diff --git a/beacon_chain/libp2p_daemon_backend.nim b/beacon_chain/libp2p_daemon_backend.nim
index 32ca5c4d6..44bcac749 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/libp2p_daemon_backend.nim
+++ b/beacon_chain/libp2p_daemon_backend.nim
@@ -485,6 +485,7 @@ proc backendLoop*(node: Eth2Node) {.async.} =
       var peerCheck = node.peers.getOrDefault(item.peer)
       if isNil(peerCheck):
         var peer = node.getPeer(item.peer)
+        peer.wasDialed = true
         info "Handshaking with new peer", peer = item.peer.pretty(),
                                           addresses = item.addresses
         let fut = initializeConnection(peer)
diff --git a/beacon_chain/sync_protocol.nim b/beacon_chain/sync_protocol.nim
index 437777470..735dae8a3 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/sync_protocol.nim
+++ b/beacon_chain/sync_protocol.nim
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ p2pProtocol BeaconSync(version = 1,
       if theirStatus.isSome:
         await peer.handleInitialStatus(node, ourStatus, theirStatus.get)
       else:
-        warn "Status response not received in time"
+        warn "Status response not received in time", peer = peer.id.pretty()
 
   onPeerDisconnected do (peer: Peer):
     libp2p_peers.set peer.network.peers.len.int64
@@ -234,4 +234,3 @@ proc handleInitialStatus(peer: Peer,
 
   except CatchableError:
     warn "Failed to sync with peer", peer, err = getCurrentExceptionMsg()
-