diff --git a/plugin/traffic/README.md b/plugin/traffic/README.md
index 1a20bc04f..2ecf34803 100644
--- a/plugin/traffic/README.md
+++ b/plugin/traffic/README.md
@@ -179,24 +179,36 @@ This will load balance any names under `lb.example.org` using the data from the
 localhost on port 18000. The node ID will be `test-id` and no TLS will be used. Assuming a
 management server returns config for `web` cluster, you can query CoreDNS for it, below we do an
 address lookup, which returns an address for the endpoint. The second example shows a SRV lookup
-which returns all endpoints.
+which returns all endpoints. The third shows what gRPC will ask for when looking for load balancers.
 
 ~~~ sh
-$ dig @localhost web.lb.example.org +noall +answer
+$ dig web.lb.example.org +noall +answer
 web.lb.example.org.	5	IN	A	127.0.1.1
-$ dig @localhost web.lb.example.org SRV +noall +answer +additional
+
+$ dig web.lb.example.org SRV +noall +answer +additional
 web.lb.example.org.	5	IN	SRV	100 100 18008 endpoint-0.web.lb.example.org.
 web.lb.example.org.	5	IN	SRV	100 100 18008 endpoint-1.web.lb.example.org.
 web.lb.example.org.	5	IN	SRV	100 100 18008 endpoint-2.web.lb.example.org.
+
 endpoint-0.web.lb.example.org. 5 IN	A	127.0.1.1
 endpoint-1.web.lb.example.org. 5 IN	A	127.0.1.2
 endpoint-2.web.lb.example.org. 5 IN	A	127.0.2.1
+
+$ dig _grpclb._tcp.web.lb.example.org SRV +noall +answer +additional
+
+_grpclb._tcp.web.lb.example.org. 5 IN	SRV	100 100 18008 endpoint-0.xds.lb.example.org.
+_grpclb._tcp.web.lb.example.org. 5 IN	SRV	100 100 18008 endpoint-1.xds.lb.example.org.
+_grpclb._tcp.web.lb.example.org. 5 IN	SRV	100 100 18008 endpoint-2.xds.lb.example.org.
+
+endpoint-0.xds.lb.example.org. 5 IN	A	10.0.1.1
+endpoint-1.xds.lb.example.org. 5 IN	A	10.0.1.2
+endpoint-2.xds.lb.example.org. 5 IN	A	10.0.2.1
 ~~~
 
 ## Bugs
 
-Priority and locality information from ClusterLoadAssignments is not used. Multiple **TO** addresses
-is not implemented. Credentials are not implemented.
+Priority and locality information from ClusterLoadAssignments is not used. Credentials are not
+implemented.
 
 Load reporting is not supported for the following reason: A DNS query is done by a resolver.
 Behind this resolver (which can also cache) there may be many clients that will use this reply. The
@@ -204,6 +216,8 @@ responding server (CoreDNS) has no idea how many clients use this resolver. So r
 +1 on the CoreDNS side can results in anything from 1 to 1000+ of queries on the endpoint, making
 the load reporting from *traffic* highly inaccurate.
 
+Bootstrapping is not fully implemented, *traffic* will connect to the first working **TO** addresss,
+but then stops short of re-connecting to he endpoints is received for the management **CLUSTER**.
 
 ## Also See
 
diff --git a/plugin/traffic/setup.go b/plugin/traffic/setup.go
index bddc76ea7..d3961efa8 100644
--- a/plugin/traffic/setup.go
+++ b/plugin/traffic/setup.go
@@ -45,16 +45,23 @@ func setup(c *caddy.Controller) error {
 					opts = []grpc.DialOption{grpc.WithTransportCredentials(credentials.NewTLS(t.tlsConfig))}
 				}
 
+				i := 0
 			redo:
-
-				t.c, err = xds.New(t.hosts[0], t.node, opts...)
-				err := t.c.Run()
-				if err != nil {
+				i = i % len(t.hosts)
+				if t.c, err = xds.New(t.hosts[i], t.node, opts...); err != nil {
 					log.Warning(err)
 					time.Sleep(2 * time.Second) // back off foo
+					i++
 					goto redo
 				}
-				// err == nil
+
+				if err := t.c.Run(); err != nil {
+					log.Warning(err)
+					time.Sleep(2 * time.Second) // back off foo
+					i++
+					goto redo
+				}
+				// err == nil, we are connected
 				break
 			}
 		}()
diff --git a/plugin/traffic/xds/client.go b/plugin/traffic/xds/client.go
index 7213ac73d..461b69439 100644
--- a/plugin/traffic/xds/client.go
+++ b/plugin/traffic/xds/client.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func (c *Client) Run() error {
 		if first {
 			// send first request, to create stream, then wait for ADS to send us updates.
 			if err := c.clusterDiscovery(stream, c.Version(cdsURL), c.Nonce(cdsURL), []string{}); err != nil {
-				log.Debug(err)
+				return err
 			}
 			log.Infof("gRPC stream established to %q", c.to) // might fail??
 			c.setSynced()