diff --git a/examples/canvas/src/handlers.ts b/examples/canvas/src/handlers.ts
index 68e787e2..5376959a 100644
--- a/examples/canvas/src/handlers.ts
+++ b/examples/canvas/src/handlers.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { ICanvas } from "./objects/canvas";
 // TODO: this should be superseded by wasm and main ts-topology library
 export const handleCanvasMessages = (canvas: ICanvas, e: any) => {
   if (e.detail.msg.topic === "_peer-discovery._p2p._pubsub") return;
+  if (e.detail.msg.topic === "topology::object::announcements") return;
   const input = uint8ArrayToString(e.detail.msg.data);
   const message = JSON.parse(input);
   switch (message["type"]) {
diff --git a/packages/network/package.json b/packages/network/package.json
index 31048b22..09188989 100644
--- a/packages/network/package.json
+++ b/packages/network/package.json
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     "@libp2p/autonat": "^1.0.0",
     "@libp2p/bootstrap": "^10.1.0",
     "@libp2p/circuit-relay-v2": "^1.0.24",
+    "@libp2p/dcutr": "^1.1.0",
     "@libp2p/identify": "^2.0.2",
     "@libp2p/interface-pubsub": "^4.0.1",
     "@libp2p/pubsub-peer-discovery": "^10.0.2",
diff --git a/packages/network/src/node.ts b/packages/network/src/node.ts
index fb9b4b8b..00212bb7 100644
--- a/packages/network/src/node.ts
+++ b/packages/network/src/node.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ export class TopologyNetworkNode {
       },
       peerDiscovery: [
         pubsubPeerDiscovery({
-          interval: 5_000,
+          interval: 10_000,
+          // topics: ["topology::discovery"],
         }),
         bootstrap({
           list: [
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ export class TopologyNetworkNode {
       streamMuxers: [yamux()],
       transports: [
         circuitRelayTransport({
-          discoverRelays: 1,
+          discoverRelays: 0,
         }),
         webRTC({
           rtcConfiguration: {
@@ -105,6 +106,8 @@ export class TopologyNetworkNode {
         multiaddr(`/p2p/${message.detail.propagationSource.toString()}`),
       ]);
     });
+    this._node.addEventListener("peer:connect", (e) => console.log(e));
+    this._node.addEventListener("connection:open", (e) => console.log(e));
 
     console.log(
       "topology::network::start: Successfuly started topology network w/ peer_id",
@@ -196,7 +199,9 @@ export class TopologyNetworkNode {
   async sendMessage(peerId: string, protocols: string[], message: string) {
     try {
       const connection = await this._node?.dial([multiaddr(`/p2p/${peerId}`)]);
-      const stream = <Stream>await connection?.newStream(protocols);
+      const stream = <Stream>await connection?.newStream(protocols, {
+        runOnTransientConnection: true,
+      });
       stringToStream(stream, message);
 
       console.log(
@@ -218,7 +223,9 @@ export class TopologyNetworkNode {
       const peerId = peers[Math.floor(Math.random() * peers.length)];
 
       const connection = await this._node?.dial(peerId);
-      const stream: Stream = (await connection?.newStream(protocols)) as Stream;
+      const stream: Stream = (await connection?.newStream(protocols, {
+        runOnTransientConnection: true,
+      })) as Stream;
       stringToStream(stream, message);
 
       console.log(
diff --git a/packages/network/src/relay.ts b/packages/network/src/relay.ts
index f0715ebf..539feea4 100644
--- a/packages/network/src/relay.ts
+++ b/packages/network/src/relay.ts
@@ -23,13 +23,16 @@ export const createRelayNode = async () => {
       listen: ["/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/50000/ws", "/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/50001"],
     },
     connectionEncryption: [noise()],
-    peerDiscovery: [pubsubPeerDiscovery()],
+    peerDiscovery: [
+      pubsubPeerDiscovery({
+        interval: 10_000,
+        // topics: ["topology::discovery"],
+      }),
+    ],
     services: {
       autonat: autoNAT(),
       identify: identify(),
-      pubsub: gossipsub({
-        runOnTransientConnection: true,
-      }),
+      pubsub: gossipsub(),
       relay: circuitRelayServer(),
     },
     streamMuxers: [yamux()],