diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index ea75fe19975..7cf4b19a16f 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -1775,7 +1775,8 @@ func SetEthConfig(ctx *cli.Context, nodeConfig *nodecfg.Config, cfg *ethconfig.C
 		if known, ok := snapcfg.KnownWebseeds[chain]; ok {
 			webseedsList = append(webseedsList, known...)
 		}
-		cfg.Downloader, err = downloadercfg2.New(cfg.Dirs, version, lvl, downloadRate, uploadRate, ctx.Int(TorrentPortFlag.Name), ctx.Int(TorrentConnsPerFileFlag.Name), ctx.Int(TorrentDownloadSlotsFlag.Name), ctx.StringSlice(TorrentDownloadSlotsFlag.Name), webseedsList, chain, true)
+		cfg.Downloader, err = downloadercfg2.New(cfg.Dirs, version, lvl, downloadRate, uploadRate, ctx.Int(TorrentPortFlag.Name), ctx.Int(TorrentConnsPerFileFlag.Name), ctx.Int(TorrentDownloadSlotsFlag.Name), libcommon.CliString2Array(ctx.String(TorrentStaticPeersFlag.Name)), webseedsList, chain, true)
+
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		}