diff --git a/cluster.go b/cluster.go
index d8bfd70..b9d79ee 100644
--- a/cluster.go
+++ b/cluster.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/mattn/go-isatty"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	"go.uber.org/multierr"
 )
 
 // ClusterState keeps track of information needed to rejoin the cluster
@@ -120,9 +119,8 @@ func (c *cluster) update() {
 	c.ml.UpdateNode(1 * time.Second) // we currently do not update after creation
 }
 
-func (c *cluster) members() (<-chan []node, <-chan error) {
+func (c *cluster) members() <-chan []node {
 	changes := make(chan []node)
-	errc := make(chan error, 1)
 	go func() {
 		for {
 			event := <-c.events
@@ -140,31 +138,22 @@ func (c *cluster) members() (<-chan []node, <-chan error) {
 			}
 
 			nodes := make([]node, 0)
-			var errs error
 			for _, n := range c.ml.Members() {
 				if n.Name == c.localName {
 					continue
 				}
-				meta, err := decodeNodeMeta(n.Meta)
-				if err != nil {
-					errs = multierr.Append(errs, err)
-					continue
-				}
 				nodes = append(nodes, node{
-					Name:     n.Name,
-					Addr:     n.Addr,
-					nodeMeta: meta,
+					Name: n.Name,
+					Addr: n.Addr,
+					Meta: n.Meta,
 				})
 			}
 			c.state.Nodes = nodes
 			changes <- nodes
-			if errs != nil {
-				errc <- errs
-			}
 			c.saveState()
 		}
 	}()
-	return changes, errc
+	return changes
 }
 
 func computeClusterKey(state *ClusterState, clusterKey []byte) ([]byte, error) {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index baf6b2b..5bc73e8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/stevenroose/gonfig v0.1.5
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.1.0
-	go.uber.org/multierr v1.5.0
 	golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/wgctrl v0.0.0-20200324154536-ceff61240acf
 )
 
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 53bc7aa..13c4565 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func main() {
 	wg.assignOverlayAddr((*net.IPNet)(config.OverlayNet), cluster.localName)
 	cluster.update()
 
-	nodec, errc := cluster.members() // avoid deadlocks by starting before join
+	nodec := cluster.members() // avoid deadlocks by starting before join
 	if err := backoff.RetryNotify(
 		func() error { return cluster.join(config.Join) },
 		backoff.NewExponentialBackOff(),
@@ -65,9 +65,17 @@ func main() {
 	logrus.Debug("waiting for cluster events")
 	for {
 		select {
-		case nodes := <-nodec:
+		case rawNodes := <-nodec:
 			logrus.Info("cluster members:\n")
-			for _, node := range nodes {
+			nodes := make([]node, 0)
+			for _, node := range rawNodes {
+				meta, err := decodeNodeMeta(node.Meta)
+				if err != nil {
+					logrus.Warnf("\t addr: %s, could not decode metadata", node.Addr)
+					continue
+				}
+				node.nodeMeta = meta
+				nodes = append(nodes, node)
 				logrus.Infof("\taddr: %s, overlay: %s, pubkey: %s", node.Addr, node.OverlayAddr, node.PubKey)
 			}
 			if err := wg.setUpInterface(nodes); err != nil {
@@ -79,8 +87,6 @@ func main() {
 					logrus.WithError(err).Error("could not write hosts entries")
 				}
 			}
-		case errs := <-errc:
-			logrus.WithError(errs).Error("could not receive node info")
 		case <-incomingSigs:
 			logrus.Info("terminating...")
 			cluster.leave()
diff --git a/node.go b/node.go
index 8fc75a7..49da3fc 100644
--- a/node.go
+++ b/node.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ type nodeMeta struct {
 type node struct {
 	Name string
 	Addr net.IP
+	Meta []byte
 	nodeMeta
 }