From 22b77e0b2f02f4dad8b1152a74a0840c34c20ed1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Lugo <danlugo92@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2021 11:55:25 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] An initial read forces gun to connect to peers

---
 utils/GunSmith/gun.js | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/utils/GunSmith/gun.js b/utils/GunSmith/gun.js
index 843ba596..df3f22dc 100644
--- a/utils/GunSmith/gun.js
+++ b/utils/GunSmith/gun.js
@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ const handleMsg = async msg => {
   if (msg.type === 'init') {
     gun = /** @type {any} */ (new Gun(msg.opts))
 
+    // Force gun to connect to peers
+    gun
+      .get('foo')
+      .get('baz')
+      .once()
+
     let currentPeers = ''
     setInterval(() => {
       const newPeers = JSON.stringify(