diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 5be1f7b77a..f76e8fd6ba 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -187,13 +187,6 @@ class Libp2p extends EventEmitter {
     })
 
     this._peerDiscovered = this._peerDiscovered.bind(this)
-
-    // promisify all instance methods
-    ;['start', 'stop', 'dial', 'dialProtocol', 'dialFSM', 'hangUp', 'ping'].forEach(method => {
-      this[method] = promisify(this[method], {
-        context: this
-      })
-    })
   }
 
   /**
@@ -557,6 +550,11 @@ class Libp2p extends EventEmitter {
   }
 }
 
+// promisify all instance methods
+['start', 'stop', 'dial', 'dialProtocol', 'dialFSM', 'hangUp', 'ping'].forEach(method => {
+  Libp2p[method] = promisify(Libp2p[method])
+})
+
 module.exports = Libp2p
 /**
  * Like `new Libp2p(options)` except it will create a `PeerInfo`