diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-datserver b/src/freedombone-app-datserver
index a2b8e99f..a3ba042e 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-datserver
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-datserver
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 #
 #                              Freedom in the Cloud
 #
+# The main issue here is bootstrapping. What is running
+# on the bootstrap server publicbits.org port 6881 ?
+#
 # License
 # =======
 #
@@ -231,7 +234,7 @@ function install_datserver {
         exit 4635439
     fi
 
-    if ! npm install lil-pids; then
+    if ! npm install lil-pids@2.6.1; then
         echo $'lil-pids was not installed'
         exit 36483463
     fi
@@ -246,6 +249,9 @@ function install_datserver {
         exit 9568356
     fi
 
+    # bootstrap servers are here:
+    # $DATSERVER_DIRECTORY/node_modules/datland-swarm-defaults/index.js
+
     chown -R datserver:datserver "$DATSERVER_DIRECTORY"
 
     firewall_add datserver $DATSERVER_PORT