diff --git a/src/config/config.go b/src/config/config.go
index af47face..87d1af98 100644
--- a/src/config/config.go
+++ b/src/config/config.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 // options that are necessary for an Yggdrasil node to run. You will need to
 // supply one of these structs to the Yggdrasil core when starting a node.
 type NodeConfig struct {
-	sync.RWMutex
+	sync.RWMutex        `json:"-"`
 	Peers               []string               `comment:"List of connection strings for outbound peer connections in URI format,\ne.g. tcp://a.b.c.d:e or socks://a.b.c.d:e/f.g.h.i:j. These connections\nwill obey the operating system routing table, therefore you should\nuse this section when you may connect via different interfaces."`
 	InterfacePeers      map[string][]string    `comment:"List of connection strings for outbound peer connections in URI format,\narranged by source interface, e.g. { \"eth0\": [ tcp://a.b.c.d:e ] }.\nNote that SOCKS peerings will NOT be affected by this option and should\ngo in the \"Peers\" section instead."`
 	Listen              []string               `comment:"Listen addresses for incoming connections. You will need to add\nlisteners in order to accept incoming peerings from non-local nodes.\nMulticast peer discovery will work regardless of any listeners set\nhere. Each listener should be specified in URI format as above, e.g.\ntcp://0.0.0.0:0 or tcp://[::]:0 to listen on all interfaces."`