diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5614d566bb..775f2af9a4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+- Enable passing `string`s to `addPeerToAddressBook`.
+- Use `addPeerToAddressBook` in examples.
+
 ## [0.1.0] - 2021-05-12
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6f8c4424e1..d0717d2383 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,11 +24,9 @@ Connect to a new peer:
 import { multiaddr } from 'multiaddr';
 import PeerId from 'peer-id';
 
-waku.libp2p.peerStore.addressBook.add(
-  PeerId.createFromB58String(
-    '16Uiu2HAmPLe7Mzm8TsYUubgCAW1aJoeFScxrLj8ppHFivPo97bUZ'
-  ),
-  [multiaddr('/dns4/node-01.do-ams3.jdev.misc.statusim.net/tcp/7010/wss')]
+waku.addPeerToAddressBook(
+  '16Uiu2HAmPLe7Mzm8TsYUubgCAW1aJoeFScxrLj8ppHFivPo97bUZ',
+  ['/dns4/node-01.do-ams3.jdev.misc.statusim.net/tcp/7010/wss']
 );
 ```
 
diff --git a/examples/web-chat/src/App.tsx b/examples/web-chat/src/App.tsx
index 0a01192640..d561a6fec9 100644
--- a/examples/web-chat/src/App.tsx
+++ b/examples/web-chat/src/App.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { multiaddr } from 'multiaddr';
 import PeerId from 'peer-id';
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import './App.css';
@@ -147,17 +146,13 @@ async function initWaku(setter: (waku: Waku) => void) {
 
     setter(waku);
 
-    waku.libp2p.peerStore.addressBook.add(
-      PeerId.createFromB58String(
-        '16Uiu2HAmPLe7Mzm8TsYUubgCAW1aJoeFScxrLj8ppHFivPo97bUZ'
-      ),
-      [multiaddr('/dns4/node-01.do-ams3.jdev.misc.statusim.net/tcp/7010/wss')]
+    waku.addPeerToAddressBook(
+      '16Uiu2HAmPLe7Mzm8TsYUubgCAW1aJoeFScxrLj8ppHFivPo97bUZ',
+      ['/dns4/node-01.do-ams3.jdev.misc.statusim.net/tcp/7010/wss']
     );
-    waku.libp2p.peerStore.addressBook.add(
-      PeerId.createFromB58String(
-        '16Uiu2HAmSyrYVycqBCWcHyNVQS6zYQcdQbwyov1CDijboVRsQS37'
-      ),
-      [multiaddr('/dns4/node-01.do-ams3.jdev.misc.statusim.net/tcp/7009/wss')]
+    waku.addPeerToAddressBook(
+      '16Uiu2HAmSyrYVycqBCWcHyNVQS6zYQcdQbwyov1CDijboVRsQS37',
+      ['/dns4/node-01.do-ams3.jdev.misc.statusim.net/tcp/7009/wss']
     );
   } catch (e) {
     console.log('Issue starting waku ', e);
diff --git a/src/lib/waku.ts b/src/lib/waku.ts
index b36eefb47c..e5b944bb18 100644
--- a/src/lib/waku.ts
+++ b/src/lib/waku.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { bytes } from 'libp2p-noise/dist/src/@types/basic';
 import { Noise } from 'libp2p-noise/dist/src/noise';
 import Websockets from 'libp2p-websockets';
 import filters from 'libp2p-websockets/src/filters';
-import { Multiaddr } from 'multiaddr';
+import { Multiaddr, multiaddr } from 'multiaddr';
 import PeerId from 'peer-id';
 
 import { RelayCodec, WakuRelay } from './waku_relay';
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ export class Waku {
 
   /**
    * Dials to the provided peer.
+   *
    * @param peer The peer to dial
    */
   async dial(
@@ -103,8 +104,27 @@ export class Waku {
     return this.libp2p.dialProtocol(peer, [RelayCodec, StoreCodec]);
   }
 
-  addPeerToAddressBook(peerId: PeerId, multiaddr: Multiaddr[]): void {
-    this.libp2p.peerStore.addressBook.set(peerId, multiaddr);
+  /**
+   * Add peer to address book, it will be auto-dialed in the background.
+   */
+  addPeerToAddressBook(
+    peerId: PeerId | string,
+    multiaddrs: Multiaddr[] | string[]
+  ): void {
+    let peer;
+    if (typeof peerId === 'string') {
+      peer = PeerId.createFromB58String(peerId);
+    } else {
+      peer = peerId;
+    }
+    const addresses = multiaddrs.map((addr: Multiaddr | string) => {
+      if (typeof addr === 'string') {
+        return multiaddr(addr);
+      } else {
+        return addr;
+      }
+    });
+    this.libp2p.peerStore.addressBook.set(peer, addresses);
   }
 
   async stop(): Promise<void> {