metainfo/builder.go                   | 15 ++++++++++++---
 metainfo/metainfo.go                  |  2 +-
 metainfo/nodes_test.go                | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 metainfo/testdata/trackerless.torrent |  2 +-

diff --git a/metainfo/builder.go b/metainfo/builder.go
index 72683bb564fd7d246906b2978d752c102b2d93bf..b600f18880c85cfcd84c40153fe2ba2dcfc94c8c 100644
--- a/metainfo/builder.go
+++ b/metainfo/builder.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ }
 
 // Add DHT nodes URLs for trackerless mode
 func (b *Builder) AddDhtNodes(group []string) {
-	b.node_list = append(b.node_list, group)
+	b.node_list = append(b.node_list, group...)
 }
 
 // Sets creation date. The default is time.Now() when the .Build method was
@@ -202,6 +202,15 @@ 		b.encoding = "UTF-8"
 	}
 }
 
+func emptyStringsFiltered(ss []string) (ret []string) {
+	for _, s := range ss {
+		if s != "" {
+			ret = append(ret, s)
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
 func (b *Builder) check_parameters() error {
 	// should be at least one file
 	if len(b.filesmap) == 0 {
@@ -210,7 +219,7 @@ 	}
 
 	// let's clean up the announce_list and node_list
 	b.announce_list = cleanUpLists(b.announce_list)
-	b.node_list = cleanUpLists(b.node_list)
+	b.node_list = emptyStringsFiltered(b.node_list)
 
 	if len(b.announce_list) == 0 && len(b.node_list) == 0 {
 		return errors.New("no announce group or DHT nodes specified")
@@ -446,7 +455,7 @@ 	piece_length  int64
 	pieces        []byte
 	private       bool
 	announce_list [][]string
-	node_list     [][]string
+	node_list     []string
 	creation_date time.Time
 	comment       string
 	created_by    string
diff --git a/metainfo/metainfo.go b/metainfo/metainfo.go
index ad674887572efdf5f1f578a0408f0e6f16ff63e1..dd8fc6d8db965e358cb2c77022bc70c610f307e9 100644
--- a/metainfo/metainfo.go
+++ b/metainfo/metainfo.go
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ type MetaInfo struct {
 	Info         InfoEx      `bencode:"info"`
 	Announce     string      `bencode:"announce,omitempty"`
 	AnnounceList [][]string  `bencode:"announce-list,omitempty"`
-	Nodes        [][]string  `bencode:"nodes,omitempty"`
+	Nodes        []string    `bencode:"nodes,omitempty"`
 	CreationDate int64       `bencode:"creation date,omitempty"`
 	Comment      string      `bencode:"comment,omitempty"`
 	CreatedBy    string      `bencode:"created by,omitempty"`
diff --git a/metainfo/nodes_test.go b/metainfo/nodes_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c9438b7e88570e393fe8587fadc39b68dae6b5c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metainfo/nodes_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package metainfo
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestNodesListStrings(t *testing.T) {
+	mi, err := LoadFromFile("testdata/trackerless.torrent")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, []string{
+		"udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80",
+		"udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80",
+	}, mi.Nodes)
+}
+
+func TestNodesListPairsBEP5(t *testing.T) {
+}
diff --git a/metainfo/testdata/trackerless.torrent b/metainfo/testdata/trackerless.torrent
index b90f253ea701ad30ce8d179372e40fe60f0fc5ba..65372766f53640de6bd92c554107aee2958a65e0 100644
--- a/metainfo/testdata/trackerless.torrent
+++ b/metainfo/testdata/trackerless.torrent
@@ -1 +1 @@
-d7:comment19:This is just a test10:created by12:Johnny Bravo13:creation datei1430648794e8:encoding5:UTF-84:infod6:lengthi1128e4:name12:testfile.bin12:piece lengthi32768e6:pieces20:Õˆë	=‘UŒäiÎ^æ °Eâ?ÇÒe5:nodesll35:udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:8035:udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80eee
\ No newline at end of file
+d7:comment19:This is just a test10:created by12:Johnny Bravo13:creation datei1430648794e8:encoding5:UTF-84:infod6:lengthi1128e4:name12:testfile.bin12:piece lengthi32768e6:pieces20:Õˆë	=‘UŒäiÎ^æ °Eâ?ÇÒe5:nodesl35:udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:8035:udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80ee