diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
index 716e70b..78a5b7c 100644
--- a/config.yaml
+++ b/config.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ tor:
   onionPort: 80
   onionKeyPath: "./data/onion_private_key"
   streamIsolation: true
+seedAddrs: []
+requireSeeds: false
 useSSL: false
 certFile: "cert.pem"
 keyFile: "key.pem"
diff --git a/internal/covertraffic/covertraffic.go b/internal/covertraffic/covertraffic.go
index 9005673..7eee221 100644
--- a/internal/covertraffic/covertraffic.go
+++ b/internal/covertraffic/covertraffic.go
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ import (
 // p2p.CTConfig via CTConfig.resolve(); keep Go field names aligned with the
 // CTConfig yaml tags (covered by the YAML tests in p2p_test.go).
 type Config struct {
-	Enabled        bool
-	Rate           int           // target messages per second
-	MaxPayloadSize int           // max bytes per dummy payload (default 256)
-	CPUThreshold   float64       // system load threshold to throttle (0.0–1.0, default 0.8)
-	CPUThrottle    time.Duration // duration of throttle when CPU overloaded (default 5s)
-	InternalTag    string        // action tag for internal cover messages (default "cover")
+	Enabled        bool          `yaml:"coverTraffic"`
+	Rate           int           `yaml:"coverTrafficRate"`            // target messages per second
+	MaxPayloadSize int           `yaml:"coverTrafficPayloadSize"`     // max bytes per dummy payload (default 256)
+	CPUThreshold   float64       `yaml:"coverTrafficCPUThreshold"`    // system load threshold to throttle (0.0–1.0, default 0.8)
+	CPUThrottle    time.Duration `yaml:"coverTrafficCPUThrottle"`     // duration of throttle when CPU overloaded (default 5s)
+	InternalTag    string        `yaml:"coverTrafficInternalTag"`     // action tag for internal cover messages (default "cover")
 }
 
 // DefaultConfig returns sensible defaults.
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ type CoverTraffic struct {
 	running    atomic.Bool
 	cancel     context.CancelFunc
 	setRateCh  chan uint64 // signals the run loop to reset the ticker
+	done       chan struct{}
 	// Runtime state — use int64 for go1.26 compatibility
 	msgsPerSec    atomic.Int64 // current rate
 	shouldThrottle atomic.Int64 // set >0 when throttling
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ func New(cfg Config) *CoverTraffic {
 	ct := &CoverTraffic{
 		cfg:       cfg,
 		setRateCh: make(chan uint64, 1),
+		done:      make(chan struct{}),
 	}
 	ct.msgsPerSec.Store(int64(cfg.Rate))
 	return ct
@@ -289,7 +291,7 @@ func (ct *CoverTraffic) generatePayload() model.Message {
 
 	return model.Message{
 		Action:  cfg.InternalTag,
-		From: model.UserInfo{
+		From:    model.UserInfo{
 			PeerID: "cover-traffic",
 		},
 		Content: model.Content{
@@ -297,3 +299,11 @@ func (ct *CoverTraffic) generatePayload() model.Message {
 		},
 	}
 }
+
+// adjustInterval adjusts the ticker interval based on target rate.
+func adjustInterval(interval time.Duration, targetRPS int) time.Duration {
+	if targetRPS <= 0 {
+		return interval
+	}
+	return time.Duration(float64(time.Second) / float64(targetRPS))
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index b4e629d..e3e5630 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -178,26 +178,13 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatalf(Red+"Failed to start P2P: %v"+Reset, err)
 	}
 
-	// --- Cover traffic: send dummy messages to obscure real traffic patterns (production only) ---
-	if !*devMode {
-		go func() {
-			ticker := time.NewTicker(2 * time.Minute)
-			defer ticker.Stop()
-			for {
-				select {
-				case <-ctx.Done():
-					return
-				case <-ticker.C:
-					dummy := model.Message{
-						Action:  "cover",
-						Content: model.Content{Message: "keepalive"},
-					}
-					if err := host.Publish(dummy); err != nil {
-						log.Printf("[COVER] publish failed: %v", err)
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}()
+	// --- Cover traffic: configurable module that generates dummy GossipSub messages
+	// to obscure real traffic patterns (production only) ---
+	host.InitCoverTraffic()
+	if !*devMode && host.CoverTrafficEnabled() {
+		if err := host.StartCoverTraffic(ctx); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("[COVER] cover traffic start failed: %v", err)
+		}
 	}
 
 	// --- Initialize streaming (E2E encrypted audio/video) ---