diff --git a/applications/tari_base_node/src/builder.rs b/applications/tari_base_node/src/builder.rs
index 929cf8e07e..3686c18fa1 100644
--- a/applications/tari_base_node/src/builder.rs
+++ b/applications/tari_base_node/src/builder.rs
@@ -905,14 +905,23 @@ async fn setup_wallet_comms(
 }
 
 async fn add_peers_to_comms(comms: &CommsNode, peers: Vec<Peer>) -> Result<(), String> {
+    let node_identity = comms.node_identity().clone();
     for p in peers {
         let peer_desc = p.to_string();
         info!(target: LOG_TARGET, "Adding seed peer [{}]", peer_desc);
-        comms
-            .peer_manager()
-            .add_peer(p)
-            .await
-            .map_err(|e| format!("Could not add peer {} to comms layer: {}", peer_desc, e))?;
+
+        if p.public_key != node_identity.public_key().to_owned() {
+            comms
+                .peer_manager()
+                .add_peer(p)
+                .await
+                .map_err(|e| format!("Could not add peer {} to comms layer: {}", peer_desc, e))?;
+        } else {
+            info!(
+                target: LOG_TARGET,
+                "Attempting to add yourself [{}] as a seed peer to comms layer, ignoring request", peer_desc
+            );
+        }
     }
     Ok(())
 }