diff --git a/eth_p2p.nim b/eth_p2p.nim
index f0ef7d7..3bfe04d 100644
--- a/eth_p2p.nim
+++ b/eth_p2p.nim
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 import
   tables, deques, macros, sets, algorithm, hashes, times,
-  random, options, sequtils, typetraits,
+  random, options, sequtils, typetraits, os,
   asyncdispatch2, asyncdispatch2/timer,
   rlp, ranges/[stackarrays, ptr_arith], nimcrypto, chronicles,
   eth_keys, eth_common,
@@ -1388,8 +1388,11 @@ proc maybeConnectToMorePeers(p: PeerPool) {.async.} =
   if p.lastLookupTime + lookupInterval < epochTime():
     ensureFuture p.lookupRandomNode()
 
-  # await p.connectToNode(newNode("enode://a52e914fa5aa46409e526a342a1e68b4e572c720e6eb1e61ad4a4201937679e7ebd26915bdabb2fdab6add7d85ba537078dbdccca89816a40ffc375572b6f73d@127.0.0.1:30303"))
-  await p.connectToNodes(p.nodesToConnect())
+  let debugEnode = getEnv("ETH_DEBUG_ENODE")
+  if debugEnode.len != 0:
+    await p.connectToNode(newNode(debugEnode))
+  else:
+    await p.connectToNodes(p.nodesToConnect())
 
   # In some cases (e.g ROPSTEN or private testnets), the discovery table might
   # be full of bad peers, so if we can't connect to any peers we try a random
diff --git a/eth_p2p/discovery.nim b/eth_p2p/discovery.nim
index 7bdb5bc..95131c1 100644
--- a/eth_p2p/discovery.nim
+++ b/eth_p2p/discovery.nim
@@ -99,7 +99,10 @@ proc expiration(): uint32 =
 
 proc send(d: DiscoveryProtocol, n: Node, data: seq[byte]) =
   let ta = initTAddress(n.node.address.ip, n.node.address.udpPort)
-  asyncCheck d.transp.sendTo(ta, data)
+  let f = d.transp.sendTo(ta, data)
+  f.callback = proc(data: pointer) =
+    if f.failed:
+      error "Discovery send failed: ", f.readError.msg
 
 proc sendPing*(d: DiscoveryProtocol, n: Node): seq[byte] =
   let payload = rlp.encode((PROTO_VERSION, d.address, n.node.address,