b01e..d92cfacc78 100644
--- a/db-commons/src/main/resources/reference.conf
+++ b/db-commons/src/main/resources/reference.conf
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ bitcoin-s {
     #   password = ""
     # }
 
+    # time interval for trying next set of peers in peer discovery
+    try-peers-interval = 1 hour
   }
 
   # You can configure SOCKS5 proxy to use Tor for outgoing connections
diff --git a/docs/config/configuration.md b/docs/config/configuration.md
index 5a998f97c0..b07d2aff3c 100644
--- a/docs/config/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/config/configuration.md
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ bitcoin-s {
         # initialization timeout once connected, reconnections resets this
         initialization-timeout = 10s
         # time interval for trying next set of peers in peer discovery
-        try-peers-interval = 12s
+        try-peers-interval = 1 hour
         
         # wait time for queries like getheaders etc before switching to another
         query-wait-time = 120s
diff --git a/node/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/node/PeerFinder.scala b/node/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/node/PeerFinder.scala
index 0fdb03dccf..32e7b35b19 100644
--- a/node/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/node/PeerFinder.scala
+++ b/node/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/node/PeerFinder.scala
@@ -113,10 +113,7 @@ case class PeerFinder(
 
   val maxPeerSearchCount: Int = 1000
 
-  def initialDelay: FiniteDuration = {
-    if (getPeersFromConfig.isEmpty && getPeersFromParam.isEmpty) 0.seconds
-    else nodeAppConfig.tryNextPeersInterval
-  }
+  private val initialDelay: FiniteDuration = 1.minute
 
   private val isConnectionSchedulerRunning = AtomicBoolean(false)
 
@@ -129,6 +126,7 @@ case class PeerFinder(
           isConnectionSchedulerRunning.compareAndSet(expect = false,
                                                      update = true)
         ) {
+          logger.info(s"Querying p2p network for peers...")
           logger.debug(s"Cache size: ${_peerData.size}. ${_peerData.keys}")
           if (_peersToTry.size < 32)
             _peersToTry.pushAll(getPeersFromDnsSeeds)
@@ -137,7 +135,7 @@ case class PeerFinder(
             .filterNot(p => skipPeers().contains(p) || _peerData.contains(p))
 
           logger.debug(s"Trying next set of peers $peers")
-          val peersF = Future.sequence(peers.map(tryPeer))
+          val peersF = Future.traverse(peers)(tryPeer)
           peersF.onComplete {
             case Success(_) =>
               isConnectionSchedulerRunning.set(false)
diff --git a/node/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/node/config/NodeAppConfig.scala b/node/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/node/config/NodeAppConfig.scala
index c32c020274..4535bfe122 100644
--- a/node/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/node/config/NodeAppConfig.scala
+++ b/node/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/node/config/NodeAppConfig.scala
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ case class NodeAppConfig(baseDatadir: Path, configOverrides: Vector[Config])(
     if (config.hasPath("bitcoin-s.node.try-peers-interval")) {
       val duration = config.getDuration("bitcoin-s.node.try-peers-interval")
       TimeUtil.durationToFiniteDuration(duration)
-    } else 12.seconds
+    } else 1.hour
   }
 
   /** timeout to wait for response the messages extend [[org.bitcoins.core.p2p.ExpectsResponse]] */