diff --git a/packages/core/src/lib/connection_manager.ts b/packages/core/src/lib/connection_manager.ts
index ed2de604bb..e01f97f9a6 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/lib/connection_manager.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/lib/connection_manager.ts
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ export class ConnectionManager {
 
   async dropConnection(peerId: PeerId): Promise<void> {
     try {
+      this.keepAliveManager.stop(peerId);
       await this.libp2p.hangUp(peerId);
       log(`Dropped connection with peer ${peerId.toString()}`);
     } catch (error) {
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/create.ts b/packages/sdk/src/create.ts
index 8a10abf9a2..b9eb138bda 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/create.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/create.ts
@@ -164,6 +164,9 @@ export async function defaultLibp2p(
     : {};
 
   return createLibp2p({
+    connectionManager: {
+      minConnections: 1,
+    },
     transports: [webSockets({ filter: filterAll })],
     streamMuxers: [mplex()],
     connectionEncryption: [noise()],