diff --git a/nano/node/nodeconfig.cpp b/nano/node/nodeconfig.cpp
index e07e42ea..410c1480 100644
--- a/nano/node/nodeconfig.cpp
+++ b/nano/node/nodeconfig.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace
 char const * preconfigured_peers_key = "preconfigured_peers";
 char const * signature_checker_threads_key = "signature_checker_threads";
 char const * pow_sleep_interval_key = "pow_sleep_interval";
-std::string const default_live_peer_network = nano::env::get ("NANO_DEFAULT_PEER").value_or ("fdfe:8d0:7450:100::D06E");
+std::optional<std::string> const default_live_peer_network = nano::env::get ("NANO_DEFAULT_PEER");
 std::string const default_beta_peer_network = nano::env::get ("NANO_DEFAULT_PEER").value_or ("peering-beta.nano.org");
 std::string const default_test_peer_network = nano::env::get ("NANO_DEFAULT_PEER").value_or ("peering-test.nano.org");
 }
@@ -68,7 +68,17 @@ nano::node_config::node_config (const std::optional<uint16_t> & peering_port_a,
 			break;
 		}
 		case nano::networks::nano_live_network:
-			preconfigured_peers.emplace_back (default_live_peer_network);
+			if (default_live_peer_network.has_value ())
+			{
+				preconfigured_peers.emplace_back (default_live_peer_network.value ());
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				preconfigured_peers.emplace_back ("fdfe:8d0:7450:100::D06E");
+				preconfigured_peers.emplace_back ("fdfe:8d0:7450:200::1");
+				preconfigured_peers.emplace_back ("fdfe:8d0:7450:303:2e8a::1");
+			}
+			
 			preconfigured_representatives.emplace_back ("5A108313DEC683C046CAA49F6D3383AEF7F67CB38FE1CDC0ECA1BB7BA449C059"); // dn_1piiiebxxjn5r35eob6zfnsr9dqqysyd95z3sq1gsafuhgk6mi4s9f4xg6rh
 			preconfigured_representatives.emplace_back ("70AAC6AED620135A0B7560AB6ADBB3DEDABB99CA071A9642105663E3DA473870"); // dn_1w7crtqfea1mda7qcr7dfdfu9qptqgewn3rtks331om5whf6gg5i1qen1mif
 			break;