diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index aeff184c..d905d9aa 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "miniz_oxide",
  "object",
  "rustc-demangle",
- "windows-targets",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "js-sys",
  "num-traits",
  "wasm-bindgen",
- "windows-targets",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -729,6 +729,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dns-lookup"
+version = "2.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e5766087c2235fec47fafa4cfecc81e494ee679d0fd4a59887ea0919bfb0e4fc"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if 1.0.0",
+ "libc",
+ "socket2 0.5.7",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "either"
 version = "1.13.0"
@@ -903,7 +915,7 @@ name = "floresta-wire"
 version = "0.2.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bitcoin 0.32.4",
- "dns-lookup",
+ "dns-lookup 1.0.8",
  "floresta-chain",
  "floresta-common",
  "floresta-compact-filters",
@@ -934,6 +946,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ctrlc",
  "daemonize",
  "dirs",
+ "dns-lookup 2.0.4",
  "fern",
  "floresta-chain",
  "floresta-common",
@@ -1744,7 +1757,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "redox_syscall 0.5.7",
  "smallvec",
- "windows-targets",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2809,7 +2822,16 @@ version = "0.52.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "33ab640c8d7e35bf8ba19b884ba838ceb4fba93a4e8c65a9059d08afcfc683d9"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-targets",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.48.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "677d2418bec65e3338edb076e806bc1ec15693c5d0104683f2efe857f61056a9"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets 0.48.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2818,7 +2840,7 @@ version = "0.52.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "282be5f36a8ce781fad8c8ae18fa3f9beff57ec1b52cb3de0789201425d9a33d"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-targets",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2827,7 +2849,22 @@ version = "0.59.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1e38bc4d79ed67fd075bcc251a1c39b32a1776bbe92e5bef1f0bf1f8c531853b"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-targets",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-targets"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9a2fa6e2155d7247be68c096456083145c183cbbbc2764150dda45a87197940c"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.48.5",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.48.5",
+ "windows_i686_gnu 0.48.5",
+ "windows_i686_msvc 0.48.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.48.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.48.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.48.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2836,28 +2873,46 @@ version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9b724f72796e036ab90c1021d4780d4d3d648aca59e491e6b98e725b84e99973"
 dependencies = [
- "windows_aarch64_gnullvm",
- "windows_aarch64_msvc",
- "windows_i686_gnu",
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.52.6",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.52.6",
+ "windows_i686_gnu 0.52.6",
  "windows_i686_gnullvm",
- "windows_i686_msvc",
- "windows_x86_64_gnu",
- "windows_x86_64_gnullvm",
- "windows_x86_64_msvc",
+ "windows_i686_msvc 0.52.6",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.52.6",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.52.6",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.52.6",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2b38e32f0abccf9987a4e3079dfb67dcd799fb61361e53e2882c3cbaf0d905d8"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
 version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "32a4622180e7a0ec044bb555404c800bc9fd9ec262ec147edd5989ccd0c02cd3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dc35310971f3b2dbbf3f0690a219f40e2d9afcf64f9ab7cc1be722937c26b4bc"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
 version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "09ec2a7bb152e2252b53fa7803150007879548bc709c039df7627cabbd05d469"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_gnu"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a75915e7def60c94dcef72200b9a8e58e5091744960da64ec734a6c6e9b3743e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_gnu"
 version = "0.52.6"
@@ -2870,24 +2925,48 @@ version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0eee52d38c090b3caa76c563b86c3a4bd71ef1a819287c19d586d7334ae8ed66"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_msvc"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8f55c233f70c4b27f66c523580f78f1004e8b5a8b659e05a4eb49d4166cca406"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_msvc"
 version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "240948bc05c5e7c6dabba28bf89d89ffce3e303022809e73deaefe4f6ec56c66"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "53d40abd2583d23e4718fddf1ebec84dbff8381c07cae67ff7768bbf19c6718e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
 version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "147a5c80aabfbf0c7d901cb5895d1de30ef2907eb21fbbab29ca94c5b08b1a78"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0b7b52767868a23d5bab768e390dc5f5c55825b6d30b86c844ff2dc7414044cc"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
 version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "24d5b23dc417412679681396f2b49f3de8c1473deb516bd34410872eff51ed0d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ed94fce61571a4006852b7389a063ab983c02eb1bb37b47f8272ce92d06d9538"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
 version = "0.52.6"
diff --git a/florestad/Cargo.toml b/florestad/Cargo.toml
index 7cf36f97..5721442d 100644
--- a/florestad/Cargo.toml
+++ b/florestad/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ jsonrpc-core-client = { version = "18.0.0", features = [
     "http",
 ], optional = true }
 zmq = { version = "0.10.0", optional = true }
+dns-lookup = "2.0.4"
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
 daemonize = { version = "0.5.0" }
diff --git a/florestad/src/florestad.rs b/florestad/src/florestad.rs
index 7b3790e7..74d32053 100644
--- a/florestad/src/florestad.rs
+++ b/florestad/src/florestad.rs
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ use std::fmt::Arguments;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io;
 use std::io::BufReader;
+use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::process::exit;
-use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::sync::Mutex;
 #[cfg(feature = "json-rpc")]
@@ -209,6 +209,47 @@ impl Florestad {
         }
     }
 
