diff --git a/electron/before-pack.js b/electron/before-pack.js
index a76f6b5d..135ff946 100644
--- a/electron/before-pack.js
+++ b/electron/before-pack.js
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 // download the ipfs binaries before building the electron clients
 
-import fs from 'fs-extra'
-import ProgressBar from 'progress'
-import https from 'https'
-import decompress from 'decompress'
-import path from 'path'
-import {fileURLToPath} from 'url'
-const ipfsClientsPath = path.join(path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), '..', 'bin')
-const ipfsClientWindowsPath = path.join(ipfsClientsPath, 'win')
-const ipfsClientMacPath = path.join(ipfsClientsPath, 'mac')
-const ipfsClientLinuxPath = path.join(ipfsClientsPath, 'linux')
+import fs from 'fs-extra';
+import ProgressBar from 'progress';
+import https from 'https';
+import decompress from 'decompress';
+import path from 'path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
+const ipfsClientsPath = path.join(path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), '..', 'bin');
+const ipfsClientWindowsPath = path.join(ipfsClientsPath, 'win');
+const ipfsClientMacPath = path.join(ipfsClientsPath, 'mac');
+const ipfsClientLinuxPath = path.join(ipfsClientsPath, 'linux');
 
 // plebbit kubu download links https://github.com/plebbit/kubo/releases
 // const ipfsClientVersion = '0.20.0'
@@ -18,93 +18,93 @@ const ipfsClientLinuxPath = path.join(ipfsClientsPath, 'linux')
 // const ipfsClientLinuxUrl = `https://github.com/plebbit/kubo/releases/download/v${ipfsClientVersion}/ipfs-linux-amd64`
 
 // official kubo download links https://docs.ipfs.tech/install/command-line/#install-official-binary-distributions
-const ipfsClientVersion = '0.28.0'
-const ipfsClientWindowsUrl = `https://dist.ipfs.io/kubo/v${ipfsClientVersion}/kubo_v${ipfsClientVersion}_windows-amd64.zip`
-const ipfsClientMacUrl = `https://dist.ipfs.io/kubo/v${ipfsClientVersion}/kubo_v${ipfsClientVersion}_darwin-amd64.tar.gz`
-const ipfsClientLinuxUrl = `https://dist.ipfs.io/kubo/v${ipfsClientVersion}/kubo_v${ipfsClientVersion}_linux-amd64.tar.gz`
+const ipfsClientVersion = '0.32.1';
+const ipfsClientWindowsUrl = `https://dist.ipfs.io/kubo/v${ipfsClientVersion}/kubo_v${ipfsClientVersion}_windows-amd64.zip`;
+const ipfsClientMacUrl = `https://dist.ipfs.io/kubo/v${ipfsClientVersion}/kubo_v${ipfsClientVersion}_darwin-amd64.tar.gz`;
+const ipfsClientLinuxUrl = `https://dist.ipfs.io/kubo/v${ipfsClientVersion}/kubo_v${ipfsClientVersion}_linux-amd64.tar.gz`;
 
 const downloadWithProgress = (url) =>
   new Promise((resolve) => {
-    const split = url.split('/')
-    const fileName = split[split.length - 1]
-    const chunks = []
-    const req = https.request(url)
+    const split = url.split('/');
+    const fileName = split[split.length - 1];
+    const chunks = [];
+    const req = https.request(url);
     req.on('response', (res) => {
       // handle redirects
       if (res.statusCode == 301 || res.statusCode === 302) {
-        resolve(downloadWithProgress(res.headers.location))
-        return
+        resolve(downloadWithProgress(res.headers.location));
+        return;
       }
 
-      const len = parseInt(res.headers['content-length'], 10)
-      console.log()
+      const len = parseInt(res.headers['content-length'], 10);
+      console.log();
       const bar = new ProgressBar(`  ${fileName} [:bar] :rate/bps :percent :etas`, {
         complete: '=',
         incomplete: ' ',
         width: 20,
         total: len,
-      })
+      });
       res.on('data', (chunk) => {
-        chunks.push(chunk)
-        bar.tick(chunk.length)
-      })
+        chunks.push(chunk);
+        bar.tick(chunk.length);
+      });
       res.on('end', () => {
-        console.log('\n')
-        resolve(Buffer.concat(chunks))
-      })
-    })
-    req.end()
-  })
+        console.log('\n');
+        resolve(Buffer.concat(chunks));
+      });
+    });
+    req.end();
+  });
 
