diff --git a/src/app/node/core.nim b/src/app/node/core.nim
index 7c9b927a8b..46e0154300 100644
--- a/src/app/node/core.nim
+++ b/src/app/node/core.nim
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ proc init*(self: NodeController) =
     var data = PeerStatsSignal(e)
     self.setPeers(data.peers)
 
+  self.status.events.on(SignalType.PeerStats.event) do(e:Args):
+    var data = PeerStatsSignal(e)
+    self.status.network.peerSummaryChange(data.peers)
+    self.view.setPeerSize(data.peers.len)
+
   self.status.events.on(SignalType.Stats.event) do (e:Args):
     self.view.setStats(StatsSignal(e).stats)
     if not self.isWakuV2: self.view.fetchBitsSet()