diff --git a/cmd/mist/assets/qml/main.qml b/cmd/mist/assets/qml/main.qml
index ecc121407..fd3e3020a 100644
--- a/cmd/mist/assets/qml/main.qml
+++ b/cmd/mist/assets/qml/main.qml
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ ApplicationWindow {
             }
 
             Label {
-                id: peerLabel
+                id: peerCounterLabel
                 font.pixelSize: 10
                 text: "0 / 0"
             }
@@ -926,7 +926,6 @@ ApplicationWindow {
             }
         }
 
-
         function setWalletValue(value) {
             walletValueLabel.text = value
         }
@@ -936,17 +935,11 @@ ApplicationWindow {
             var view = mainView.addPlugin(name)
         }
 
-        function setPeers(text) {
-            peerLabel.text = text
-        }
+        function clearPeers() { peerModel.clear() }
+        function addPeer(peer) { peerModel.append(peer) }
 
-        function addPeer(peer) {
-            // We could just append the whole peer object but it cries if you try to alter them
-            peerModel.append({ip: peer.ip, port: peer.port, lastResponse:timeAgo(peer.lastSend), latency: peer.latency, version: peer.version, caps: peer.caps})
-        }
-
-        function resetPeers(){
-            peerModel.clear()
+        function setPeerCounters(text) {
+            peerCounterLabel.text = text
         }
 
         function timeAgo(unixTs){
@@ -984,9 +977,9 @@ ApplicationWindow {
                      anchors.fill: parent
                      id: peerTable
                      model: peerModel
-                     TableViewColumn{width: 200; role: "ip" ; title: "IP" }
-                     TableViewColumn{width: 260; role: "version" ; title: "Version" }
-                     TableViewColumn{width: 180;  role: "caps" ; title: "Capabilities" }
+                     TableViewColumn{width: 180; role: "addr" ; title: "Remote Address" }
+                     TableViewColumn{width: 280; role: "nodeID" ; title: "Node ID" }
+                     TableViewColumn{width: 180; role: "caps" ; title: "Capabilities" }
                  }
              }
          }
diff --git a/cmd/mist/gui.go b/cmd/mist/gui.go
index c4ce1d463..208b553d2 100644
--- a/cmd/mist/gui.go
+++ b/cmd/mist/gui.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"runtime"
+	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
@@ -449,6 +450,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) update() {
 
 		case <-peerUpdateTicker.C:
 			gui.setPeerInfo()
+
 		case <-generalUpdateTicker.C:
 			statusText := "#" + gui.eth.ChainManager().CurrentBlock().Number().String()
 			lastBlockLabel.Set("text", statusText)
@@ -499,12 +501,34 @@ NumGC:      %d
 	))
 }
 
+type qmlpeer struct{ Addr, NodeID, Caps string }
+
+type peersByID []*qmlpeer
+
+func (s peersByID) Len() int           { return len(s) }
+func (s peersByID) Less(i, j int) bool { return s[i].NodeID < s[j].NodeID }
+func (s peersByID) Swap(i, j int)      { s[i], s[j] = s[j], s[i] }
+
 func (gui *Gui) setPeerInfo() {
-	gui.win.Root().Call("setPeers", fmt.Sprintf("%d / %d", gui.eth.PeerCount(), gui.eth.MaxPeers))
-	gui.win.Root().Call("resetPeers")
-	//for _, peer := range gui.xeth.Peers() {
-	//gui.win.Root().Call("addPeer", peer)
-	//}
+	peers := gui.eth.Peers()
+	qpeers := make(peersByID, len(peers))
+	for i, p := range peers {
+		qpeers[i] = &qmlpeer{
+			NodeID: p.ID().String(),
+			Addr:   p.RemoteAddr().String(),
+			Caps:   fmt.Sprint(p.Caps()),
+		}
+	}
+	// we need to sort the peers because they jump around randomly
+	// otherwise. order returned by eth.Peers is random because they
+	// are taken from a map.
+	sort.Sort(qpeers)
+
+	gui.win.Root().Call("setPeerCounters", fmt.Sprintf("%d / %d", len(peers), gui.eth.MaxPeers()))
+	gui.win.Root().Call("clearPeers")
+	for _, p := range qpeers {
+		gui.win.Root().Call("addPeer", p)
+	}
 }
 
 func (gui *Gui) privateKey() string {
diff --git a/cmd/mist/ui_lib.go b/cmd/mist/ui_lib.go
index ab48386f4..368fb002b 100644
--- a/cmd/mist/ui_lib.go
+++ b/cmd/mist/ui_lib.go
@@ -73,11 +73,6 @@ func (self *UiLib) Notef(args []interface{}) {
 	guilogger.Infoln(args...)
 }
 
-func (self *UiLib) PastPeers() *ethutil.List {
-	return ethutil.NewList([]string{})
-	//return ethutil.NewList(eth.PastPeers())
-}
-
 func (self *UiLib) ImportTx(rlpTx string) {
 	tx := types.NewTransactionFromBytes(ethutil.Hex2Bytes(rlpTx))
 	err := self.eth.TxPool().Add(tx)
diff --git a/p2p/protocol.go b/p2p/protocol.go
index fe359fc54..5fa395eda 100644
--- a/p2p/protocol.go
+++ b/p2p/protocol.go
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package p2p
 
+import "fmt"
+
 // Protocol represents a P2P subprotocol implementation.
 type Protocol struct {
 	// Name should contain the official protocol name,
@@ -37,6 +39,10 @@ func (cap Cap) RlpData() interface{} {
 	return []interface{}{cap.Name, cap.Version}
 }
 
+func (cap Cap) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%d", cap.Name, cap.Version)
+}
+
 type capsByName []Cap
 
 func (cs capsByName) Len() int           { return len(cs) }