 // plebbit kubo downloads dont need to be extracted
 const download = async (url, destinationPath) => {
-  let binName = 'ipfs'
+  let binName = 'ipfs';
   if (destinationPath.endsWith('win')) {
-    binName += '.exe'
+    binName += '.exe';
   }
-  const binPath = path.join(destinationPath, binName)
+  const binPath = path.join(destinationPath, binName);
   // already downloaded, don't download again
   if (fs.pathExistsSync(binPath)) {
-    return
+    return;
   }
-  const split = url.split('/')
-  const fileName = split[split.length - 1]
-  const dowloadPath = path.join(destinationPath, fileName)
-  const file = await downloadWithProgress(url)
-  fs.ensureDirSync(destinationPath)
-  await fs.writeFile(binPath, file)
-}
+  const split = url.split('/');
+  const fileName = split[split.length - 1];
+  const dowloadPath = path.join(destinationPath, fileName);
+  const file = await downloadWithProgress(url);
+  fs.ensureDirSync(destinationPath);
+  await fs.writeFile(binPath, file);
+};
 
 // official kubo downloads need to be extracted
 const downloadAndExtract = async (url, destinationPath) => {
-  let binName = 'ipfs'
+  let binName = 'ipfs';
   if (destinationPath.endsWith('win')) {
-    binName += '.exe'
+    binName += '.exe';
   }
-  const binPath = path.join(destinationPath, binName)
+  const binPath = path.join(destinationPath, binName);
   if (fs.pathExistsSync(binPath)) {
-    return
+    return;
   }
-  const split = url.split('/')
-  const fileName = split[split.length - 1]
-  const dowloadPath = path.join(destinationPath, fileName)
-  const file = await downloadWithProgress(url)
-  fs.ensureDirSync(destinationPath)
-  await fs.writeFile(dowloadPath, file)
-  await decompress(dowloadPath, destinationPath)
-  const extractedPath = path.join(destinationPath, 'kubo')
-  const extractedBinPath = path.join(extractedPath, binName)
-  fs.moveSync(extractedBinPath, binPath)
-  fs.removeSync(extractedPath)
-  fs.removeSync(dowloadPath)
-}
+  const split = url.split('/');
+  const fileName = split[split.length - 1];
+  const dowloadPath = path.join(destinationPath, fileName);
+  const file = await downloadWithProgress(url);
+  fs.ensureDirSync(destinationPath);
+  await fs.writeFile(dowloadPath, file);
+  await decompress(dowloadPath, destinationPath);
+  const extractedPath = path.join(destinationPath, 'kubo');
+  const extractedBinPath = path.join(extractedPath, binName);
+  fs.moveSync(extractedBinPath, binPath);
+  fs.removeSync(extractedPath);
+  fs.removeSync(dowloadPath);
+};
 
 export const downloadIpfsClients = async () => {
-  await downloadAndExtract(ipfsClientWindowsUrl, ipfsClientWindowsPath)
-  await downloadAndExtract(ipfsClientMacUrl, ipfsClientMacPath)
-  await downloadAndExtract(ipfsClientLinuxUrl, ipfsClientLinuxPath)
-}
+  await downloadAndExtract(ipfsClientWindowsUrl, ipfsClientWindowsPath);
+  await downloadAndExtract(ipfsClientMacUrl, ipfsClientMacPath);
+  await downloadAndExtract(ipfsClientLinuxUrl, ipfsClientLinuxPath);
+};
 
 export default async (context) => {
-  await downloadIpfsClients()
-}
+  await downloadIpfsClients();
+};
diff --git a/electron/proxy-server.js b/electron/proxy-server.js
index 01091cd6..7c10141a 100644
--- a/electron/proxy-server.js
+++ b/electron/proxy-server.js
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ proxy.on('proxyReq', function (proxyReq, req, res, options) {
   proxyReq.removeHeader('sec-fetch-dest');
   proxyReq.removeHeader('referer');
 });
-proxy.on('error', (e) => {
+proxy.on('error', (e, req, res) => {
   console.error(e);
+  // if not ended, will hang forever
+  res.end();
 });
 
