diff --git a/rai/core_test/rpc.cpp b/rai/core_test/rpc.cpp
index 4ec74a12..225e53a4 100644
--- a/rai/core_test/rpc.cpp
+++ b/rai/core_test/rpc.cpp
@@ -1221,6 +1221,7 @@ TEST (rpc, DISABLED_payment_wait)
 TEST (rpc, peers)
 {
     rai::system system (24000, 2);
+	system.nodes [0]->peers.insert (rai::endpoint (boost::asio::ip::address_v6::from_string ("::ffff:80.80.80.80"), 4000), 1);
     rai::rpc rpc (system.service, *system.nodes [0], rai::rpc_config (true));
 	rpc.start ();
     boost::property_tree::ptree request;
diff --git a/rai/node/rpc.cpp b/rai/node/rpc.cpp
index 2d7dd342..04bb22c9 100755
--- a/rai/node/rpc.cpp
+++ b/rai/node/rpc.cpp
@@ -1476,9 +1476,7 @@ void rai::rpc_handler::peers ()
 	{
 		std::stringstream text;
 		text << i->first;
-		boost::property_tree::ptree entry;
-		entry.put (text.str (), std::to_string (i->second));
-		peers_l.push_back (std::make_pair ("", entry));
+		peers_l.push_back (boost::property_tree::ptree::value_type (text.str (), boost::property_tree::ptree (std::to_string (i->second))));
 	}
 	response_l.add_child ("peers", peers_l);
 	response (response_l);