diff --git a/go/cmd/entrypoint/admin.go b/go/cmd/entrypoint/admin.go
index fde5936..7484e1f 100644
--- a/go/cmd/entrypoint/admin.go
+++ b/go/cmd/entrypoint/admin.go
@@ -104,12 +104,14 @@ var subCmdAdminCreateBootstrap = subCmd{
 			return fmt.Errorf("initializing bootstrap data: %w", err)
 		}
 
-		hostBootstrap, err := loadHostBootstrap()
+		hostsRes, err := subCmdCtx.getHosts()
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("loading host bootstrap: %w", err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("getting hosts: %w", err)
 		}
 
-		newHostBootstrap.Hosts = hostBootstrap.Hosts
+		for _, host := range hostsRes.Hosts {
+			newHostBootstrap.Hosts[host.Name] = host
+		}
 
 		return newHostBootstrap.WriteTo(os.Stdout)
 	},
diff --git a/go/cmd/entrypoint/client.go b/go/cmd/entrypoint/client.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d37e4a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/cmd/entrypoint/client.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"isle/daemon"
+)
+
+func (ctx subCmdCtx) getHosts() (daemon.GetHostsResult, error) {
+	var res daemon.GetHostsResult
+	err := ctx.daemonRCPClient.Call(ctx.ctx, &res, "GetHosts", nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return daemon.GetHostsResult{}, fmt.Errorf("calling GetHosts: %w", err)
+	}
+	return res, nil
+}
diff --git a/go/cmd/entrypoint/hosts.go b/go/cmd/entrypoint/hosts.go
index 5bb016c..367bdee 100644
--- a/go/cmd/entrypoint/hosts.go
+++ b/go/cmd/entrypoint/hosts.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"isle/bootstrap"
-	"isle/daemon"
 	"isle/jsonutil"
 	"os"
 	"regexp"
@@ -26,11 +25,7 @@ var subCmdHostsList = subCmd{
 	name:  "list",
 	descr: "Lists all hosts in the network, and their IPs",
 	do: func(subCmdCtx subCmdCtx) error {
-
-		ctx := subCmdCtx.ctx
-
-		var res daemon.GetHostsResult
-		err := subCmdCtx.daemonRCPClient.Call(ctx, &res, "GetHosts", nil)
+		hostsRes, err := subCmdCtx.getHosts()
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("calling GetHosts: %w", err)
 		}
@@ -43,8 +38,8 @@ var subCmdHostsList = subCmd{
 			Storage bootstrap.GarageHost `json:",omitempty"`
 		}
 
-		hosts := make([]host, 0, len(res.Hosts))
-		for _, h := range res.Hosts {
+		hosts := make([]host, 0, len(hostsRes.Hosts))
+		for _, h := range hostsRes.Hosts {
 
 			host := host{
 				Name:    h.Name,
diff --git a/go/daemon/daemon.go b/go/daemon/daemon.go
index 3fcd433..d6cc377 100644
--- a/go/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/go/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -61,9 +61,8 @@ type Daemon interface {
 	// - ErrAlreadyJoined
 	JoinNetwork(context.Context, bootstrap.Bootstrap) error
 
-	// GetGarageBootstrapHosts loads (and verifies) the <hostname>.json.signed
-	// file for all hosts stored in garage.
-	GetGarageBootstrapHosts(
+	// GetBootstrapHosts returns the hosts stored in the bootstrap.
+	GetBootstrapHosts(
 		ctx context.Context,
 	) (
 		map[string]bootstrap.Host, error,
@@ -594,7 +593,7 @@ func (d *daemon) JoinNetwork(
 	}
 }
 
-func (d *daemon) GetGarageBootstrapHosts(
+func (d *daemon) GetBootstrapHosts(
 	ctx context.Context,
 ) (
 	map[string]bootstrap.Host, error,
@@ -604,7 +603,7 @@ func (d *daemon) GetGarageBootstrapHosts(
 	) (
 		map[string]bootstrap.Host, error,
 	) {
-		return getGarageBootstrapHosts(ctx, d.logger, currBootstrap)
+		return currBootstrap.Hosts, nil
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/go/daemon/rpc.go b/go/daemon/rpc.go
index 5fba15c..a2aa016 100644
--- a/go/daemon/rpc.go
+++ b/go/daemon/rpc.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func (r *RPC) GetHosts(
 ) (
 	GetHostsResult, error,
 ) {
-	hostsMap, err := r.daemon.GetGarageBootstrapHosts(ctx)
+	hostsMap, err := r.daemon.GetBootstrapHosts(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return GetHostsResult{}, fmt.Errorf("retrieving hosts: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/tests/cases/hosts/00-list.sh b/tests/cases/hosts/00-list.sh
index 99c5ff5..9b9459f 100644
--- a/tests/cases/hosts/00-list.sh
+++ b/tests/cases/hosts/00-list.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 # shellcheck source=../../utils/with-1-data-1-empty-node-network.sh
 source "$UTILS"/with-1-data-1-empty-node-network.sh
 
-as_primus
+# TODO when primus creates secondus' bootstrap it should write the new host to
+# its own bootstrap, as well as to garage.
+as_secondus
 hosts="$(isle hosts list)"
 
 [ "$(echo "$hosts" | jq -r '.[0].Name')" = "primus" ]