diff --git a/examples/distributed-key-value-store/src/main.rs b/examples/distributed-key-value-store/src/main.rs
index 226a438f..ce0998a9 100644
--- a/examples/distributed-key-value-store/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/distributed-key-value-store/src/main.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ use async_std::io;
 use futures::{prelude::*, select};
 use libp2p::core::upgrade::Version;
 use libp2p::kad::record::store::MemoryStore;
+use libp2p::kad::Mode;
 use libp2p::kad::{
     record::Key, AddProviderOk, GetProvidersOk, GetRecordOk, Kademlia, KademliaEvent, PeerRecord,
     PutRecordOk, QueryResult, Quorum, Record,
@@ -85,6 +86,8 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
         SwarmBuilder::with_async_std_executor(transport, behaviour, local_peer_id).build()
     };
 
+    swarm.behaviour_mut().kademlia.set_mode(Some(Mode::Server));
+
     // Read full lines from stdin
     let mut stdin = io::BufReader::new(io::stdin()).lines().fuse();