diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 2cf6f83..7995da2 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ pub const DNS_RECORD_TTL: u32 = 300;
 pub const MAX_CONCURRENT_TASKS: usize = 100;
 pub const MAX_RECORDS_TO_RETURN: usize = 32;
 pub const RECHECK_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(1800);
+pub const PEER_BLOCKLIST_TTL: u64 = 86400;
diff --git a/src/peer.rs b/src/peer.rs
index daca9ce..2e25d27 100644
--- a/src/peer.rs
+++ b/src/peer.rs
@@ -6,12 +6,17 @@ use futures_util::stream::{FuturesUnordered, StreamExt};
 use std::{
     collections::{HashSet, VecDeque},
     net::SocketAddr,
-    sync::Arc,
-    time::Duration,
+    sync::{Arc, Mutex},
+    time::{Duration, Instant},
 };
 use tokio::time::timeout;
 use tracing::info;
 
+struct BlockedPeer {
+    addr: SocketAddr,
+    expires_at: Instant,
+}
+
 pub fn start_peer_crawler(
     initial_peers: Vec<SocketAddr>,
     tls: Connector,
@@ -23,6 +28,7 @@ pub fn start_peer_crawler(
         let mut seen_peers = HashSet::new();
         let mut peers_to_process = VecDeque::new();
         let mut active_tasks = FuturesUnordered::new();
+        let blocked_peers = Arc::new(Mutex::new(Vec::<BlockedPeer>::new()));
 
         for peer in initial_peers {
             if seen_peers.insert(peer) {
@@ -31,11 +37,35 @@ pub fn start_peer_crawler(
         }
 
         loop {
+            // Clean expired entries
+            {
+                let mut blocklist = blocked_peers.lock().unwrap();
+                blocklist.retain(|peer| peer.expires_at > Instant::now());
+            }
+
             while active_tasks.len() < MAX_CONCURRENT_TASKS {
                 if let Some(peer) = peers_to_process.pop_front() {
+                    // Check if peer is blocked before processing
+                    let is_blocked = {
+                        let blocklist = blocked_peers.lock().unwrap();
+                        blocklist.iter().any(|bp| bp.addr == peer)
+                    };
+
+                    if is_blocked {
+                        info!("Skipping blocked peer: {:?}", peer);
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
                     let tls = Arc::clone(&tls);
                     let authority = Arc::clone(&authority);
-                    active_tasks.push(process_peer(peer, tls, authority, network_id.clone()));
+                    let blocklist = Arc::clone(&blocked_peers);
+                    active_tasks.push(process_peer(
+                        peer,
+                        tls,
+                        authority,
+                        network_id.clone(),
+                        blocklist,
+                    ));
                 } else {
                     break;
                 }
@@ -61,6 +91,7 @@ async fn process_peer(
     tls: Arc<Connector>,
     authority: Arc<RandomizedAuthority>,
     network_id: String,
+    blocked_peers: Arc<Mutex<Vec<BlockedPeer>>>,
 ) -> Vec<SocketAddr> {
     let mut new_peers = Vec::new();
 
@@ -71,31 +102,28 @@ async fn process_peer(
     .await
     {
         Ok(Ok((peer, ws_stream))) => {
-            // Get more peers and collect them, only consider a peer up if we can get more peers from it
             if let Ok(response) = peer.request_peers().await {
-                // Add to DNS
                 authority.add_peer(peer.socket_addr()).await;
 
                 for peer_info in response.peer_list {
                     if let Ok(ip) = peer_info.host.parse() {
-                        let addr = SocketAddr::new(ip, peer_info.port);
-                        // Only add peers that are on the same port as the peer we connected to, since we only provide ips over dns
-                        if addr.port() == peer_info.port {
-                            new_peers.push(addr);
+                        // Only add peers that are on the same port as the peer we connect to, since we only provide ips over dns
+                        if peer_addr.port() == peer_info.port {
+                            new_peers.push(SocketAddr::new(ip, peer_info.port));
                         }
                     }
                 }
             }
 
-            // Clean up
             drop(ws_stream);
             drop(peer);
         }
-        Ok(Err(e)) => {
-            info!("Failed to connect to peer {}: {}", peer_addr, e);
-        }
-        Err(_) => {
-            info!("Timeout connecting to peer {}", peer_addr);
+        _ => {
+            info!("Failed to connect to peer: {}", peer_addr);
+            blocked_peers.lock().unwrap().push(BlockedPeer {
+                addr: peer_addr,
+                expires_at: Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(PEER_BLOCKLIST_TTL),
+            });
         }
     }
 
@@ -144,7 +172,6 @@ pub async fn start_peer_rechecker(
                 }
             }
 
-            // Wait for at least one task to complete
             if !tasks.is_empty() {
                 tasks.next().await;
             }