diff --git a/conf/config.go b/conf/config.go
index c429588..9c30521 100644
--- a/conf/config.go
+++ b/conf/config.go
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ package conf
 import "sync"
 
 type Config struct {
-	PublicKeyPath   string
-	PrivateKeyPath  string
-	DHTEndpointPort int64
-	PSKPath         string
+	PublicKeyPath    string
+	PrivateKeyPath   string
+	DHTEndpointPort  int64
+	PSKPath          string
+	BootstrapAddress string
 }
 
 var instance *Config
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index aefa0a9..450ef60 100755
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/beego/beego/v2/server/web/filter/cors"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p"
 	pubsub "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub"
+	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/peer"
 )
 
 const appname = "oc-catalog"
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ func main() {
 	conf.GetConfig().DHTEndpointPort = o.GetInt64Default("DHT_ENDPOINT_PORT", 4002)
 	conf.GetConfig().PublicKeyPath = o.GetStringDefault("CATALOG_PUBLIC_KEY_PATH", "./pem/public.pem")
 	conf.GetConfig().PrivateKeyPath = o.GetStringDefault("CATALOG_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH", "./pem/private.pem")
+	conf.GetConfig().BootstrapAddress = o.GetStringDefault("BOOTSTRAP_ADDRESS", "")
 	// Beego initialization
 	beego.BConfig.AppName = appname
 	beego.BConfig.Listen.HTTPPort = o.GetIntDefault("port", 8080)
@@ -76,6 +78,16 @@ func InitDTH() error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	pi, err := peer.AddrInfoFromString(conf.GetConfig().BootstrapAddress)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	logger := oclib.GetLogger()
+	if err := h.Connect(context.Background(), *pi); err != nil {
+		logger.Err(fmt.Errorf("Failed to connect to MAIN bootstrap peer %s: %s", pi.ID, err))
+	} else {
+		logger.Info().Msg(fmt.Sprintf("Connected to MAIN bootstrap peer %s", pi.ID))
+	}
 
 	ps, err := pubsub.NewGossipSub(context.Background(), h,
 		pubsub.WithMessageSigning(true),