diff --git a/codexdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/protocol.nim b/codexdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/protocol.nim
index 77afee3..6de26c6 100644
--- a/codexdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/protocol.nim
+++ b/codexdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/protocol.nim
@@ -236,18 +236,18 @@ proc getNode*(d: Protocol, id: NodeId): Option[Node] =
   ## Get the node with id from the routing table.
   d.routingTable.getNode(id)
 
-proc randomNodes*(d: Protocol, maxAmount: int): seq[Node] =
+proc randomNodes*(d: Protocol, maxAmount: int): seq[Node] {.raises: Exception.} =
   ## Get a `maxAmount` of random nodes from the local routing table.
   d.routingTable.randomNodes(maxAmount)
 
 proc randomNodes*(d: Protocol, maxAmount: int,
-    pred: proc(x: Node): bool {.gcsafe, noSideEffect.}): seq[Node] =
+    pred: proc(x: Node): bool {.gcsafe, noSideEffect.}): seq[Node] {.raises: Exception.} =
   ## Get a `maxAmount` of random nodes from the local routing table with the
   ## `pred` predicate function applied as filter on the nodes selected.
   d.routingTable.randomNodes(maxAmount, pred)
 
 proc randomNodes*(d: Protocol, maxAmount: int,
-  enrField: (string, seq[byte])): seq[Node] =
+  enrField: (string, seq[byte])): seq[Node]  {.raises: Exception.} =
   ## Get a `maxAmount` of random nodes from the local routing table. The
   ## the nodes selected are filtered by provided `enrField`.
   d.randomNodes(maxAmount, proc(x: Node): bool = x.record.contains(enrField))
diff --git a/codexdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/routing_table.nim b/codexdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/routing_table.nim
index edc9e65..4917e90 100644
--- a/codexdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/routing_table.nim
+++ b/codexdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/routing_table.nim
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ proc nodeToRevalidate*(r: RoutingTable): Node =
       return b.nodes[^1]
 
 proc randomNodes*(r: RoutingTable, maxAmount: int,
-    pred: proc(x: Node): bool {.gcsafe, noSideEffect.} = nil): seq[Node] =
+    pred: proc(x: Node): bool {.gcsafe, noSideEffect.} = nil): seq[Node] {.raises: Exception.} =
   ## Get a `maxAmount` of random nodes from the routing table with the `pred`
   ## predicate function applied as filter on the nodes selected.
   var maxAmount = maxAmount