diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 12204b6..e94d33b 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package config
 import (
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-cid"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/peer"
-	"github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr"
 )
 
 type (
@@ -36,8 +35,8 @@ type (
 
 	// IPFSPeer contains the configuration for additional IPFS peers
 	IPFSPeer struct {
-		ID        peer.ID               `yaml:"id"`
-		Addresses []multiaddr.Multiaddr `yaml:"addresses"`
+		ID        peer.ID  `yaml:"id"`
+		Addresses []string `yaml:"addresses"`
 	}
 
 	// IPFS contains the configuration for the IPFS node
diff --git a/ipfs/node.go b/ipfs/node.go
index abdbd93..74ace45 100644
--- a/ipfs/node.go
+++ b/ipfs/node.go
@@ -195,7 +195,16 @@ func NewNode(ctx context.Context, privateKey crypto.PrivKey, cfg config.IPFS, ds
 	}
 
 	for _, p := range cfg.Peers {
-		host.Peerstore().AddAddrs(p.ID, p.Addresses, peerstore.PermanentAddrTTL)
+		mh := make([]multiaddr.Multiaddr, 0, len(p.Addresses))
+		for _, addr := range p.Addresses {
+			maddr, err := multiaddr.NewMultiaddr(addr)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse multiaddr %q: %w", addr, err)
+			}
+			mh = append(mh, maddr)
+		}
+
+		host.Peerstore().AddAddrs(p.ID, mh, peerstore.PermanentAddrTTL)
 	}
 
 	return &Node{