diff --git a/cmd/yggstack/main.go b/cmd/yggstack/main.go
index 47e04be..35912c5 100644
--- a/cmd/yggstack/main.go
+++ b/cmd/yggstack/main.go
@@ -374,12 +374,12 @@ func main() {
 					connVal, ok := remoteUdpConnections.Load(remoteUdpAddr)
 
 					if !ok {
-						udpFwdConn, err = net.DialUDP("udp", nil, mapping.Mapped)
+						*udpFwdConn, err = net.DialUDP("udp", nil, mapping.Mapped)
 						if err != nil {
 							logger.Errorf("Failed to connect to %s: %s", mapping.Mapped, err)
 							continue
 						}
-						remoteUdpConnections.Store(remoteUdpAddr, &udpFwdConn)
+						remoteUdpConnections.Store(remoteUdpAddr, udpFwdConn)
 						go types.ReverseProxyUDP(mtu, udpListenConn, remoteUdpAddr, udpFwdConn)
 					} else {
 						udpFwdConn = connVal.(*net.UDPConn)