diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index eee14889..b62f4736 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ flask-cors
 flask-login
 Flask-WTF
 googleapis-common-protos
-grpcio==1.34.0
+grpcio
 grpcio-tools
 importlib_resources==1.4.0
 mypy-protobuf
diff --git a/squeaknode/sync/network_task.py b/squeaknode/sync/network_task.py
index 1ad2c6b6..7110bd09 100644
--- a/squeaknode/sync/network_task.py
+++ b/squeaknode/sync/network_task.py
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ class NetworkSync(ABC):
 class DownloadSync(NetworkSync):
 
     def get_peers_to_sync(self):
-        return self.squeak_controller.get_uploading_peers()
+        return self.squeak_controller.get_downloading_peers()
 
     @abstractmethod
     def sync_peer(self, peer_sync_task):