diff --git a/Bitcoin/24.0.1/docker-entrypoint.sh b/Bitcoin/24.0.1/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 4563222..fab1b1b 100755
--- a/Bitcoin/24.0.1/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/Bitcoin/24.0.1/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -60,6 +60,20 @@ if [[ "$1" == "bitcoin-cli" || "$1" == "bitcoin-tx" || "$1" == "bitcoind" || "$1
 	ln -sfn "$BITCOIN_DATA" /home/bitcoin/.bitcoin
 	chown -h bitcoin:bitcoin /home/bitcoin/.bitcoin
 	rm -f /home/bitcoin/.bitcoin/settings.json
+
+	# peers_dat is routinely corrupted, preventing bitcoind to start, see https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/26599
+	peers_dat="/home/bitcoin/.bitcoin/peers.dat"
+	peers_dat_corrupted="/home/bitcoin/.bitcoin/peers_corrupted.dat"
+	if [[ -f "${peers_dat}" ]]; then
+		actual_hash=$(head -c -32 "${peers_dat}" | sha256sum | cut -c1-64 | xxd -r -p | sha256sum | cut -c1-64)
+		expected_hash=$(tail -c 32 "${peers_dat}" | xxd -ps -c 32)
+		if [[ "${actual_hash}" != "${expected_hash}" ]]; then
+			echo "${peers_dat} is corrupted, moving it to ${peers_dat_corrupted}"
+			rm -f "${peers_dat_corrupted}"
+			mv "${peers_dat}" "${peers_dat_corrupted}"
+		fi
+	fi
+
 	exec gosu bitcoin "$@"
 else
 	exec "$@"
diff --git a/Bitcoin/24.0.1/linuxamd64.Dockerfile b/Bitcoin/24.0.1/linuxamd64.Dockerfile
index a5f8158..34420a5 100644
--- a/Bitcoin/24.0.1/linuxamd64.Dockerfile
+++ b/Bitcoin/24.0.1/linuxamd64.Dockerfile
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ RUN set -ex \
 FROM debian:bullseye-slim
 COPY --from=builder "/tmp/bin" /usr/local/bin
 
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -qq --no-install-recommends xxd && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/gosu && groupadd -r bitcoin && useradd -r -m -g bitcoin bitcoin
 
 # create data directory
diff --git a/Bitcoin/24.0.1/linuxarm32v7.Dockerfile b/Bitcoin/24.0.1/linuxarm32v7.Dockerfile
index 2020744..5f057a7 100644
--- a/Bitcoin/24.0.1/linuxarm32v7.Dockerfile
+++ b/Bitcoin/24.0.1/linuxarm32v7.Dockerfile
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ FROM arm32v7/debian:bullseye-slim
 COPY --from=builder "/tmp/bin" /usr/local/bin
 COPY --from=builder /usr/bin/qemu-arm-static /usr/bin/qemu-arm-static
 
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -qq --no-install-recommends xxd && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/gosu && groupadd -r bitcoin && useradd -r -m -g bitcoin bitcoin
 
 # create data directory
diff --git a/Bitcoin/24.0.1/linuxarm64v8.Dockerfile b/Bitcoin/24.0.1/linuxarm64v8.Dockerfile
index 097be9f..8e03eae 100644
--- a/Bitcoin/24.0.1/linuxarm64v8.Dockerfile
+++ b/Bitcoin/24.0.1/linuxarm64v8.Dockerfile
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ FROM arm64v8/debian:bullseye-slim
 COPY --from=builder "/tmp/bin" /usr/local/bin
 COPY --from=builder /usr/bin/qemu-aarch64-static /usr/bin/qemu-aarch64-static
 
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -qq --no-install-recommends xxd && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/gosu && groupadd -r bitcoin && useradd -r -m -g bitcoin bitcoin
 
 # create data directory