diff --git a/defaults/yacy.network.freeworld.unit b/defaults/yacy.network.freeworld.unit
index f0579ec52..9380370b4 100644
--- a/defaults/yacy.network.freeworld.unit
+++ b/defaults/yacy.network.freeworld.unit
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ network.unit.remotecrawl.speed = 300
 network.unit.bootstrap.seedlist0 = http://sixcooler.de/yacy/seed.txt
 network.unit.bootstrap.seedlist1 = http://rptr.me/yacy/seed.txt
 network.unit.bootstrap.seedlist2 = http://5.45.105.16/yacyseed
+network.unit.bootstrap.seedlist3 = http://yacy.v16.de/seed/seed.txt
+network.unit.bootstrap.seedlist4 = https://frank-siebert.de/seed.txt
+network.unit.bootstrap.seedlist5 = https://sonst.mifritscher.de/yacy/seed.txt
+network.unit.bootstrap.seedlist6 = https://search.joestr.at/www/seed.txt
+network.unit.bootstrap.seedlist7 = https://www.gumx.de:8091/seed.txt
+network.unit.bootstrap.seedlist8 = https://aahso.net/yacyseed
 
 # each network may use different yacy distributions.
 # the auto-updater can access network-specific update locations