diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 267c0e1..94725fb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,10 +7,16 @@ description = "A command-line application for installing, managing and operating
 license = "GPL-3.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/maidsafe/sn-node-manager"
 
+
 [[bin]]
 path="src/main.rs"
 name="safenode-manager"
 
+[features]
+default = ["quic"]
+quic = []
+tcp = []
+
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "4.4.6", features = ["derive", "env"]}
 colored = "2.0.4"
diff --git a/src/local.rs b/src/local.rs
index 5f3f52a..825b30e 100644
--- a/src/local.rs
+++ b/src/local.rs
@@ -273,9 +273,17 @@ pub async fn run_node(
         safenode_path: Some(launcher.get_safenode_path()),
     });
 
-    Ok(Multiaddr::from_str(&format!(
-        "/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/{port}/p2p/{peer_id}"
-    ))?)
+    if cfg!(feature = "tcp") {
+        Ok(Multiaddr::from_str(&format!(
+            "/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/{port}/p2p/{peer_id}"
+        ))?)
+    } else
+    // efault to quic
+    {
+        Ok(Multiaddr::from_str(&format!(
+            "/ip4/127.0.0.1/quic/{port}/quic-v1/p2p/{peer_id}"
+        ))?)
+    }
 }
 
 ///
@@ -376,8 +384,13 @@ mod tests {
         let peer_id = PeerId::from_str("12D3KooWS2tpXGGTmg2AHFiDh57yPQnat49YHnyqoggzXZWpqkCR")?;
         let port = 12000;
         let rpc_port = 13000;
+
+        #[cfg(feature = "tcp")]
         let node_multiaddr =
             Multiaddr::from_str(&format!("/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/{port}/p2p/{peer_id}"))?;
+        #[cfg(feature = "quic")]
+        let node_multiaddr =
+            Multiaddr::from_str(&format!("/ip4/127.0.0.1/quic/{port}/quic-v1/p2p/{peer_id}"))?;
 
         mock_launcher
             .expect_get_safenode_version()
@@ -452,8 +465,13 @@ mod tests {
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn run_node_should_launch_an_additional_node() -> Result<()> {
         let peer_id = PeerId::from_str("12D3KooWS2tpXGGTmg2AHFiDh57yPQnat49YHnyqoggzXZWpqkCR")?;
+
+        #[cfg(feature = "tcp")]
         let genesis_peer_addr =
             Multiaddr::from_str(&format!("/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/12000/p2p/{peer_id}"))?;
+        #[cfg(feature = "quic")]
+        let genesis_peer_addr =
+            Multiaddr::from_str(&format!("/ip4/127.0.0.1/quic/12000/quic-v1/p2p/{peer_id}"))?;
 
         let mut mock_launcher = MockLauncher::new();
         let mut node_registry = NodeRegistry {
@@ -480,8 +498,12 @@ mod tests {
         let peer_id = PeerId::from_str("12D3KooWS2tpXGGTmg2AHFiDh57yPQnat49YHnyqoggzXZWpqkCR")?;
         let port = 12001;
         let rpc_port = 13001;
-        let node_peer_addr =
+        #[cfg(feature = "tcp")]
+        let node_multiaddr =
             Multiaddr::from_str(&format!("/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/{port}/p2p/{peer_id}"))?;
+        #[cfg(feature = "quic")]
+        let node_multiaddr =
+            Multiaddr::from_str(&format!("/ip4/127.0.0.1/quic/{port}/quic-v1/p2p/{peer_id}"))?;
 
         mock_launcher
             .expect_get_safenode_version()
diff --git a/src/service.rs b/src/service.rs
index 7489f55..553b3e5 100644
--- a/src/service.rs
+++ b/src/service.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use service_manager::{
     ServiceUninstallCtx,
 };
 use std::ffi::OsString;
-use std::net::{SocketAddr, TcpListener};
+use std::net::{SocketAddr, TcpListener, UdpSocket};
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use sysinfo::{Pid, System, SystemExt};
 
@@ -145,7 +145,13 @@ impl ServiceControl for NodeServiceManager {
     }
 
     fn is_port_free(&self, port: u16) -> bool {
-        TcpListener::bind(("127.0.0.1", port)).is_ok()
+        if cfg!(feature = "tcp") {
+            TcpListener::bind(("127.0.0.1", port)).is_ok()
+        } else if cfg!(feature = "quic") {
+            UdpSocket::bind(("127.0.0.1", port)).is_ok()
+        } else {
+            false
+        }
     }
 
     fn is_service_process_running(&self, pid: u32) -> bool {
@@ -156,7 +162,13 @@ impl ServiceControl for NodeServiceManager {
 
     fn get_available_port(&self) -> Result<u16> {
         let addr: SocketAddr = "127.0.0.1:0".parse().unwrap();
-        Ok(TcpListener::bind(addr)?.local_addr()?.port())
+        if cfg!(feature = "tcp") {
+            Ok(TcpListener::bind(addr)?.local_addr()?.port())
+        } else
+        // default to quic
+        {
+            Ok(UdpSocket::bind(addr)?.local_addr()?.port())
+        }
     }
 
     fn install(&self, config: ServiceConfig) -> Result<()> {