diff --git a/lib/bcoin/pool.js b/lib/bcoin/pool.js
index c7bb10b1..0f57401a 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/pool.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/pool.js
@@ -101,10 +101,12 @@ function Pool(options) {
   if (options.headers == null)
     options.headers = options.spv;
 
-  seeds = (options.seeds || this.network.seeds).slice();
+  seeds = options.seeds || this.network.seeds;
 
-  if (process.env.BCOIN_SEED)
+  if (process.env.BCOIN_SEED) {
+    seeds = seeds.slice();
     seeds.unshift(process.env.BCOIN_SEED);
+  }
 
   this.seeds = seeds.map(function(hostname) {
     return NetworkAddress.fromHostname(hostname, self.network);
@@ -1959,9 +1961,6 @@ Pool.prototype.getRandom = function getRandom(hosts, unique) {
   var tries = 0;
   var index, host;
 
-  if (!unique)
-    return hosts[Math.random() * hosts.length | 0];
-
   for (;;) {
     if (tries === hosts.length)
       return;
@@ -1974,7 +1973,10 @@ Pool.prototype.getRandom = function getRandom(hosts, unique) {
       tries++;
     }
 
-    if (this.getPeer(host.host))
+    if (this.isMisbehaving(host.host))
+      continue;
+
+    if (unique && this.getPeer(host.host))
       continue;
 
     return host;