diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index fb0dabd..2abf206 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -41,22 +41,26 @@ fn main() {
      ********************/
 
     let mut message_rcv: Message;
-    let peer_addr = match config.peer {
-        Some(ref p) => format!("{}:{}", p.ip, p.port),
+    let mut peer = match config.peer {
+        Some(ref p) => {
+            let addr = format!("{}:{}", p.ip, p.port);
+            info!("Connecting to peer {}", addr);
+            Peer::new(addr, network.magic_bytes).expect("failed to connect to configured peer")
+        }
         None => network
             .dns_seeds
             .iter()
-            .find_map(|seed| {
+            .flat_map(|seed| {
                 (*seed, network.port)
                     .to_socket_addrs()
-                    .ok()?
-                    .next()
-                    .map(|addr| addr.to_string())
+                    .unwrap_or_else(|_| vec![].into_iter())
+            })
+            .find_map(|addr| {
+                info!("Trying peer {}", addr);
+                Peer::new(addr.to_string(), network.magic_bytes).ok()
             })
-            .expect("no DNS seed resolved to a valid address"),
+            .expect("could not connect to any peer from DNS seeds"),
     };
-    info!("Connecting to peer {}", peer_addr);
-    let mut peer = Peer::new(peer_addr, network.magic_bytes);
     let mut current_height: u32 = 0;
 
     let mut hash = network.genesis_hash.to_vec();
diff --git a/src/networks.rs b/src/networks.rs
index 39fc742..889f4d1 100644
--- a/src/networks.rs
+++ b/src/networks.rs
@@ -63,13 +63,12 @@ impl Network {
         testnet: true,
         magic_bytes: MagicBytes::LITECOIN_TESTNET,
         aux_pow: false,
-        port: 19333,
+        port: 19335,
         genesis_hash: [
             73, 102, 98, 90, 75, 40, 81, 217, 253, 238, 19, 158, 86, 33, 26, 13, 136, 87, 95, 89,
             237, 129, 111, 245, 230, 166, 61, 235, 78, 62, 41, 160,
         ],
         dns_seeds: &[
-            "seed-b.litecoin.loshan.co.uk",
             "dnsseed-testnet.thrasher.io",
             "testnet-seed.ltc.xurious.com",
         ],
diff --git a/src/peer.rs b/src/peer.rs
index 6bf0759..8a38f9f 100644
--- a/src/peer.rs
+++ b/src/peer.rs
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ pub struct Peer {
 }
 
 impl Peer {
-    pub fn new(ip: String, magic_bytes: [u8; 4]) -> Self {
-        let stream = TcpStream::connect(&ip).expect("Create TcpStream");
+    pub fn new(ip: String, magic_bytes: [u8; 4]) -> Result<Self, Box<dyn Error>> {
+        let addr: std::net::SocketAddr = ip.parse()?;
+        let stream = TcpStream::connect_timeout(&addr, Duration::from_secs(5))?;
 
         let (tx, rx) = channel::<Message>();
 
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ impl Peer {
 
         peer.start_thread();
 
-        return peer;
+        Ok(peer)
     }
 
     pub fn start_thread(&mut self) -> thread::JoinHandle<()> {