diff --git a/build/gobind/monolith.go b/build/gobind/monolith.go
index 430fb0f3f..378cebea1 100644
--- a/build/gobind/monolith.go
+++ b/build/gobind/monolith.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/userapi"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	"go.uber.org/atomic"
 )
 
 type DendriteMonolith struct {
@@ -34,8 +33,6 @@ type DendriteMonolith struct {
 	StorageDirectory string
 	listener         net.Listener
 	httpServer       *http.Server
-	httpListening    atomic.Bool
-	yggListening     atomic.Bool
 }
 
 func (m *DendriteMonolith) BaseURL() string {
@@ -46,6 +43,10 @@ func (m *DendriteMonolith) PeerCount() int {
 	return m.YggdrasilNode.PeerCount()
 }
 
+func (m *DendriteMonolith) SessionCount() int {
+	return m.YggdrasilNode.SessionCount()
+}
+
 func (m *DendriteMonolith) SetMulticastEnabled(enabled bool) {
 	m.YggdrasilNode.SetMulticastEnabled(enabled)
 }
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ func (m *DendriteMonolith) Start() {
 	cfg.Matrix.ServerName = gomatrixserverlib.ServerName(ygg.DerivedServerName())
 	cfg.Matrix.PrivateKey = ygg.SigningPrivateKey()
 	cfg.Matrix.KeyID = gomatrixserverlib.KeyID(signing.KeyID)
-	cfg.Matrix.FederationMaxRetries = 6
+	cfg.Matrix.FederationMaxRetries = 8
 	cfg.Kafka.UseNaffka = true
 	cfg.Kafka.Topics.OutputRoomEvent = "roomserverOutput"
 	cfg.Kafka.Topics.OutputClientData = "clientapiOutput"
diff --git a/cmd/dendrite-demo-yggdrasil/yggconn/node.go b/cmd/dendrite-demo-yggdrasil/yggconn/node.go
index 6e413483b..a326dd442 100644
--- a/cmd/dendrite-demo-yggdrasil/yggconn/node.go
+++ b/cmd/dendrite-demo-yggdrasil/yggconn/node.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/lucas-clemente/quic-go"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/cmd/dendrite-demo-yggdrasil/convert"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib"
+	"go.uber.org/atomic"
 
 	yggdrasilconfig "github.com/yggdrasil-network/yggdrasil-go/src/config"
 	yggdrasilmulticast "github.com/yggdrasil-network/yggdrasil-go/src/multicast"
@@ -41,18 +42,19 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Node struct {
-	core       *yggdrasil.Core
-	config     *yggdrasilconfig.NodeConfig
-	state      *yggdrasilconfig.NodeState
-	multicast  *yggdrasilmulticast.Multicast
-	log        *gologme.Logger
-	listener   quic.Listener
-	tlsConfig  *tls.Config
-	quicConfig *quic.Config
-	sessions   sync.Map // string -> quic.Session
-	coords     sync.Map // string -> yggdrasil.Coords
-	incoming   chan QUICStream
-	NewSession func(remote gomatrixserverlib.ServerName)
+	core         *yggdrasil.Core
+	config       *yggdrasilconfig.NodeConfig
+	state        *yggdrasilconfig.NodeState
+	multicast    *yggdrasilmulticast.Multicast
+	log          *gologme.Logger
+	listener     quic.Listener
+	tlsConfig    *tls.Config
+	quicConfig   *quic.Config
+	sessions     sync.Map // string -> quic.Session
+	sessionCount atomic.Uint32
+	coords       sync.Map // string -> yggdrasil.Coords
+	incoming     chan QUICStream
+	NewSession   func(remote gomatrixserverlib.ServerName)
 }
 
 func (n *Node) Dialer(_, address string) (net.Conn, error) {
@@ -178,6 +180,10 @@ func (n *Node) PeerCount() int {
 	return len(n.core.GetPeers()) - 1
 }
 
+func (n *Node) SessionCount() int {
+	return int(n.sessionCount.Load())
+}
+
 func (n *Node) KnownNodes() []gomatrixserverlib.ServerName {
 	nodemap := map[string]struct{}{
 		"b5ae50589e50991dd9dd7d59c5c5f7a4521e8da5b603b7f57076272abc58b374": struct{}{},
diff --git a/cmd/dendrite-demo-yggdrasil/yggconn/session.go b/cmd/dendrite-demo-yggdrasil/yggconn/session.go
index f3e4751dd..09b0bd22c 100644
--- a/cmd/dendrite-demo-yggdrasil/yggconn/session.go
+++ b/cmd/dendrite-demo-yggdrasil/yggconn/session.go
@@ -63,8 +63,10 @@ func (n *Node) listenFromYgg() {
 }
 
 func (n *Node) listenFromQUIC(session quic.Session, address string) {
+	n.sessionCount.Inc()
 	n.sessions.Store(address, session)
 	defer n.sessions.Delete(address)
+	defer n.sessionCount.Dec()
 	for {
 		st, err := session.AcceptStream(context.TODO())
 		if err != nil {
@@ -123,29 +125,48 @@ func (n *Node) DialContext(ctx context.Context, network, address string) (net.Co
 		// We either don't know the coords for the node, or we failed
 		// to dial it before, in which case try to resolve the coords.
 		if _, ok := n.coords.Load(address); !ok {
-			n.log.Infof("Searching for coords for %q", address)
-			dest, err := hex.DecodeString(address)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			if len(dest) != crypto.BoxPubKeyLen {
-				return nil, errors.New("invalid key length supplied")
-			}
-			var pubKey crypto.BoxPubKey
-			copy(pubKey[:], dest)
-			nodeID := crypto.GetNodeID(&pubKey)
-			nodeMask := &crypto.NodeID{}
-			for i := range nodeMask {
-				nodeMask[i] = 0xFF
+			var coords yggdrasil.Coords
+			var err error
+
+			// First look and see if the node is something that we already
+			// know about from our direct switch peers.
+			for _, peer := range n.core.GetSwitchPeers() {
+				if peer.PublicKey.String() == address {
+					fmt.Println("*", peer.PublicKey.String(), address)
+					coords = peer.Coords
+					n.log.Infof("%q is a direct peer, coords are %s", address, coords.String())
+					n.coords.Store(address, coords)
+					break
+				}
 			}
 
-			fmt.Println("Resolving coords")
-			coords, err := n.core.Resolve(nodeID, nodeMask)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("n.core.Resolve: %w", err)
+			// If it isn' a node that we know directly then try to search
+			// the network.
+			if coords == nil {
+				n.log.Infof("Searching for coords for %q", address)
+				dest, derr := hex.DecodeString(address)
+				if derr != nil {
+					return nil, derr
+				}
+				if len(dest) != crypto.BoxPubKeyLen {
+					return nil, errors.New("invalid key length supplied")
+				}
+				var pubKey crypto.BoxPubKey
+				copy(pubKey[:], dest)
+				nodeID := crypto.GetNodeID(&pubKey)
+				nodeMask := &crypto.NodeID{}
+				for i := range nodeMask {
+					nodeMask[i] = 0xFF
+				}
+
+				fmt.Println("Resolving coords")
+				coords, err = n.core.Resolve(nodeID, nodeMask)
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("n.core.Resolve: %w", err)
+				}
+				fmt.Println("Found coords:", coords)
+				n.coords.Store(address, coords)
 			}
-			fmt.Println("Found coords:", coords)
-			n.coords.Store(address, coords)
 
 			// We now know the coords in theory. Let's try dialling the
 			// node again.