diff --git a/BUILDING.md b/BUILDING.md
index f205e7dc0..783e15e29 100644
--- a/BUILDING.md
+++ b/BUILDING.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ base64 -i certificate.p12 -o encoded.txt
 
 ### Node version
 
-You will need node `10.13.0`.
+You will need node `10.19.0`.
 This can be done by using [nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm) and running `nvm use` or you can install it manually.
 
 ### Prerequisites
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 880c40e22..45dcaebca 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "session-desktop",
   "productName": "Session",
   "description": "Private messaging from your desktop",
-  "version": "1.5.4",
+  "version": "1.5.5",
   "license": "GPL-3.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Loki Project",
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
     "webpack": "4.4.1"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": "^10.13.0"
+    "node": "^10.19.0"
   },
   "build": {
     "appId": "com.loki-project.messenger-desktop",
diff --git a/ts/components/session/ActionsPanel.tsx b/ts/components/session/ActionsPanel.tsx
index 2c1da5a20..e8f59ca44 100644
--- a/ts/components/session/ActionsPanel.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/session/ActionsPanel.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { SessionToastContainer } from './SessionToastContainer';
 import { ConversationController } from '../../session/conversations';
 import { UserUtils } from '../../session/utils';
 import { syncConfigurationIfNeeded } from '../../session/utils/syncUtils';
-import { DAYS, MINUTES, SECONDS } from '../../session/utils/Number';
+import { DAYS, MINUTES } from '../../session/utils/Number';
 import {
   generateAttachmentKeyIfEmpty,
   getItemById,
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import { showLeftPaneSection } from '../../state/ducks/section';
 import { cleanUpOldDecryptedMedias } from '../../session/crypto/DecryptedAttachmentsManager';
 import { OpenGroupManagerV2 } from '../../opengroup/opengroupV2/OpenGroupManagerV2';
 import { loadDefaultRooms } from '../../opengroup/opengroupV2/ApiUtil';
+import { forceRefreshRandomSnodePool } from '../../session/snode_api/snodePool';
 // tslint:disable-next-line: no-import-side-effect no-submodule-imports
 
 export enum SectionType {
@@ -217,6 +218,10 @@ export const ActionsPanel = () => {
     void syncConfigurationIfNeeded();
   }, DAYS * 2);
 
+  useInterval(() => {
+    void forceRefreshRandomSnodePool();
+  }, DAYS * 1);
+
   return (
     <div className="module-left-pane__sections-container">
       <Section type={SectionType.Profile} avatarPath={ourPrimaryConversation.avatarPath} />
diff --git a/ts/session/snode_api/onions.ts b/ts/session/snode_api/onions.ts
index 7b1abeba2..5b264b48d 100644
--- a/ts/session/snode_api/onions.ts
+++ b/ts/session/snode_api/onions.ts
@@ -234,7 +234,11 @@ const processOnionResponse = async (
     log.warn(
       `(${reqIdx}) [path] lokiRpc::processOnionResponse - fetch unhandled error code: ${response.status}: ${rsp}`
     );
-    return RequestError.OTHER;
+    // FIXME audric
+    // this is pretty strong but on the current setup.
+    // we have to increase a snode invididually and only mark later the path as bad
+    // the way it works on mobile is that we treat a node as bad in that case, and if it then reaches a failure count of 3 or so we kick it out and rebuild the path
+    return RequestError.BAD_PATH;
   }
 
   let ciphertext = (await response.text()) as string;
diff --git a/ts/session/snode_api/snodePool.ts b/ts/session/snode_api/snodePool.ts
index 3fa406ca4..7216ad4fb 100644
--- a/ts/session/snode_api/snodePool.ts
+++ b/ts/session/snode_api/snodePool.ts
@@ -149,6 +149,16 @@ async function requestVersion(node: any): Promise<void> {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * This function force the snode poll to be refreshed from a random seed node again.
+ * This should be called once in a day or so for when the app it kept on.
+ */
+export async function forceRefreshRandomSnodePool(): Promise<Array<Snode>> {
+  await refreshRandomPool([]);
+
+  return randomSnodePool;
+}
+
 export async function getRandomSnodePool(): Promise<Array<Snode>> {
   if (randomSnodePool.length === 0) {
     await refreshRandomPool([]);