+    fn get_ip_address(hostname: &str, default_port: u16) -> SocketAddr {
+        if !hostname.contains(':') {
+            let Ok(ip) = hostname.parse() else {
+                error!("Invalid IP address: {hostname}");
+                exit(1);
+            };
+
+            return SocketAddr::new(ip, default_port);
+        }
+
+        let ip = hostname.parse();
+        match ip {
+            Ok(ip) => ip,
+            Err(_) => {
+                let mut split = hostname.split(':');
+                let hostname = split.next().unwrap();
+
+                debug!("Resolving hostname: {hostname}");
+
+                let ips: Vec<_> = match dns_lookup::lookup_host(hostname) {
+                    Ok(ips) => ips,
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        error!("Could not resolve hostname: {e}");
+                        exit(1);
+                    }
+                };
+
+                if ips.is_empty() {
+                    error!("No IP addresses found for hostname: {}", hostname);
+                    exit(1);
+                }
+
+                let port = split
+                    .next()
+                    .map(|x| x.parse().unwrap_or(default_port))
+                    .unwrap_or(default_port);
+                SocketAddr::new(ips[0], port)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Actually runs florestad, spawning all modules and waiting util
     /// someone asks to stop.
     pub fn start(&self) {
@@ -304,26 +345,16 @@ impl Florestad {
         } else {
             None
         };
+
         #[cfg(not(feature = "compact-filters"))]
         let cfilters = None;
 
         // Handle the `-connect` cli option
-        let connect = match self
+        let connect = self
             .config
             .clone()
             .connect
-            .map(|host| LocalAddress::from_str(&host))
-        {
-            Some(Ok(host)) => {
-                debug!("Connecting to {:?}", host);
-                Some(host)
-            }
-            Some(Err(e)) => {
-                error!("Invalid host: {}", e);
-                exit(-1);
-            }
-            None => None,
-        };
+            .map(|host| host.parse::<LocalAddress>().unwrap());
 
         // For now we only have compatible bridges on signet
         let pow_fraud_proofs = match self.config.network {
@@ -348,7 +379,7 @@ impl Florestad {
                 .config
                 .proxy
                 .as_ref()
-                .map(|address| address.parse().expect("Invalid address")),
+                .map(|host| Self::get_ip_address(host, 9050)),
             datadir: data_dir.clone(),
             fixed_peer: connect,
             max_banscore: 50,
@@ -405,7 +436,7 @@ impl Florestad {
                 self.config
                     .json_rpc_address
                     .as_ref()
-                    .map(|x| x.parse().expect("Invalid json rpc address")),
+                    .map(|x| Self::get_ip_address(x, 8332)),
                 runtime_handle,
             );
 
@@ -419,13 +450,15 @@ impl Florestad {
             .config
             .electrum_address
             .clone()
-            .unwrap_or("0.0.0.0:50001".into());
+            .map(|addr| Self::get_ip_address(&addr, 50001))
+            .unwrap_or("0.0.0.0:50001".parse().expect("hardcoded address"));
 
         let ssl_e_addr = self
             .config
             .ssl_electrum_address
             .clone()
-            .unwrap_or("0.0.0.0:50002".into());
+            .map(|addr| Self::get_ip_address(&addr, 50002))
+            .unwrap_or("0.0.0.0:50002".parse().expect("hardcoded address"));
 
         // Load TLS configuration if needed
         let tls_config = if !self.config.no_ssl {
@@ -454,9 +487,10 @@ impl Florestad {
 
         // Non-TLS Electrum accept loop
         let non_tls_listener = Arc::new(
-            block_on(TcpListener::bind(e_addr.clone()))
+            block_on(TcpListener::bind(e_addr))
                 .unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("Cannot bind to electrum address {}: {}", e_addr, e)),
         );
+
         task::spawn(client_accept_loop(
             non_tls_listener,
             electrum_server.message_transmitter.clone(),
@@ -466,7 +500,7 @@ impl Florestad {
         // TLS Electrum accept loop
         if let Some(tls_acceptor) = tls_acceptor {
             let tls_listener = Arc::new(
-                block_on(TcpListener::bind(ssl_e_addr.clone())).unwrap_or_else(|e| {
+                block_on(TcpListener::bind(ssl_e_addr)).unwrap_or_else(|e| {
                     panic!("Cannot bind to ssl electrum address {}: {}", ssl_e_addr, e)
                 }),
             );
@@ -482,7 +516,7 @@ impl Florestad {
         info!("Server running on: {}", e_addr);
 
         if !self.config.no_ssl {
-            info!("TLS server running on: 0.0.0.0:50002");
+            info!("TLS server running on: {ssl_e_addr}");
         }
 
         // Chain provider