# Bisq won't launch after attempting to connect to my own node

**URL:** <https://bisq.community/t/bisq-wont-launch-after-attempting-to-connect-to-my-own-node/11063>\
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**Created:** [August 31, 2021, 12:36am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/bisq-wont-launch-after-attempting-to-connect-to-my-own-node/11063 "2021-08-31T00:36:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![so7ow](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/so7ow/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@so7ow](https://bisq.community/u/so7ow)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 12:36am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/bisq-wont-launch-after-attempting-to-connect-to-my-own-node/11063/1 "2021-08-31T00:36:18Z")

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Tried connecting to my own custom node in the Bisq network settings but I seem to have borked it and now Bisq hangs on launch, at “Connecting the Bitcoin network”. Any way to reset that to default in the config files?

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**Author:** ![so7ow](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/so7ow/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@so7ow](https://bisq.community/u/so7ow)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 4:40am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/bisq-wont-launch-after-attempting-to-connect-to-my-own-node/11063/2 "2021-08-31T04:40:15Z")

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I was able to override with the `--btcNodes` command line switch.

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**Author:** ![Rj100k](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/rj100k/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Rj100k](https://bisq.community/u/Rj100k)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 2:17am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/bisq-wont-launch-after-attempting-to-connect-to-my-own-node/11063/3 "2021-10-09T02:17:11Z")

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How do you acces this I’m having the same issue

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**Author:** ![tieck](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/tieck/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@tieck](https://bisq.community/u/tieck)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 8:34am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/bisq-wont-launch-after-attempting-to-connect-to-my-own-node/11063/4 "2021-10-09T08:34:53Z")

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These links may be helpful:

> [@Connect to a full node (core/mynode/umbrel)](https://bisq.community/t/connect-to-a-full-node-core-mynode-umbrel/10511):
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> Hi Folks, I was not successful in connecting Bisq to the below nodes - at a varying level of ‘not success’: Bitcoin Core peerbloomfilters=1 set node run locally Bisq does connect to the node but says it did not sync, although under Settings → Network it shows the latest block next to the node address mynodebtc peerbloomfilters=1 set node run remotely and accessed thru Tor Bisq tries to connect but drops the node (Settings-\>Network intermittently shows the tor address of the node) umbr…

[https://bisq.wiki/Connecting\_to\_your\_own\_Bitcoin\_node](https://bisq.wiki/Connecting_to_your_own_Bitcoin_node)