diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/protocols/peer_manager.ts b/packages/sdk/src/protocols/peer_manager.ts
index 3912e27bb6..d8ee60888b 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/protocols/peer_manager.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/protocols/peer_manager.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export class PeerManager {
     private readonly log: Logger
   ) {
     this.healthManager = getHealthManager();
+    this.healthManager.updateProtocolHealth(this.core.multicodec, 0);
   }
 
   public getWriteLockHolder(): string | null {
diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/getPeers.spec.ts b/packages/tests/tests/getPeers.spec.ts
index 629cf47781..dd0ba3ad5c 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tests/getPeers.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/getPeers.spec.ts
@@ -152,7 +152,8 @@ describe("getPeers", function () {
       for (const peer of allPeers) {
         connections.push({
           status: "open",
-          remotePeer: peer.id
+          remotePeer: peer.id,
+          streams: [{ protocol: waku.lightPush.protocol.multicodec }]
         } as unknown as Connection);
       }
       return connections;