diff --git a/libp2p/multistream.nim b/libp2p/multistream.nim
index 12a008fd7..7669a4a7a 100644
--- a/libp2p/multistream.nim
+++ b/libp2p/multistream.nim
@@ -159,17 +159,22 @@ proc addHandler*[T: LPProtocol](m: MultistreamSelect,
                                 codecs: seq[string],
                                 protocol: T,
                                 matcher: Matcher = nil) =
-  trace "registering protocol", protos = codecs
+  # trace "registering protocol", protos = codecs
   m.handlers.add(HandlerHolder(protos: codecs,
                                protocol: protocol,
                                match: matcher))
 
+proc addHandler*[T: LPProtocol](m: MultistreamSelect,
+                                codec: string,
+                                protocol: T,
+                                matcher: Matcher = nil) =
+  addHandler(m, @[codec], protocol, matcher)
+
 proc addHandler*[T: LPProtoHandler](m: MultistreamSelect,
                                     codec: string,
                                     handler: T,
                                     matcher: Matcher = nil) =
   ## helper to allow registering pure handlers
-
   trace "registering proto handler", proto = codec
   let protocol = new LPProtocol
   protocol.codec = codec
diff --git a/libp2p/switch.nim b/libp2p/switch.nim
index 9c2a8db2d..faba9a1f7 100644
--- a/libp2p/switch.nim
+++ b/libp2p/switch.nim
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ proc maintainPeers(s: Switch) {.async.} =
         var conns = s.connections.getOrDefault(peer.id)
         if conns.len == 0:
           # attempt re-connect in this case
-          trace "explicit peering, trying to re-connect", peer
+          trace "explicit peering, trying to re-connect", peer = peer.id
           await s.connect(peer)
     
     s.maintainSleepFut = sleepAsync(5.minutes) # spec recommended