diff --git a/lib/bcoin/protocol/constants.js b/lib/bcoin/protocol/constants.js
index 185a8e9a..8b1e2320 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/protocol/constants.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/protocol/constants.js
@@ -181,6 +181,15 @@ exports.rejectByVal = Object.keys(exports.reject).reduce(function(out, name) {
   return out;
 }, {});
 
+exports.hd = {
+  hardened: 0x80000000,
+  maxIndex: 2 * 0x80000000,
+  minEntropy: 128 / 8,
+  maxEntropy: 512 / 8,
+  parentFingerPrintSize: 4,
+  pathRoots: ['m', 'M', 'm\'', 'M\'']
+};
+
 exports.locktimeThreshold = 500000000; // Tue Nov  5 00:53:20 1985 UTC
 
 exports.oneHash = utils.toArray(
@@ -193,11 +202,5 @@ exports.zeroHash = utils.toArray(
   'hex'
 );
 
-exports.hd = {
-  hardened: 0x80000000,
-  maxIndex: 2 * 0x80000000,
-  minEntropy: 128 / 8,
-  maxEntropy: 512 / 8,
-  parentFingerPrintSize: 4,
-  pathRoots: ['m', 'M', 'm\'', 'M\'']
-};
+exports.userVersion = require('../../../package.json').version;
+exports.userAgent = '/bcoin:' + exports.userVersion + '/';
diff --git a/lib/bcoin/protocol/framer.js b/lib/bcoin/protocol/framer.js
index c86c4e72..953d001b 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/protocol/framer.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/protocol/framer.js
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ var network = require('./network');
 var constants = require('./constants');
 var utils = bcoin.utils;
 var assert = utils.assert;
-var version = require('../../../package.json').version;
 
 var writeU32 = utils.writeU32;
 var writeAscii = utils.writeAscii;
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ function Framer(options) {
 
   this.options = options;
 
-  this.agent = utils.toArray(options.agent || '/bcoin:' + version + '/');
+  this.agent = utils.toArray(options.userAgent || constants.userAgent);
   this.agent = this.agent.slice(0, 0xfc);
 }