diff --git a/packages/status-js/src/client/client.ts b/packages/status-js/src/client/client.ts
index e3bb98fb..d7b60193 100644
--- a/packages/status-js/src/client/client.ts
+++ b/packages/status-js/src/client/client.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,9 @@ import { hexToBytes } from 'ethereum-cryptography/utils'
 import { Protocols, WakuMessage } from 'js-waku'
 import { createWaku } from 'js-waku/lib/create_waku'
 import { PeerDiscoveryStaticPeers } from 'js-waku/lib/peer_discovery_static_list'
-import {
-  Fleet,
-  getPredefinedBootstrapNodes,
-} from 'js-waku/lib/predefined_bootstrap_nodes'
 import { waitForRemotePeer } from 'js-waku/lib/wait_for_remote_peer'
 
+import { peers } from '../consts/peers'
 import { ApplicationMetadataMessage } from '../protos/application-metadata-message'
 import { Account } from './account'
 import { ActivityCenter } from './activityCenter'
@@ -65,14 +62,8 @@ class Client {
 
   static async start(options: ClientOptions) {
     // Waku
-    const fleet = options.environment === 'test' ? Fleet.Test : Fleet.Prod
-    /**
-     * >only connects to 1 remote node because of the limited number of nodes
-     * >run by Status and the limited number of connections provided by these nodes
-     * >
-     * >@see https://forum.vac.dev/t/waku-v2-scalability-studies/142/2
-     */
-    const peers = getPredefinedBootstrapNodes(fleet)
+    const { environment = 'production' } = options
+
     const waku = await createWaku({
       defaultBootstrap: false,
       // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
@@ -80,7 +71,15 @@ class Client {
       emitSelf: true,
       relayKeepAlive: 15,
       libp2p: {
-        peerDiscovery: [new PeerDiscoveryStaticPeers(peers)],
+        peerDiscovery: [
+          /**
+           * >only connects to 1 remote node because of the limited number of nodes
+           * >run by Status and the limited number of connections provided by these nodes
+           * >
+           * >@see https://forum.vac.dev/t/waku-v2-scalability-studies/142/2
+           */
+          new PeerDiscoveryStaticPeers(peers[environment], { maxPeers: 1 }),
+        ],
       },
     })
     await waku.start()
diff --git a/packages/status-js/src/consts/peers.ts b/packages/status-js/src/consts/peers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..97401909
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/status-js/src/consts/peers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/**
+ * source: @see https://fleets.status.im
+ */
+
+// note!: users may experience additional latency due to cross-regional connection
+// todo: use "dynamic" discovery protocol instead
+// todo?: use a regional map together with an environment variable for the peer selection (e.g. `VERCEL_REGION`, but probably limited to  Serverless Functions)
+export const peers = {
+  production: [
+    // Nim
+    '/dns4/node-01.ac-cn-hongkong-c.status.prod.statusim.net/tcp/443/wss/p2p/16Uiu2HAkvEZgh3KLwhLwXg95e5ojM8XykJ4Kxi2T7hk22rnA7pJC',
+    '/dns4/node-01.do-ams3.status.prod.statusim.net/tcp/443/wss/p2p/16Uiu2HAm6HZZr7aToTvEBPpiys4UxajCTU97zj5v7RNR2gbniy1D',
+    '/dns4/node-01.gc-us-central1-a.status.prod.statusim.net/tcp/443/wss/p2p/16Uiu2HAkwBp8T6G77kQXSNMnxgaMky1JeyML5yqoTHRM8dbeCBNb',
+    '/dns4/node-02.ac-cn-hongkong-c.status.prod.statusim.net/tcp/443/wss/p2p/16Uiu2HAmFy8BrJhCEmCYrUfBdSNkrPw6VHExtv4rRp1DSBnCPgx8',
+    '/dns4/node-02.do-ams3.status.prod.statusim.net/tcp/443/wss/p2p/16Uiu2HAmSve7tR5YZugpskMv2dmJAsMUKmfWYEKRXNUxRaTCnsXV',
+    '/dns4/node-02.gc-us-central1-a.status.prod.statusim.net/tcp/443/wss/p2p/16Uiu2HAmDQugwDHM3YeUp86iGjrUvbdw3JPRgikC7YoGBsT2ymMg',
+    // Go
+    // '/dns4/node-01.ac-cn-hongkong-c.go-waku.prod.statusim.net/tcp/443/wss/p2p/16Uiu2HAkwUKwy66nhcSFeW7y5qijNqXC4ZD3TaMMqnoEbh3wK2xU',
+    // '/dns4/node-01.do-ams3.go-waku.prod.statusim.net/tcp/443/wss/p2p/16Uiu2HAkyScd7DiwgMwzfw8CFFhznH3wRzciqEUfjDzn7vyimR8c',
+    // '/dns4/node-01.gc-us-central1-a.go-waku.prod.statusim.net/tcp/443/wss/p2p/16Uiu2HAmKTYnoPKebjWy63e1zPKiYRCQvm25W5mNSnCFE8EmzLga',
+  ],
+  test: [
+    // Nim
+    '/dns4/node-01.ac-cn-hongkong-c.status.test.statusim.net/tcp/443/wss/p2p/16Uiu2HAm2BjXxCp1sYFJQKpLLbPbwd5juxbsYofu3TsS3auvT9Yi',
+    '/dns4/node-01.do-ams3.status.test.statusim.net/tcp/443/wss/p2p/16Uiu2HAkukebeXjTQ9QDBeNDWuGfbaSg79wkkhK4vPocLgR6QFDf',
+    '/dns4/node-01.gc-us-central1-a.status.test.statusim.net/tcp/443/wss/p2p/16Uiu2HAmGDX3iAFox93PupVYaHa88kULGqMpJ7AEHGwj3jbMtt76',
+    // Go
+    // '/dns4/node-01.ac-cn-hongkong-c.go-waku.test.statusim.net/tcp/443/wss/p2p/16Uiu2HAmBDbMWFiG9ki8sDw6fYtraSxo4oHU9HbuN43S2HVyq1FD',
+    // '/dns4/node-01.do-ams3.go-waku.test.statusim.net/tcp/443/wss/p2p/16Uiu2HAm9vnvCQgCDrynDK1h7GJoEZVGvnuzq84RyDQ3DEdXmcX7',
+    // '/dns4/node-01.gc-us-central1-a.go-waku.test.statusim.net/tcp/443/wss/p2p/16Uiu2HAmPz63Xc6AuVkDeujz7YeZta18rcdau3Y1BzaxKAfDrBqz',
+  ],
+}