diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 4630713..7805053 100755
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ mod utils;
 mod quic;
 
 use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool;
 use std::{sync::atomic::AtomicU8, time::Duration};
 
 use std::net::{SocketAddr, ToSocketAddrs};
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ async fn parse_config(uuid: String, args: &CommandLine) -> Result<NodeConfig> {
 
     let node_conf = NodeConfig {
         name: args.name.to_owned(),
-        allow_routing: args.allow_routing,
+        allow_routing: AtomicBool::new(args.allow_routing),
         _drop_multicast: true,
         allow_p2p: args.allow_p2p,
         mtu: args.mtu,