diff --git a/crates/librqbit/src/peer_connection.rs b/crates/librqbit/src/peer_connection.rs
index 8401ae8..6d4ac1e 100644
--- a/crates/librqbit/src/peer_connection.rs
+++ b/crates/librqbit/src/peer_connection.rs
@@ -14,10 +14,7 @@ use librqbit_core::{
 };
 use parking_lot::RwLock;
 use peer_binary_protocol::{
-    extended::{
-        handshake::{ExtendedHandshake, YourIP},
-        ExtendedMessage,
-    },
+    extended::{handshake::ExtendedHandshake, ExtendedMessage},
     serialize_piece_preamble, Handshake, Message, MessageOwned, PIECE_MESSAGE_DEFAULT_LEN,
 };
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -248,14 +245,14 @@ impl<H: PeerConnectionHandler> PeerConnection<H> {
         let supports_extended = handshake_supports_extended;
 
         if supports_extended {
-            let your_ip = self.addr.ip();
             let mut my_extended = ExtendedHandshake::new();
-            my_extended.yourip = Some(YourIP(your_ip));
             self.handler
                 .update_my_extended_handshake(&mut my_extended)?;
             let my_extended = Message::Extended(ExtendedMessage::Handshake(my_extended));
             trace!("sending extended handshake: {:?}", &my_extended);
-            my_extended.serialize(&mut write_buf, &|| None).unwrap();
+            my_extended
+                .serialize(&mut write_buf, &|| Default::default())
+                .unwrap();
             with_timeout(rwtimeout, conn.write_all(&write_buf))
                 .await
                 .context("error writing extended handshake")?;
@@ -318,7 +315,8 @@ impl<H: PeerConnectionHandler> PeerConnection<H> {
                         extended_handshake_ref
                             .read()
                             .as_ref()
-                            .and_then(|e| e.ut_metadata())
+                            .map(|e| e.peer_extended_messages())
+                            .unwrap_or_default()
                     })?,
                     WriterRequest::ReadChunkRequest(chunk) => {
                         #[allow(unused_mut)]
@@ -397,7 +395,6 @@ impl<H: PeerConnectionHandler> PeerConnection<H> {
                 if let Message::Extended(ExtendedMessage::Handshake(h)) = &message {
                     *extended_handshake_ref.write() = Some(h.clone_to_owned(None));
                     self.handler.on_extended_handshake(h)?;
-                    trace!("remembered extended handshake for future serializing");
                 } else {
                     self.handler
                         .on_received_message(message)
diff --git a/crates/librqbit/src/read_buf.rs b/crates/librqbit/src/read_buf.rs
index 2d57007..4b1428e 100644
--- a/crates/librqbit/src/read_buf.rs
+++ b/crates/librqbit/src/read_buf.rs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ impl ReadBuf {
             anyhow::bail!("peer disconnected while reading handshake");
         }
         let (h, size) = Handshake::deserialize(&self.buf[..self.filled])
-            .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("error deserializing handshake: {:?}", e))?;
+            .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("error deserializing handshake: {:?} hadshake data {:?}", e, &self.buf[..self.filled.min(19)]))?;
         self.processed = size;
         Ok(h)
     }
diff --git a/crates/librqbit/src/torrent_state/live/mod.rs b/crates/librqbit/src/torrent_state/live/mod.rs
index 385dd56..ad5c66b 100644
--- a/crates/librqbit/src/torrent_state/live/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/librqbit/src/torrent_state/live/mod.rs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ use librqbit_core::{
 };
 use parking_lot::{RwLock, RwLockReadGuard, RwLockWriteGuard};
 use peer_binary_protocol::{
-    extended::{handshake::ExtendedHandshake, ut_metadata::UtMetadata, ExtendedMessage},
+    extended::{handshake::{ExtendedHandshake, YourIP}, ut_metadata::UtMetadata, ExtendedMessage},
     Handshake, Message, MessageOwned, Piece, Request,
 };
 use peers::stats::atomic::AggregatePeerStatsAtomic;
@@ -877,6 +877,9 @@ impl<'a> PeerConnectionHandler for &'a PeerHandler {
                 self.send_metadata_piece(metadata_piece_id)
                     .with_context(|| format!("error sending metadata piece {metadata_piece_id}"))?;
             }
+            Message::Extended(ExtendedMessage::UtPex(pex)) => {
+                trace!("received ut_pex: {:?} added peers v4: {:?}", pex, pex.added_peers().unwrap().collect::<Vec<_>>());
+            }
             message => {
                 warn!("received unsupported message {:?}, ignoring", message);
             }
@@ -887,7 +890,7 @@ impl<'a> PeerConnectionHandler for &'a PeerHandler {
     fn serialize_bitfield_message_to_buf(&self, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> anyhow::Result<usize> {
         let g = self.state.lock_read("serialize_bitfield_message_to_buf");
         let msg = Message::Bitfield(ByteBuf(g.get_chunks()?.get_have_pieces().as_bytes()));
-        let len = msg.serialize(buf, &|| None)?;
+        let len = msg.serialize(buf, &|| Default::default())?;
         trace!("sending: {:?}, length={}", &msg, len);
         Ok(len)
     }
@@ -914,7 +917,10 @@ impl<'a> PeerConnectionHandler for &'a PeerHandler {
         self.state.file_ops().read_chunk(self.addr, chunk, buf)
     }
 
