diff --git a/src/helper_bootstrap.py b/src/helper_bootstrap.py
index d0de8622..fbb1a81b 100644
--- a/src/helper_bootstrap.py
+++ b/src/helper_bootstrap.py
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ def dns():
         except:
             logger.error('bootstrap8444.bitmessage.org DNS bootstrapping failed.')
     elif shared.config.get('bitmessagesettings', 'socksproxytype') == 'SOCKS5':
+        shared.knownNodes[1][shared.Peer('quzwelsuziwqgpt2.onion', 8444)] = int(time.time())
+        logger.debug("Adding quzwelsuziwqgpt2.onion:8444 to knownNodes.")
         for port in [8080, 8444]:
             logger.debug("Resolving %i through SOCKS...", port)
             address_family = socket.AF_INET
diff --git a/src/shared.py b/src/shared.py
index 249bd562..d5f8bad7 100644
--- a/src/shared.py
+++ b/src/shared.py
@@ -143,7 +143,9 @@ def isInSqlInventory(hash):
     return queryreturn != []
 
 def encodeHost(host):
-    if host.find(':') == -1:
+    if host.find('.onion') > -1:
+        return '\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xFF\xFF\x7F\x00\x00\x01'
+    elif host.find(':') == -1:
         return '\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xFF\xFF' + \
             socket.inet_aton(host)
     else: