1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 19a3322..8ed828a 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ function WebTorrent (opts) {
   } else if (Buffer.isBuffer(opts.peerId)) {
     self.peerId = opts.peerId.toString('hex')
   } else {
-    self.peerId = Buffer.from(VERSION_PREFIX + hat(48))
+    self.peerId = Buffer.from(VERSION_PREFIX + hat(48)).toString('hex')
   }
   self.peerIdBuffer = Buffer.from(self.peerId, 'hex')