diff --git a/src/main/java/org/qora/block/BlockChain.java b/src/main/java/org/qora/block/BlockChain.java
index 63321108..902531f8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/qora/block/BlockChain.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/qora/block/BlockChain.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import org.eclipse.persistence.exceptions.XMLMarshalException;
 import org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.JAXBContextFactory;
 import org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.UnmarshallerProperties;
 import org.qora.data.block.BlockData;
+import org.qora.data.network.BlockSummaryData;
+import org.qora.network.Network;
 import org.qora.repository.BlockRepository;
 import org.qora.repository.DataException;
 import org.qora.repository.Repository;
@@ -339,6 +341,9 @@ public class BlockChain {
 			genesisBlock.process();
 
 			repository.saveChanges();
+
+			// Give Network a change to install initial seed peers
+			Network.installInitialPeers(repository);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/qora/network/Network.java b/src/main/java/org/qora/network/Network.java
index 116bd1fb..02a19d25 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/qora/network/Network.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/qora/network/Network.java
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ public class Network extends Thread {
 	/** Maximum time since last successful connection for peer info to be propagated, in milliseconds. */
 	private static final long RECENT_CONNECTION_THRESHOLD = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000; // ms
 
+	private static final String[] INITIAL_PEERS = new String[] { "node1.qora.org", "node2.qora.org" };
+
 	public static final int MAX_SIGNATURES_PER_REPLY = 500;
 	public static final int MAX_BLOCK_SUMMARIES_PER_REPLY = 500;
 	public static final int PEER_ID_LENGTH = 128;
@@ -143,6 +145,19 @@ public class Network extends Thread {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Initial setup
+
+	public static void installInitialPeers(Repository repository) throws DataException {
+		for (String address : INITIAL_PEERS) {
+			PeerAddress peerAddress = PeerAddress.fromString(address);
+
+			PeerData peerData = new PeerData(peerAddress);
+			repository.getNetworkRepository().save(peerData);
+		}
+
+		repository.saveChanges();
+	}
+
 	// Main thread
 
 	@Override