diff --git a/node/node.go b/node/node.go
index 408dee7ef..f0d98d603 100644
--- a/node/node.go
+++ b/node/node.go
@@ -274,11 +274,11 @@ func NewNode(config *cfg.Config,
 	// if auth_enc=false.
 	//
 	// If PEX is on, it should handle dialing the seeds. Otherwise the switch does it.
+	// Note we currently use the addrBook regardless at least for AddOurAddress
 	var addrBook pex.AddrBook
+	addrBook = pex.NewAddrBook(config.P2P.AddrBookFile(), config.P2P.AddrBookStrict)
+	addrBook.SetLogger(p2pLogger.With("book", config.P2P.AddrBookFile()))
 	if config.P2P.PexReactor {
-		addrBook = pex.NewAddrBook(config.P2P.AddrBookFile(), config.P2P.AddrBookStrict)
-		addrBook.SetLogger(p2pLogger.With("book", config.P2P.AddrBookFile()))
-
 		// TODO persistent peers ? so we can have their DNS addrs saved
 		pexReactor := pex.NewPEXReactor(addrBook,
 			&pex.PEXReactorConfig{