diff --git a/lib/bcoin/peer.js b/lib/bcoin/peer.js
index 14dcf449..e6770e75 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/peer.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/peer.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ function Peer(pool, createSocket, options) {
 
   EventEmitter.call(this);
 
+  this.options = options || {};
   this.pool = pool;
   this.socket = null;
   this.parser = new bcoin.protocol.parser();
@@ -27,9 +28,8 @@ function Peer(pool, createSocket, options) {
   this.version = null;
   this.destroyed = false;
   this.ack = false;
-  this.ts = null;
+  this.ts = this.options.ts || 0;
 
-  this.options = options || {};
   if (this.options.backoff) {
     var self = this;
     setTimeout(function() {
diff --git a/lib/bcoin/protocol/framer.js b/lib/bcoin/protocol/framer.js
index 68ddf8bd..b6801302 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/protocol/framer.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/protocol/framer.js
@@ -325,32 +325,32 @@ Framer.prototype.merkleBlock = function merkleBlock(block) {
 Framer.prototype.addr = function addr(peers) {
   var p = [];
   var i = 0;
-  var c = 0;
+  var off = 0;
   var peer;
   var start = (Date.now() / 1000 | 0) - process.uptime();
 
   // count
-  c += varint(p, peers.length, c);
+  off += varint(p, peers.length, off);
 
   for (; i < peers.length; i++) {
     peer = peers[i];
 
     // timestamp
-    c += utils.writeU32(p, peer.ts || start, c);
+    off += utils.writeU32(p, peer.ts || start, off);
 
     // NODE_NETWORK service
-    c += utils.writeU64(p, 1, c);
+    off += utils.writeU64(p, 1, off);
 
     // ipv6
-    c += utils.writeU32BE(p, utils.readU32BE(peer.ipv6, 4), c);
-    c += utils.writeU32BE(p, utils.readU32BE(peer.ipv6, 8), c);
-    c += utils.writeU32BE(p, utils.readU32BE(peer.ipv6, 12), c);
+    off += utils.writeU32BE(p, utils.readU32BE(peer.ipv6, 4), off);
+    off += utils.writeU32BE(p, utils.readU32BE(peer.ipv6, 8), off);
+    off += utils.writeU32BE(p, utils.readU32BE(peer.ipv6, 12), off);
 
     // ipv4
-    c += utils.writeU32BE(p, utils.readU32BE(peer.ipv4, 0), c);
+    off += utils.writeU32BE(p, utils.readU32BE(peer.ipv4, 0), off);
 
     // port
-    c += utils.writeU16BE(p, peer.port, c);
+    off += utils.writeU16BE(p, peer.port, off);
   }
 
   return this.packet('addr', p);
diff --git a/lib/bcoin/protocol/parser.js b/lib/bcoin/protocol/parser.js
index 929ba87f..8238b436 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/protocol/parser.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/protocol/parser.js
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ Parser.prototype.parseAddr = function parseAddr(p) {
   p = p.slice(off);
 
   for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-    // ts - LE
+    // timestamp - LE
     ts = utils.readU32(p, 0);
 
     // NODE_NETWORK service - LE