diff --git a/Bitkit/ViewModels/WalletViewModel.swift b/Bitkit/ViewModels/WalletViewModel.swift
index 86f5f094..95c9033f 100644
--- a/Bitkit/ViewModels/WalletViewModel.swift
+++ b/Bitkit/ViewModels/WalletViewModel.swift
@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ class WalletViewModel: ObservableObject {
     private let transferService: TransferService
     private let sheetViewModel: SheetViewModel
 
+    enum BlocktankPeerSimulation: String, CaseIterable {
+        case none = "None"
+        case apiFailure = "API Failure"
+        case unreachablePeers = "Unreachable Peers"
+    }
+
+    static var peerSimulation: BlocktankPeerSimulation = .none
+
     @Published var isRestoringWallet = false
     @Published var balanceInTransferToSavings: Int = 0
     @Published var balanceInTransferToSpending: Int = 0
@@ -205,12 +213,7 @@ class WalletViewModel: ObservableObject {
 
         syncState()
 
-        do {
-            let remotePeers = await fetchTrustedPeersFromBlocktank()
-            try await lightningService.connectToTrustedPeers(remotePeers: remotePeers)
-        } catch {
-            Logger.error("Failed to connect to trusted peers")
-        }
+        await reconnectTrustedPeers()
 
         // Migration only: fetch peers from remote backup (once) and persist in ldk-node
         let peerUris = await MigrationsService.shared.tryFetchMigrationPeersFromBackup(walletIndex: walletIndex)
@@ -234,6 +237,21 @@ class WalletViewModel: ObservableObject {
     }
 
     private func fetchTrustedPeersFromBlocktank() async -> [LnPeer]? {
+        switch Self.peerSimulation {
+        case .apiFailure:
+            Logger.warn("⚠️ [DEBUG] Simulating Blocktank API failure — returning nil")
+            return nil
+        case .unreachablePeers:
+            Logger.warn("⚠️ [DEBUG] Simulating unreachable API peers")
+            return [
+                LnPeer(nodeId: "000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001",
+                       host: "192.0.2.1", port: 9735),
+            ]
+        case .none:
+            break
+        }
+
+
         var info: IBtInfo?
         do {
             info = try await coreService.blocktank.info(refresh: true)
@@ -255,6 +273,15 @@ class WalletViewModel: ObservableObject {
         return peers.isEmpty ? nil : peers
     }
 
+    func reconnectTrustedPeers() async {
+        do {
+            let remotePeers = await fetchTrustedPeersFromBlocktank()
+            try await lightningService.connectToTrustedPeers(remotePeers: remotePeers)
+        } catch {
+            Logger.error("Failed to connect to trusted peers")
+        }
+    }
+
     func stopLightningNode(clearEventCallback: Bool = false) async throws {
         nodeLifecycleState = .stopping
         try await lightningService.stop(clearEventCallback: clearEventCallback)
diff --git a/Bitkit/Views/Settings/LdkDebugScreen.swift b/Bitkit/Views/Settings/LdkDebugScreen.swift
index d9932fde..69d1556c 100644
--- a/Bitkit/Views/Settings/LdkDebugScreen.swift
+++ b/Bitkit/Views/Settings/LdkDebugScreen.swift
@@ -66,6 +66,21 @@ struct LdkDebugScreen: View {
                             }
                         }
                     }
+
+                    // Peer Simulation
+                    VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 8) {
+                        CaptionMText("Peer Simulation")
+
+                        Picker("Peer Simulation", selection: Binding(
+                            get: { WalletViewModel.peerSimulation },
+                            set: { WalletViewModel.peerSimulation = $0 }
+                        )) {
+                            ForEach(WalletViewModel.BlocktankPeerSimulation.allCases, id: \.self) { mode in
+                                Text(mode.rawValue).tag(mode)
+                            }
+                        }
+                        .pickerStyle(.segmented)
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -109,6 +124,7 @@ struct LdkDebugScreen: View {
             isRestartingNode = true
             let lightningService = LightningService.shared
             try await lightningService.restart()
+            await wallet.reconnectTrustedPeers()
             app.toast(type: .success, title: "Node Restarted", description: "Node restarted successfully")
         } catch {
             Logger.error("Failed to restart node: \(error)")