diff --git a/peer/cwtch_peer.go b/peer/cwtch_peer.go
index c894bdd..70646a0 100644
--- a/peer/cwtch_peer.go
+++ b/peer/cwtch_peer.go
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ type CwtchPeer interface {
 
 	Listen()
 	StartPeersConnections()
+	StartServerConnections()
 	Shutdown()
 }
 
@@ -480,13 +481,20 @@ func (cp *cwtchPeer) Listen() {
 	cp.eventBus.Publish(event.NewEvent(event.ProtocolEngineStartListen, map[event.Field]string{event.Onion: cp.Profile.Onion}))
 }
 
-// StartGroupConnections attempts to connect to all group servers (thus initiating reconnect attempts in the conectionsmanager)
+// StartPeersConnections attempts to connect to peer connections
 func (cp *cwtchPeer) StartPeersConnections() {
+	for _, contact := range cp.GetContacts() {
+		if cp.GetContact(contact).IsServer() == false {
+			cp.PeerWithOnion(contact)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// StartServerConnections attempts to connect to all server connections
+func (cp *cwtchPeer) StartServerConnections() {
 	for _, contact := range cp.GetContacts() {
 		if cp.GetContact(contact).IsServer() {
 			cp.JoinServer(contact)
-		} else {
-			cp.PeerWithOnion(contact)
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/testing/cwtch_peer_server_integration_test.go b/testing/cwtch_peer_server_integration_test.go
index 300bb87..b1e7b50 100644
--- a/testing/cwtch_peer_server_integration_test.go
+++ b/testing/cwtch_peer_server_integration_test.go
@@ -118,14 +118,14 @@ func TestCwtchPeerIntegration(t *testing.T) {
 	log.ExcludeFromPattern("event/eventmanager")
 	log.ExcludeFromPattern("pipeBridge")
 	log.ExcludeFromPattern("tapir")
-	os.Mkdir("tordir",0700)
+	os.Mkdir("tordir", 0700)
 	dataDir := path.Join("tordir", "tor")
 	os.MkdirAll(dataDir, 0700)
 
 	// we don't need real randomness for the port, just to avoid a possible conflict...
 	mrand.Seed(int64(time.Now().Nanosecond()))
-	socksPort := mrand.Intn(1000)+9051
-	controlPort := mrand.Intn(1000)+9052
+	socksPort := mrand.Intn(1000) + 9051
+	controlPort := mrand.Intn(1000) + 9052
 
 	// generate a random password
 	key := make([]byte, 64)
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func TestCwtchPeerIntegration(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Could not start Tor: %v", err)
 	}
-	pid,err := acn.GetPID()
+	pid, err := acn.GetPID()
 	t.Logf("Tor pid: %v", pid)
 
 	// ***** Cwtch Server management *****