-    fn on_extended_handshake(&self, _: &ExtendedHandshake<ByteBuf>) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    fn on_extended_handshake(&self, hs: &ExtendedHandshake<ByteBuf>) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        if let Some(peer_pex_msg_id) = hs.ut_pex() {
+            trace!("peer supports pex at {peer_pex_msg_id}");
+        }
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -937,6 +943,8 @@ impl<'a> PeerConnectionHandler for &'a PeerHandler {
         &self,
         handshake: &mut ExtendedHandshake<ByteBuf>,
     ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        let your_ip = self.addr.ip();
+        handshake.yourip = Some(YourIP(your_ip));
         let info_bytes = &self.state.torrent().info_bytes;
         if !info_bytes.is_empty() {
             if let Ok(len) = info_bytes.len().try_into() {
diff --git a/crates/peer_binary_protocol/src/extended/handshake.rs b/crates/peer_binary_protocol/src/extended/handshake.rs
index 7cc05df..8ccb80e 100644
--- a/crates/peer_binary_protocol/src/extended/handshake.rs
+++ b/crates/peer_binary_protocol/src/extended/handshake.rs
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 use std::{
     collections::HashMap,
-    net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr, Ipv6Addr},
+    net::IpAddr,
 };
 
 use buffers::ByteBuf;
-use byteorder::ByteOrder;
-use byteorder::BE;
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use clone_to_owned::CloneToOwned;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize};
 
-use crate::{EXTENDED_UT_METADATA_KEY, MY_EXTENDED_UT_METADATA};
+use crate::{EXTENDED_UT_METADATA_KEY, EXTENDED_UT_PEX_KEY, MY_EXTENDED_UT_METADATA, MY_EXTENDED_UT_PEX};
+
+use super::PeerExtendedMessageIds;
 