 // start server
diff --git a/electron/start-ipfs.js b/electron/start-ipfs.js
index cf447735..9bbdbc1d 100644
--- a/electron/start-ipfs.js
+++ b/electron/start-ipfs.js
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ const start = async () => {
   }
   pendingStart = true;
   try {
-    const started = await tcpPortUsed.check(5001, '127.0.0.1');
+    const started = await tcpPortUsed.check(isDev ? 5002 : 5001, '127.0.0.1');
     if (started) {
       return;
     }
diff --git a/electron/start-plebbit-rpc.js b/electron/start-plebbit-rpc.js
index 248929ee..83a8fae6 100644
--- a/electron/start-plebbit-rpc.js
+++ b/electron/start-plebbit-rpc.js
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ const defaultPlebbitOptions = {
   // find the user's OS data path
   dataPath: !isDev ? envPaths.data : path.join(dirname, '..', '.plebbit'),
   ipfsHttpClientsOptions: ['http://localhost:5001/api/v0'],
-  // TODO: having to define pubsubHttpClientsOptions and ipfsHttpClientsOptions is a bug with plebbit-js
-  pubsubHttpClientsOptions: ['http://localhost:5001/api/v0'],
+  httpRoutersOptions: ['https://routing.lol', 'https://peers.pleb.bot'],
 };
 
 // generate plebbit rpc auth key if doesn't exist
@@ -42,6 +41,7 @@ const start = async () => {
       return;
     }
     const plebbitWebSocketServer = await PlebbitRpc.PlebbitWsServer({ port, plebbitOptions: defaultPlebbitOptions, authKey: plebbitRpcAuthKey });
+    plebbitWebSocketServer.on('error', (e) => console.log('plebbit rpc error', e));
 
     console.log(`plebbit rpc: listening on ws://localhost:${port} (local connections only)`);
     console.log(`plebbit rpc: listening on ws://localhost:${port}/${plebbitRpcAuthKey} (secret auth key for remote connections)`);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 27833a62..e255fe8e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@capacitor/app": "6.0.1",
     "@floating-ui/react": "0.26.1",
-    "@plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks": "https://github.com/plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks.git#0d4219ad95c3322eac78db23091eb57239be8776",
+    "@plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks": "https://github.com/plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks.git#be1a1f317db7c4096f0d1c79452e13452bf9df78",
     "@testing-library/jest-dom": "5.14.1",
     "@testing-library/react": "13.0.0",
     "@testing-library/user-event": "13.2.1",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 7d9a83e7..bdc55039 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3262,9 +3262,9 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@pkgjs/parseargs/-/parseargs-0.11.0.tgz#a77ea742fab25775145434eb1d2328cf5013ac33"
   integrity sha512-+1VkjdD0QBLPodGrJUeqarH8VAIvQODIbwh9XpP5Syisf7YoQgsJKPNFoqqLQlu+VQ/tVSshMR6loPMn8U+dPg==
 
-"@plebbit/plebbit-js@https://github.com/plebbit/plebbit-js.git#20b3c91b30a589ea5728f9a20f61e63700fe0dd4":
+"@plebbit/plebbit-js@https://github.com/plebbit/plebbit-js.git#cae33a888fc23248d2f226d9d14b67c80dee7f28":
   version "0.0.4"
-  resolved "https://github.com/plebbit/plebbit-js.git#20b3c91b30a589ea5728f9a20f61e63700fe0dd4"
+  resolved "https://github.com/plebbit/plebbit-js.git#cae33a888fc23248d2f226d9d14b67c80dee7f28"
   dependencies:
     "@bonfida/spl-name-service" "2.4.2"
     "@chainsafe/libp2p-gossipsub" "12.0.0"
@@ -3338,11 +3338,11 @@
   dependencies:
     debug "4.3.4"
 
-"@plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks@https://github.com/plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks.git#0d4219ad95c3322eac78db23091eb57239be8776":
+"@plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks@https://github.com/plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks.git#be1a1f317db7c4096f0d1c79452e13452bf9df78":
   version "0.0.1"
-  resolved "https://github.com/plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks.git#0d4219ad95c3322eac78db23091eb57239be8776"
+  resolved "https://github.com/plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks.git#be1a1f317db7c4096f0d1c79452e13452bf9df78"
   dependencies:
-    "@plebbit/plebbit-js" "https://github.com/plebbit/plebbit-js.git#20b3c91b30a589ea5728f9a20f61e63700fe0dd4"
+    "@plebbit/plebbit-js" "https://github.com/plebbit/plebbit-js.git#cae33a888fc23248d2f226d9d14b67c80dee7f28"
     "@plebbit/plebbit-logger" "https://github.com/plebbit/plebbit-logger.git"
     assert "2.0.0"
     ethers "5.6.9"
@@ -15670,16 +15670,7 @@ string-split-by@^1.0.0:
   dependencies:
     parenthesis "^3.1.5"
 
