diff --git a/rai/node/rpc.cpp b/rai/node/rpc.cpp
index 7af596d0..2d7dd342 100755
--- a/rai/node/rpc.cpp
+++ b/rai/node/rpc.cpp
@@ -1476,7 +1476,9 @@ void rai::rpc_handler::peers ()
 	{
 		std::stringstream text;
 		text << i->first;
-		peers_l.push_back(boost::property_tree::ptree::value_type(text.str (), std::to_string (i->second)));
+		boost::property_tree::ptree entry;
+		entry.put (text.str (), std::to_string (i->second));
+		peers_l.push_back (std::make_pair ("", entry));
 	}
 	response_l.add_child ("peers", peers_l);
 	response (response_l);