 #[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, Debug, Default)]
 pub struct ExtendedHandshake<ByteBuf: Eq + std::hash::Hash> {
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ impl ExtendedHandshake<ByteBuf<'static>> {
     pub fn new() -> Self {
         let mut features = HashMap::new();
         features.insert(ByteBuf(EXTENDED_UT_METADATA_KEY), MY_EXTENDED_UT_METADATA);
+        features.insert(ByteBuf(EXTENDED_UT_PEX_KEY), MY_EXTENDED_UT_PEX);
         Self {
             m: features,
             ..Default::default()
@@ -58,6 +59,17 @@ where
     pub fn ut_metadata(&self) -> Option<u8> {
         self.get_msgid(EXTENDED_UT_METADATA_KEY)
     }
+
+    pub fn ut_pex(&self) -> Option<u8> {
+        self.get_msgid(EXTENDED_UT_PEX_KEY)
+    }
+
+    pub fn peer_extended_messages(&self) -> PeerExtendedMessageIds {
+        PeerExtendedMessageIds {
+            ut_metadata: self.ut_metadata(),
+            ut_pex: self.ut_pex(),
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl<ByteBuf> CloneToOwned for ExtendedHandshake<ByteBuf>
@@ -122,18 +134,11 @@ impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for YourIP {
                 E: serde::de::Error,
             {
                 if v.len() == 4 {
-                    return Ok(YourIP(IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::new(v[0], v[1], v[2], v[3]))));
+                    let ip_bytes: &[u8; 4] = v[0..4].try_into().unwrap(); // Safe to unwrap as we check slice length
+                    return Ok(YourIP(IpAddr::from(*ip_bytes)));
                 } else if v.len() == 16 {
-                    return Ok(YourIP(IpAddr::V6(Ipv6Addr::new(
-                        BE::read_u16(&v[..2]),
-                        BE::read_u16(&v[2..4]),
-                        BE::read_u16(&v[4..6]),
-                        BE::read_u16(&v[6..8]),
-                        BE::read_u16(&v[8..10]),
-                        BE::read_u16(&v[10..12]),
-                        BE::read_u16(&v[12..14]),
-                        BE::read_u16(&v[14..]),
-                    ))));
+                    let ip_bytes: &[u8; 16] = v[0..16].try_into().unwrap(); // Safe to unwrap as we check slice length
+                    return Ok(YourIP(IpAddr::from(*ip_bytes)));
                 }
                 Err(E::custom("expected 4 or 16 byte address"))
             }
diff --git a/crates/peer_binary_protocol/src/extended/mod.rs b/crates/peer_binary_protocol/src/extended/mod.rs
index 2ac4607..5ffecac 100644
--- a/crates/peer_binary_protocol/src/extended/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/peer_binary_protocol/src/extended/mod.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ use bencode::BencodeValue;
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use clone_to_owned::CloneToOwned;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use ut_pex::UtPex;
+
+use crate::MY_EXTENDED_UT_PEX;
 
 use self::{handshake::ExtendedHandshake, ut_metadata::UtMetadata};
 
@@ -11,13 +14,21 @@ use super::MessageDeserializeError;
 
 pub mod handshake;
 pub mod ut_metadata;
+pub mod ut_pex;
 
 use super::MY_EXTENDED_UT_METADATA;
 
+#[derive(Debug, Default)]
+pub struct PeerExtendedMessageIds {
+    pub ut_metadata: Option<u8>,
+    pub ut_pex: Option<u8>,
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum ExtendedMessage<ByteBuf: std::hash::Hash + Eq> {
     Handshake(ExtendedHandshake<ByteBuf>),
     UtMetadata(UtMetadata<ByteBuf>),
+    UtPex(UtPex<ByteBuf>),
     Dyn(u8, BencodeValue<ByteBuf>),
 }
 
