diff --git a/core/bootstrap.go b/core/bootstrap.go
index 35d3163326c..6b969c96dcb 100644
--- a/core/bootstrap.go
+++ b/core/bootstrap.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 	math2 "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/thirdparty/math2"
 	lgbl "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/util/eventlog/loggables"
 
-	ma "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-multiaddr"
 	goprocess "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/goprocess"
 	procctx "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/goprocess/context"
 	periodicproc "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/goprocess/periodic"
@@ -211,7 +210,8 @@ func toPeerInfos(bpeers []config.BootstrapPeer) []peer.PeerInfo {
 			pinfos[bootstrap.ID()] = pinfo
 			pinfo.ID = bootstrap.ID()
 		}
-		pinfo.Addrs = append(pinfo.Addrs, bootstrap.Multiaddr())
+
+		pinfo.Addrs = append(pinfo.Addrs, bootstrap.Transport())
 	}
 
 	var peers []peer.PeerInfo
@@ -222,19 +222,6 @@ func toPeerInfos(bpeers []config.BootstrapPeer) []peer.PeerInfo {
 	return peers
 }
 
-func toPeerInfo(bp config.BootstrapPeer) peer.PeerInfo {
-	// for now, we drop the "ipfs addr" part of the multiaddr. the rest
-	// of the codebase currently uses addresses without the peerid part.
-	m := bp.Multiaddr()
-	s := ma.Split(m)
-	m = ma.Join(s[:len(s)-1]...)
-
-	return peer.PeerInfo{
-		ID:    bp.ID(),
-		Addrs: []ma.Multiaddr{m},
-	}
-}
-
 func randomSubsetOfPeers(in []peer.PeerInfo, max int) []peer.PeerInfo {
 	n := math2.IntMin(max, len(in))
 	var out []peer.PeerInfo
diff --git a/test/sharness/t0121-bootstrap-iptb.sh b/test/sharness/t0121-bootstrap-iptb.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..abf2be0499b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sharness/t0121-bootstrap-iptb.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2016 Jeromy Johnson
+# MIT Licensed; see the LICENSE file in this repository.
+#
+
+# changing the bootstrap peers will require changing it in two places :)
+test_description="test node bootstrapping"
+
+. lib/test-lib.sh
+
+test_init_ipfs
+
+test_expect_success "disable mdns" '
+	ipfs config Discovery.MDNS.Enabled false --json
+'
+
+test_launch_ipfs_daemon
+
+export IPTB_ROOT="`pwd`/.iptb"
+
+ipfsi() {
+	dir="$1"
+	shift
+	IPFS_PATH="$IPTB_ROOT/$dir" ipfs $@
+}
+
+check_has_connection() {
+	node=$1
+	ipfsi $node swarm peers | grep ipfs > /dev/null
+}
+
+test_expect_success "setup iptb nodes" '
+	iptb init -n 5 -f --bootstrap=none --port=0
+'
+
+test_expect_success "start up iptb nodes" '
+    iptb start
+'
+
+test_expect_success "check peers works" '
+    ipfs swarm peers >peers_out
+'
+
+test_expect_success "correct number of peers" '
+    test -z "`cat peers_out`"
+'
+
+betterwait() {
+	while kill -0 $1; do true; done
+}
+
+test_expect_success "bring down iptb nodes" '
+	PID0=$(cat "$IPTB_ROOT/0/daemon.pid") &&
+	PID1=$(cat "$IPTB_ROOT/1/daemon.pid") &&
+	PID2=$(cat "$IPTB_ROOT/2/daemon.pid") &&
+	PID3=$(cat "$IPTB_ROOT/3/daemon.pid") &&
+	PID4=$(cat "$IPTB_ROOT/4/daemon.pid") &&
+	iptb stop && # TODO: add --wait flag to iptb stop
+	betterwait $PID0
+	betterwait $PID1 
+	betterwait $PID2
+	betterwait $PID3
+	betterwait $PID4
+'
+
+test_expect_success "reset iptb nodes" '
+	# the api doesnt seem to get cleaned up in sharness tests for some reason
+	iptb init -n 5 -f --bootstrap=none --port=0
+'
+
+test_expect_success "set bootstrap addrs" '
+	bsn_peer_id=$(ipfs id -f "<id>") &&
+	BADDR="/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/$PORT_SWARM/ipfs/$bsn_peer_id" &&
+	ipfsi 0 bootstrap add $BADDR &&
+	ipfsi 1 bootstrap add $BADDR &&
+	ipfsi 2 bootstrap add $BADDR &&
+	ipfsi 3 bootstrap add $BADDR &&
+	ipfsi 4 bootstrap add $BADDR
+'
+
+test_expect_success "start up iptb nodes" '
+	iptb start --wait
+'
+
+test_expect_success "check peers works" '
+	ipfs swarm peers > peers_out
+'
+
+test_expect_success "correct number of peers" '
+	test `cat peers_out | wc -l` = 5
+'
+
+test_kill_ipfs_daemon
+
+test_expect_success "bring down iptb nodes" '
+	iptb stop
+'
+
+test_done