-"string-width-cjs@npm:string-width@^4.2.0":
-  version "4.2.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/string-width/-/string-width-4.2.3.tgz#269c7117d27b05ad2e536830a8ec895ef9c6d010"
-  integrity sha512-wKyQRQpjJ0sIp62ErSZdGsjMJWsap5oRNihHhu6G7JVO/9jIB6UyevL+tXuOqrng8j/cxKTWyWUwvSTriiZz/g==
-  dependencies:
-    emoji-regex "^8.0.0"
-    is-fullwidth-code-point "^3.0.0"
-    strip-ansi "^6.0.1"
-
-"string-width@^1.0.2 || 2 || 3 || 4", string-width@^4.1.0, string-width@^4.2.0, string-width@^4.2.3:
+"string-width-cjs@npm:string-width@^4.2.0", "string-width@^1.0.2 || 2 || 3 || 4", string-width@^4.1.0, string-width@^4.2.0, string-width@^4.2.3:
   version "4.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/string-width/-/string-width-4.2.3.tgz#269c7117d27b05ad2e536830a8ec895ef9c6d010"
   integrity sha512-wKyQRQpjJ0sIp62ErSZdGsjMJWsap5oRNihHhu6G7JVO/9jIB6UyevL+tXuOqrng8j/cxKTWyWUwvSTriiZz/g==
@@ -15783,14 +15774,7 @@ stringify-object@^3.3.0:
     is-obj "^1.0.1"
     is-regexp "^1.0.0"
 
-"strip-ansi-cjs@npm:strip-ansi@^6.0.1":
-  version "6.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-6.0.1.tgz#9e26c63d30f53443e9489495b2105d37b67a85d9"
-  integrity sha512-Y38VPSHcqkFrCpFnQ9vuSXmquuv5oXOKpGeT6aGrr3o3Gc9AlVa6JBfUSOCnbxGGZF+/0ooI7KrPuUSztUdU5A==
-  dependencies:
-    ansi-regex "^5.0.1"
-
-strip-ansi@^6.0.0, strip-ansi@^6.0.1:
+"strip-ansi-cjs@npm:strip-ansi@^6.0.1", strip-ansi@^6.0.0, strip-ansi@^6.0.1:
   version "6.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-6.0.1.tgz#9e26c63d30f53443e9489495b2105d37b67a85d9"
   integrity sha512-Y38VPSHcqkFrCpFnQ9vuSXmquuv5oXOKpGeT6aGrr3o3Gc9AlVa6JBfUSOCnbxGGZF+/0ooI7KrPuUSztUdU5A==
@@ -17471,7 +17455,7 @@ workbox-window@6.6.1:
     "@types/trusted-types" "^2.0.2"
     workbox-core "6.6.1"
 
-"wrap-ansi-cjs@npm:wrap-ansi@^7.0.0":
+"wrap-ansi-cjs@npm:wrap-ansi@^7.0.0", wrap-ansi@^7.0.0:
   version "7.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/wrap-ansi/-/wrap-ansi-7.0.0.tgz#67e145cff510a6a6984bdf1152911d69d2eb9e43"
   integrity sha512-YVGIj2kamLSTxw6NsZjoBxfSwsn0ycdesmc4p+Q21c5zPuZ1pl+NfxVdxPtdHvmNVOQ6XSYG4AUtyt/Fi7D16Q==
@@ -17489,15 +17473,6 @@ wrap-ansi@^6.2.0:
     string-width "^4.1.0"
     strip-ansi "^6.0.0"
 
-wrap-ansi@^7.0.0:
-  version "7.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/wrap-ansi/-/wrap-ansi-7.0.0.tgz#67e145cff510a6a6984bdf1152911d69d2eb9e43"
-  integrity sha512-YVGIj2kamLSTxw6NsZjoBxfSwsn0ycdesmc4p+Q21c5zPuZ1pl+NfxVdxPtdHvmNVOQ6XSYG4AUtyt/Fi7D16Q==
-  dependencies:
-    ansi-styles "^4.0.0"
-    string-width "^4.1.0"
-    strip-ansi "^6.0.0"
-
 wrap-ansi@^8.1.0:
   version "8.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/wrap-ansi/-/wrap-ansi-8.1.0.tgz#56dc22368ee570face1b49819975d9b9a5ead214"