diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 4a8545c..b17b0cd 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ function sendMessage(e) {
     message,
     avatar: config.userAvatar,
     topic: b4a.toString(currentRoom.topic, 'hex'),
-    peers: [...swarm.connections].map(peer => peer.remotePublicKey.toString('hex')),
+    peers: [...swarm.connections].map(peer => peer.remotePublicKey.toString('hex')).push(swarm.publicKey.toString('hex')),
     timestamp: Date.now(),
     readableTimestamp: new Date().toLocaleString(), // Added human-readable timestamp
   });