@@ -37,6 +48,7 @@ where
             ExtendedMessage::UtMetadata(m) => {
                 ExtendedMessage::UtMetadata(m.clone_to_owned(within_buffer))
             }
+            ExtendedMessage::UtPex(m) => ExtendedMessage::UtPex(m.clone_to_owned(within_buffer)),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -45,7 +57,7 @@ impl<'a, ByteBuf: 'a + std::hash::Hash + Eq + Serialize> ExtendedMessage<ByteBuf
     pub fn serialize(
         &self,
         out: &mut Vec<u8>,
-        extended_handshake_ut_metadata: &dyn Fn() -> Option<u8>,
+        extended_handshake_ut_metadata: &dyn Fn() -> PeerExtendedMessageIds,
     ) -> anyhow::Result<()>
     where
         ByteBuf: AsRef<[u8]>,
@@ -60,12 +72,20 @@ impl<'a, ByteBuf: 'a + std::hash::Hash + Eq + Serialize> ExtendedMessage<ByteBuf
                 bencode_serialize_to_writer(h, out)?;
             }
             ExtendedMessage::UtMetadata(u) => {
-                let emsg_id = extended_handshake_ut_metadata().ok_or_else(|| {
+                let emsg_id = extended_handshake_ut_metadata().ut_metadata.ok_or_else(|| {
                     anyhow::anyhow!("need peer's handshake to serialize ut_metadata")
                 })?;
                 out.push(emsg_id);
                 u.serialize(out);
-            }
+            },
+            ExtendedMessage::UtPex(m) => {
+                let emsg_id = extended_handshake_ut_metadata().ut_pex.ok_or_else(|| {
+                    anyhow::anyhow!("need peer's handshake to serialize ut_pex, or peer does't support ut_pex")
+                })?;
+                out.push(emsg_id);
+                bencode_serialize_to_writer(m, out)?;
+            },
+            
         }
         Ok(())
     }
@@ -91,6 +111,7 @@ impl<'a, ByteBuf: 'a + std::hash::Hash + Eq + Serialize> ExtendedMessage<ByteBuf
             MY_EXTENDED_UT_METADATA => {
                 Ok(ExtendedMessage::UtMetadata(UtMetadata::deserialize(buf)?))
             }
+            MY_EXTENDED_UT_PEX => Ok(ExtendedMessage::UtPex(from_bytes(buf)?)),
             _ => Ok(ExtendedMessage::Dyn(emsg_id, from_bytes(buf)?)),
         }
     }
diff --git a/crates/peer_binary_protocol/src/extended/ut_pex.rs b/crates/peer_binary_protocol/src/extended/ut_pex.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..470015d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/peer_binary_protocol/src/extended/ut_pex.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+use std::net::{IpAddr, SocketAddr};
+
+use byteorder::{ByteOrder, BE};
+use bytes::Bytes;
+use clone_to_owned::CloneToOwned;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct PexPeerInfo {
+    pub flags: u8,
+    pub addr: SocketAddr,
+}
+
+impl PexPeerInfo {
+    pub fn from_bytes(buf: &[u8], flags: Option<u8>) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
+        let (ip, port) = match buf.len() {
+            6 => {
+                let ip_bytes: &[u8; 4] = (&buf[0..4]).try_into()?;
+                let ip = IpAddr::from(*ip_bytes);
+                let port = BE::read_u16(&buf[4..6]);
+                (ip, port)
+            }
+            18 => {
+                let ip_bytes: &[u8; 16] = (&buf[0..16]).try_into()?;
+                let ip = IpAddr::from(*ip_bytes);
+                let port = BE::read_u16(&buf[16..18]);
+                (ip, port)
+            }
+            _ => anyhow::bail!("invalid pex peer info"),
+        };
+        Ok(Self {
+            flags: flags.unwrap_or(0),
+            addr: (ip, port).into(),
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Default, Deserialize)]
+pub struct UtPex<B> {
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    added: Option<B>,
+    #[serde(rename = "added.f")]
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    added_f: Option<B>,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    added6: Option<B>,
+    #[serde(rename = "added6.f")]
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    added6_f: Option<B>,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    dropped: Option<B>,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    dropped6: Option<B>,
+}
+
+impl<B> CloneToOwned for UtPex<B>
+where
+    B: CloneToOwned,
+{
+    type Target = UtPex<<B as CloneToOwned>::Target>;
+    fn clone_to_owned(&self, within_buffer: Option<&Bytes>) -> Self::Target {
+        UtPex {
+            added: self.added.clone_to_owned(within_buffer),
+            added_f: self.added_f.clone_to_owned(within_buffer),
+            added6: self.added6.clone_to_owned(within_buffer),
+            added6_f: self.added6_f.clone_to_owned(within_buffer),
+            dropped: self.dropped.clone_to_owned(within_buffer),
+            dropped6: self.dropped6.clone_to_owned(within_buffer),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct PeerAddrIterator<'a> {
+    addrs: &'a [u8],
+    flags: &'a [u8],
+    offset: usize,
+}
+
+impl<'a> Iterator for PeerAddrIterator<'a> {
+    type Item = PexPeerInfo;
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
+        const ADDR_SIZE: usize = 6;
+        if self.offset*ADDR_SIZE >= self.addrs.len() {
+            return None;
+        }
+
+        let addr = &self.addrs[self.offset*ADDR_SIZE..(self.offset+1)*ADDR_SIZE];
+        let flags = self.flags.get(self.offset);
+        self.offset += 1;
+        Some(PexPeerInfo::from_bytes(addr, flags.cloned()).unwrap()) // safe to unwrap as we assure slice length
+
+
+    }
+}
+
+impl<B> UtPex<B>
+where
+    B: AsRef<[u8]>,
+{
+    pub fn added_peers<'a>(&'a self) -> anyhow::Result<Box<dyn Iterator<Item = PexPeerInfo> + 'a>> {
+        if let Some(added) = &self.added {
+            if added.as_ref().len() % 6 != 0 {
+                anyhow::bail!("invalid pex added peers");
+            }
+            return Ok(Box::new(PeerAddrIterator {
+                addrs: added.as_ref(),
+                flags: self.added_f.as_ref().map(|f| f.as_ref()).unwrap_or(&[]),
+                offset: 0,
+            }));
+        } else {
+            return Ok(Box::new(std::iter::empty()));
+        };
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use bencode::from_bytes;
+    use buffers::ByteBuf;
+
+    use super::*;
+
+    fn decode_hex(s: &str) -> Vec<u8> {
+        assert!(s.len() % 2 == 0);
+        (0..s.len())
+            .step_by(2)
+            .map(|i| u8::from_str_radix(&s[i..i + 2], 16).unwrap())
+            .collect()
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_pex_deserialization() {
+        let msg = "64353a616464656431323ab99f9d14b56797f969861090373a61646465642e66323a0c00363a616464656436303a383a6164646564362e66303a373a64726f70706564303a383a64726f7070656436303a65";
+        let bytes = decode_hex(msg);
+        let pex = from_bytes::<UtPex<ByteBuf>>(&bytes).unwrap();
+        let addrs: Vec<_> = pex.added_peers().unwrap().collect();
+        assert_eq!(2, addrs.len());
+        assert_eq!("185.159.157.20:46439".parse::<SocketAddr>().unwrap(), addrs[0].addr);
+        assert_eq!(12, addrs[0].flags);
+        assert_eq!("151.249.105.134:4240".parse::<SocketAddr>().unwrap(), addrs[1].addr);
+        assert_eq!(0, addrs[1].flags);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/peer_binary_protocol/src/lib.rs b/crates/peer_binary_protocol/src/lib.rs
index bd2d1a8..a093984 100644
--- a/crates/peer_binary_protocol/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/peer_binary_protocol/src/lib.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use buffers::{ByteBuf, ByteBufOwned};
 use byteorder::{ByteOrder, BE};
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use clone_to_owned::CloneToOwned;
+use extended::PeerExtendedMessageIds;
 use librqbit_core::{constants::CHUNK_SIZE, hash_id::Id20, lengths::ChunkInfo};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
@@ -47,6 +48,9 @@ const MSGID_EXTENDED: u8 = 20;
 pub const EXTENDED_UT_METADATA_KEY: &[u8] = b"ut_metadata";
 pub const MY_EXTENDED_UT_METADATA: u8 = 3;
 
