diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 9ac6bd27126..45ff4123f31 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ func AddCommands(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 
 	/** ======================== P2P Flags ========================== **/
 
-	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&cfg.P2P.Listen, "listen",
-		cfg.P2P.Listen, "address for listening")
+	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVar(&cfg.P2P.ListenAddresses, "listen",
+		cfg.P2P.ListenAddresses, "address for listening")
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&cfg.P2P.Flood, "flood",
 		cfg.P2P.Flood, "flood created messages to all peers")
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&cfg.P2P.DisableNatPort, "disable-natport", cfg.P2P.DisableNatPort,
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ func AddCommands(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 		cfg.P2P.MinPeers, "actively search for peers until you get this much")
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVar(&cfg.P2P.Bootnodes, "bootnodes",
 		cfg.P2P.Bootnodes, "entrypoints into the network")
-	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&cfg.P2P.AdvertiseAddress, "advertise-address",
-		cfg.P2P.AdvertiseAddress, "libp2p address with identity (example: /dns4/bootnode.spacemesh.io/tcp/5003)")
+	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVar(&cfg.P2P.AdvertiseAddresses, "advertise-address",
+		cfg.P2P.AdvertiseAddresses, "libp2p address(es) with identity (example: /dns4/bootnode.spacemesh.io/tcp/5003)")
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&cfg.P2P.Bootnode, "p2p-bootnode", cfg.P2P.Bootnode,
 		"gossipsub and discovery will be running in a mode suitable for bootnode")
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&cfg.P2P.PrivateNetwork, "p2p-private-network", cfg.P2P.PrivateNetwork,