diff --git a/onionr/communicator.py b/onionr/communicator.py
index e8a27b24..da36179b 100755
--- a/onionr/communicator.py
+++ b/onionr/communicator.py
@@ -263,13 +263,20 @@ class OnionrCommunicate:
         '''
         return urllib.parse.quote_plus(data)
 
-    def performGet(self, action, peer, data=None, skipHighFailureAddress=False, peerType='tor'):
+    def performGet(self, action, peer, data=None, skipHighFailureAddress=False, peerType='tor', selfCheck=True):
         '''
             Performs a request to a peer through Tor or i2p (currently only Tor)
         '''
 
         if not peer.endswith('.onion') and not peer.endswith('.onion/'):
             raise PeerError('Currently only Tor .onion peers are supported. You must manually specify .onion')
+        
+        if len(self._core.hsAdder.strip()) == 0:
+            raise Exception("Could not perform self address check in performGet due to not knowing our address")
+        if selfCheck:
+            if peer.replace('/', '') == self._core.hsAdder:
+                logger.warn('Tried to performget to own hidden service, but selfCheck was not set to false')
+                return
 
         # Store peer in peerData dictionary (non permanent)
         if not peer in self.peerData:
diff --git a/onionr/core.py b/onionr/core.py
index f363d8bc..8fb5fd82 100644
--- a/onionr/core.py
+++ b/onionr/core.py
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ class Core:
             self.addressDB = 'data/address.db'
             self.hsAdder = ''
 
+            self.bootstrapFileLocation = 'static-data/bootstrap-nodes.txt'
+            self.bootstrapList = []
+
             if not os.path.exists('data/'):
                 os.mkdir('data/')
             if not os.path.exists('data/blocks/'):
@@ -54,10 +57,20 @@ class Core:
             if os.path.exists('data/hs/hostname'):
                 with open('data/hs/hostname', 'r') as hs:
                     self.hsAdder = hs.read()
+            else:
+                logger.warn('Warning: address bootstrap file not found ' + self.bootstrapFileLocation)
+
+            # Load bootstrap address list
+            if os.path.exists(self.bootstrapFileLocation):
+                with open(self.bootstrapFileLocation, 'r') as bootstrap:
+                    bootstrap = bootstrap.read()
+                for i in bootstrap.split('\n'):
+                    self.bootstrapList.append(i)
 
             self._utils = onionrutils.OnionrUtils(self)
             # Initialize the crypto object
             self._crypto = onionrcrypto.OnionrCrypto(self)
+
         except Exception as error:
             logger.error('Failed to initialize core Onionr library.', error=error)
             logger.fatal('Cannot recover from error.')
@@ -574,8 +587,10 @@ class Core:
         announceAmount = 2
         nodeList = self.listAdders()
         if len(nodeList) == 0:
-            self.addAddress('onionragxuddecmg.onion')
-            nodeList.append('onionragxuddecmg.onion')
+            for i in self.bootstrapList:
+                if self._utils.validateID(i):
+                    self.addAddress(i)
+                    nodeList.append(i)
         if announceAmount > len(nodeList):
             announceAmount = len(nodeList)
         for i in range(announceAmount):