diff --git a/logic/peers.go b/logic/peers.go
index 571e4554..b1b20a51 100644
--- a/logic/peers.go
+++ b/logic/peers.go
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ func GetPeerUpdate(node *models.Node) (models.PeerUpdate, error) {
 
 
 	*/
-	peerUpdate.DNS = []byte(dns)
+	peerUpdate.DNS = dns
 	return peerUpdate, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/models/mqtt.go b/models/mqtt.go
index 2ff29c02..b3f46528 100644
--- a/models/mqtt.go
+++ b/models/mqtt.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ type PeerUpdate struct {
 	Network     string               `json:"network" bson:"network" yaml:"network"`
 	ServerAddrs []ServerAddr         `json:"serveraddrs" bson:"serveraddrs" yaml:"serveraddrs"`
 	Peers       []wgtypes.PeerConfig `json:"peers" bson:"peers" yaml:"peers"`
-	DNS         []byte               `json:"dns" bson:'dns" yaml:"dns"`
+	DNS         string               `json:"dns" bson:"dns" yaml:"dns"`
 }
 
 // KeyUpdate - key update struct
diff --git a/netclient/functions/mqhandlers.go b/netclient/functions/mqhandlers.go
index 7f046190..2fbc2ab3 100644
--- a/netclient/functions/mqhandlers.go
+++ b/netclient/functions/mqhandlers.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package functions
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -197,9 +198,9 @@ func UpdatePeers(client mqtt.Client, msg mqtt.Message) {
 	}
 	ncutils.Log("received peer update for node " + cfg.Node.Name + " " + cfg.Node.Network)
 	//skip dns updates if this is a peer update for comms network
-	if cfg.Node.NetworkSettings.IsComms == "yes" {
-		return
-	}
+	//if cfg.Node.NetworkSettings.IsComms == "yes" {
+	//	return
+	//}
 	if cfg.Node.DNSOn == "yes" {
 		if err := setHostDNS(peerUpdate.DNS, ncutils.IsWindows()); err != nil {
 			ncutils.Log("error updating /etc/hosts " + err.Error())
@@ -213,12 +214,13 @@ func UpdatePeers(client mqtt.Client, msg mqtt.Message) {
 	}
 }
 
-func setHostDNS(dns []byte, windows bool) error {
+func setHostDNS(dns string, windows bool) error {
+	log.Println(dns)
 	etchosts := "/etc/hosts"
 	if windows {
 		etchosts = "c:\\windows\\system32\\drivers\\etc\\hosts"
 	}
-	dnsdata := strings.NewReader(string(dns))
+	dnsdata := strings.NewReader(dns)
 	profile, err := parser.ParseProfile(dnsdata)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err