diff --git a/veilid-cli/src/peers_table_view.rs b/veilid-cli/src/peers_table_view.rs
index 82593c71..41992584 100644
--- a/veilid-cli/src/peers_table_view.rs
+++ b/veilid-cli/src/peers_table_view.rs
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ impl TableViewItem<PeerTableColumn> for PeerTableData {
         match column {
             PeerTableColumn::NodeId => self
                 .node_ids
-                .best()
-                .map(|n| n.value.encode())
+                .first()
+                .cloned()
                 .unwrap_or_else(|| "???".to_owned()),
             PeerTableColumn::Address => format!(
                 "{:?}:{}",
@@ -78,21 +78,7 @@ impl TableViewItem<PeerTableColumn> for PeerTableData {
         Self: Sized,
     {
         match column {
-            PeerTableColumn::NodeId => {
-                let n1 = self
-                    .node_ids
-                    .best()
-                    .map(|n| n.value.encode())
-                    .unwrap_or_else(|| "???".to_owned());
-
-                let n2 = other
-                    .node_ids
-                    .best()
-                    .map(|n| n.value.encode())
-                    .unwrap_or_else(|| "???".to_owned());
-
-                n1.cmp(&n2)
-            }
+            PeerTableColumn::NodeId => self.to_column(column).cmp(&other.to_column(column)),
             PeerTableColumn::Address => self.to_column(column).cmp(&other.to_column(column)),
             PeerTableColumn::LatencyAvg => self
                 .peer_stats
diff --git a/veilid-cli/src/ui.rs b/veilid-cli/src/ui.rs
index 793e71cf..0d217823 100644
--- a/veilid-cli/src/ui.rs
+++ b/veilid-cli/src/ui.rs
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ impl UI {
             .full_screen();
 
         let peers_table_view = PeersTableView::new()
-            .column(PeerTableColumn::NodeId, "Node Id", |c| c.width(43))
+            .column(PeerTableColumn::NodeId, "Node Id", |c| c.width(48))
             .column(PeerTableColumn::Address, "Address", |c| c)
             .column(PeerTableColumn::LatencyAvg, "Ping", |c| c.width(8))
             .column(PeerTableColumn::TransferDownAvg, "Down", |c| c.width(8))
diff --git a/veilid-core/src/network_manager/mod.rs b/veilid-core/src/network_manager/mod.rs
index 5884c69a..a01b5bdd 100644
--- a/veilid-core/src/network_manager/mod.rs
+++ b/veilid-core/src/network_manager/mod.rs
@@ -1551,7 +1551,7 @@ impl NetworkManager {
                     if let Some(nr) = routing_table.lookup_node_ref(k) {
                         let peer_stats = nr.peer_stats();
                         let peer = PeerTableData {
-                            node_ids: nr.node_ids(),
+                            node_ids: nr.node_ids().iter().map(|x| x.to_string()).collect(),
                             peer_address: v.last_connection.remote(),
                             peer_stats,
                         };
diff --git a/veilid-core/src/veilid_api/types.rs b/veilid-core/src/veilid_api/types.rs
index 57bfd6d1..73abb9a7 100644
--- a/veilid-core/src/veilid_api/types.rs
+++ b/veilid-core/src/veilid_api/types.rs
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ pub struct VeilidStateAttachment {
 )]
 #[archive_attr(repr(C), derive(CheckBytes))]
 pub struct PeerTableData {
-    pub node_ids: TypedKeySet,
+    pub node_ids: Vec<String>,
     pub peer_address: PeerAddress,
     pub peer_stats: PeerStats,
 }