diff --git a/config/default.json b/config/default.json
index ecceca01e..878249fcd 100644
--- a/config/default.json
+++ b/config/default.json
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@
   "contentProxyUrl": "",
   "seedNodeList": [
     {
-      "ip_url": "http://116.203.53.213:4433/",
+      "ip_url": "https://116.203.53.213:4433/",
       "url": "https://storage.seed1.loki.network:4433/"
     },
     {
-      "ip_url": "http://212.199.114.66:4433/",
+      "ip_url": "https://212.199.114.66:4433/",
       "url": "https://storage.seed3.loki.network:4433/"
     },
     {
-      "ip_url": "http://144.76.164.202:4433/",
+      "ip_url": "https://144.76.164.202:4433/",
       "url": "https://public.loki.foundation:4433/"
     }
   ],
diff --git a/ts/session/onions/onionPath.ts b/ts/session/onions/onionPath.ts
index 1154ca408..d80ab3ffd 100644
--- a/ts/session/onions/onionPath.ts
+++ b/ts/session/onions/onionPath.ts
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ export async function selectGuardNodes(): Promise<Array<Snode>> {
 async function buildNewOnionPathsWorker() {
   window?.log?.info('LokiSnodeAPI::buildNewOnionPaths - building new onion paths...');
 
-  const allNodes = await SnodePool.getRandomSnodePool();
+  let allNodes = await SnodePool.getRandomSnodePool();
 
   if (guardNodes.length === 0) {
     // Not cached, load from DB
@@ -369,7 +369,8 @@ async function buildNewOnionPathsWorker() {
     // TODO: don't throw away potentially good guard nodes
     guardNodes = await exports.selectGuardNodes();
   }
-
+  // be sure to fetch again as that list might have been refreshed by selectGuardNodes
+  allNodes = await SnodePool.getRandomSnodePool();
   // TODO: select one guard node and 2 other nodes randomly
   let otherNodes = _.differenceBy(allNodes, guardNodes, 'pubkey_ed25519');
   if (otherNodes.length < 2) {