+pub const EXTENDED_UT_PEX_KEY: &[u8] = b"ut_pex";
+pub const MY_EXTENDED_UT_PEX: u8 = 1;
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum MessageDeserializeError {
     NotEnoughData(usize, &'static str),
@@ -276,7 +280,7 @@ where
     pub fn serialize(
         &self,
         out: &mut Vec<u8>,
-        extended_handshake_ut_metadata: &dyn Fn() -> Option<u8>,
+        peer_extended_messages: &dyn Fn() -> PeerExtendedMessageIds,
     ) -> anyhow::Result<usize> {
         let (lp, msg_id) = self.len_prefix_and_msg_id();
 
@@ -326,7 +330,7 @@ where
                 Ok(msg_len)
             }
             Message::Extended(e) => {
-                e.serialize(out, extended_handshake_ut_metadata)?;
+                e.serialize(out, peer_extended_messages)?;
                 let msg_size = out.len();
                 // no fucking idea why +1, but I tweaked that for it all to match up
                 // with real messages.
@@ -636,7 +640,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn test_extended_serialize() {
         let msg = Message::Extended(ExtendedMessage::Handshake(ExtendedHandshake::new()));
         let mut out = Vec::new();
-        msg.serialize(&mut out, &|| None).unwrap();
+        msg.serialize(&mut out, &|| Default::default()).unwrap();
         dbg!(out);
     }
 
@@ -652,7 +656,7 @@ mod tests {
         let (msg, size) = MessageBorrowed::deserialize(&buf).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(size, buf.len());
         let mut write_buf = Vec::new();
-        msg.serialize(&mut write_buf, &|| None).unwrap();
+        msg.serialize(&mut write_buf, &|| Default::default()).unwrap();
         if buf != write_buf {
             {
                 use std::io::Write;