diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d89ff7e23..7b6dd698b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
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+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
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+ "clap_derive",
+ "clap_lex 0.3.2",
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+ "once_cell",
+ "strsim",
+ "termcolor",
+]
+
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+dependencies = [
+ "heck",
+ "proc-macro-error",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
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+dependencies = [
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+]
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+dependencies = [
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+ "lazy_static",
+ "libc",
+ "unicode-width",
+ "windows-sys 0.42.0",
+]
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+
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+ "system-configuration",
+ "windows",
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+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "rustc_version",
+ "syn",
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+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
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+dependencies = [
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+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "rustc_version",
+ "syn",
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+dependencies = [
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+ "futures-sink",
+ "nanorand",
+ "pin-project",
+ "spin 0.9.5",
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+ "js-sys",
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+ "wasm-bindgen",
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+dependencies = [
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+ "portable-atomic 0.3.19",
+ "tokio",
+ "unicode-width",
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+ "console",
+ "data-encoding",
+ "default-net",
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+ "derive_more",
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- "portable-atomic",
+ "indicatif",
+ "multibase",
+ "portable-atomic 1.0.1",
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+ "quic-rpc",
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  "rustls",
  "serde",
+ "serde-error",
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+ "spin 0.5.2",
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+
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+dependencies = [
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+ "data-encoding-macro",
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+dependencies = [
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+
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+
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+ "tokio-serde",
+ "tokio-util",
+ "tracing",
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+dependencies = [
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+dependencies = [
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+ "futures-sink",
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+checksum = "8ca64fcb0220d58db4c119e050e7af03c69e6f4f415ef69ec1773d9aab422d5a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
 version = "0.42.1"
@@ -5004,6 +5344,12 @@ version = "0.42.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "628bfdf232daa22b0d64fdb62b09fcc36bb01f05a3939e20ab73aaf9470d0463"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
+version = "0.30.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "08cabc9f0066848fef4bc6a1c1668e6efce38b661d2aeec75d18d8617eebb5f1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
 version = "0.42.1"
@@ -5103,7 +5449,7 @@ version = "0.4.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6bd53ff9053698697b92c2535bf7ecb983fd5d546d690b7c725e5070d6d9a620"
 dependencies = [
- "convert_case",
+ "convert_case 0.5.0",
  "darling 0.14.3",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 683ebcd04..70587f969 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ futures-lite = "1.12.0"
 hex = "0.4.0"
 humansize = "2"
 image = { version = "0.24.5", default-features=false, features = ["gif", "jpeg", "ico", "png", "pnm", "webp", "bmp"] }
-iroh = { version = "0.3.0", default-features = false }
+# iroh = { version = "0.3.0", default-features = false }
+iroh = { git = 'https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh', branch = "flub/ticket-multiple-addrs" }
 kamadak-exif = "0.5"
 lettre_email = { git = "https://github.com/deltachat/lettre", branch = "master" }
 libc = "0.2"
diff --git a/src/imex/transfer.rs b/src/imex/transfer.rs
index be468b877..a5d1317c7 100644
--- a/src/imex/transfer.rs
+++ b/src/imex/transfer.rs
@@ -362,18 +362,61 @@ async fn get_backup_inner(context: &Context, qr: Qr) -> Result<()> {
         Qr::Backup { ticket } => ticket,
         _ => bail!("QR code for backup must be of type DCBACKUP"),
     };
-    let opts = Options {
-        addr: ticket.addr,
-        peer_id: Some(ticket.peer),
-        keylog: false,
-    };
+    for addr in ticket.addrs.iter() {
+        let opts = Options {
+            addr: *addr,
+            peer_id: Some(ticket.peer),
+            keylog: false,
+        };
+        match transfer_from_provider(context, &ticket, opts).await {
+            Ok(_) => {
+                delete_and_reset_all_device_msgs(context).await?;
+                context.emit_event(ReceiveProgress::Completed.into());
+                return Ok(());
+            }
+            Err(TransferError::ConnectionError(_)) => continue,
+            Err(TransferError::Other(err)) => {
+                // Clean up any blobs we already wrote.
+                let readdir = fs::read_dir(context.get_blobdir()).await?;
+                let mut readdir = ReadDirStream::new(readdir);
+                while let Some(dirent) = readdir.next().await {
+                    if let Ok(dirent) = dirent {
+                        fs::remove_file(dirent.path()).await.ok();
+                    }
+                }
+                context.emit_event(ReceiveProgress::Failed.into());
+                return Err(err);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    Err(anyhow!("failed to contact provider"))
+}
+
+/// Error during a single transfer attempt.
+///
+/// Mostly exists to distinguish between `ConnectionError` and any other errors.
+#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
+enum TransferError {
+    #[error("connection error")]
+    ConnectionError(#[source] anyhow::Error),
+    #[error("other")]
+    Other(#[source] anyhow::Error),
+}
+
+async fn transfer_from_provider(
+    context: &Context,
+    ticket: &Ticket,
+    opts: Options,
+) -> Result<(), TransferError> {
     let progress = ProgressEmitter::new(0, ReceiveProgress::max_blob_progress());
     spawn_progress_proxy(context.clone(), progress.subscribe());
+    let mut connected = false;
     let on_connected = || {
         context.emit_event(ReceiveProgress::Connected.into());
+        connected = true;
         async { Ok(()) }
     };
-    let on_blob = |hash, reader, name| on_blob(context, &progress, &ticket, hash, reader, name);
+    let on_blob = |hash, reader, name| on_blob(context, &progress, ticket, hash, reader, name);
     let res = iroh::get::run(
         ticket.hash,
         ticket.token,
@@ -388,25 +431,10 @@ async fn get_backup_inner(context: &Context, qr: Qr) -> Result<()> {
     )
     .await;
     drop(progress);
-    match res {
-        Ok(_) => {
-            delete_and_reset_all_device_msgs(context).await?;
-            context.emit_event(ReceiveProgress::Completed.into());
-            Ok(())
-        }
-        Err(err) => {
-            // Clean up any blobs we already wrote.
-            let readdir = fs::read_dir(context.get_blobdir()).await?;
-            let mut readdir = ReadDirStream::new(readdir);
-            while let Some(dirent) = readdir.next().await {
-                if let Ok(dirent) = dirent {
-                    fs::remove_file(dirent.path()).await.ok();
-                }
-            }
-            context.emit_event(ReceiveProgress::Failed.into());
-            Err(err)
-        }
-    }
+    res.map(|_| ()).map_err(|err| match connected {
+        true => TransferError::Other(err),
+        false => TransferError::ConnectionError(err),
+    })
 }
 
 /// Get callback when a blob is received from the provider.