diff --git a/chatBot/includes/client.js b/chatBot/includes/client.js
index dda17f7..3ad75cb 100644
--- a/chatBot/includes/client.js
+++ b/chatBot/includes/client.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class Client extends EventEmitter {
     this.swarm.on('update', () => {
       console.log(`Peers count: ${this.swarm.connections.size}`);
       if(this.swarm.connections.size > 0) {
-        let peers = [...this.swarm.peers].filter(peer => peer.publicKey.toString('hex').startsWith("51be150"))
+        let peers = [...this.swarm.peers].filter(peer => peer && peer.publicKey && peer.publicKey.toString('hex').startsWith("51be150"))
         console.log(peers[0])
         console.log([peers[0].topics]);
       }