diff --git a/examples/lightpush_publisher_mix.nim b/examples/lightpush_publisher_mix.nim
index b43df09c1..8eca6ad8e 100644
--- a/examples/lightpush_publisher_mix.nim
+++ b/examples/lightpush_publisher_mix.nim
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import
-  std/[tables, times, sequtils],
+  std/[tables, times, sequtils, strutils],
   stew/byteutils,
   stew/shims/net,
   chronicles,
@@ -26,12 +26,11 @@ import
     waku_enr,
     discovery/waku_discv5,
     factory/builder,
-    waku_lightpush/client
+    waku_lightpush/client,
   ],
   ./lightpush_publisher_mix_config,
   ./lightpush_publisher_mix_metrics
 
-
 proc now*(): Timestamp =
   getNanosecondTime(getTime().toUnixFloat())
 
@@ -42,6 +41,17 @@ const
   LightpushPubsubTopic = PubsubTopic("/waku/2/rs/66/0")
   LightpushContentTopic = ContentTopic("/examples/1/light-pubsub-mix-example/proto")
 
+proc splitPeerIdAndAddr(maddr: string): (string, string) =
+  let parts = maddr.split("/p2p/")
+  if parts.len != 2:
+    error "Invalid multiaddress format", parts = parts
+    return
+
+  let
+    address = parts[0]
+    peerId = parts[1]
+  return (address, peerId)
+
 proc setupAndPublish(rng: ref HmacDrbgContext, conf: LPMixConf) {.async.} =
   # use notice to filter all waku messaging
   setupLog(logging.LogLevel.DEBUG, logging.LogFormat.TEXT)
@@ -86,17 +96,15 @@ proc setupAndPublish(rng: ref HmacDrbgContext, conf: LPMixConf) {.async.} =
       errmsg = getCurrentExceptionMsg()
     return
 
-  let pxPeerInfo = RemotePeerInfo.init(
-    conf.destPeerId,
-    @[MultiAddress.init(conf.destPeerAddr).get()],
-  )
+  let (destPeerAddr, destPeerId) = splitPeerIdAndAddr(conf.destPeerAddr)
+  let (pxPeerAddr, pxPeerId) = splitPeerIdAndAddr(conf.pxAddr)
+
+  let pxPeerInfo =
+    RemotePeerInfo.init(destPeerId, @[MultiAddress.init(destPeerAddr).get()])
   node.peerManager.addServicePeer(pxPeerInfo, WakuPeerExchangeCodec)
 
-
-  let pxPeerInfo1 = RemotePeerInfo.init(
-    conf.pxId,
-    @[MultiAddress.init(conf.pxAddr).get()],
-  )
+  let pxPeerInfo1 =
+    RemotePeerInfo.init(pxPeerId, @[MultiAddress.init(pxPeerAddr).get()])
   node.peerManager.addServicePeer(pxPeerInfo1, WakuPeerExchangeCodec)
 
   let keyPairResult = generateKeyPair()
@@ -104,21 +112,15 @@ proc setupAndPublish(rng: ref HmacDrbgContext, conf: LPMixConf) {.async.} =
     return
   let (mixPrivKey, mixPubKey) = keyPairResult.get()
 
-  (
-    await node.mountMix(mixPrivKey)
-  ).isOkOr:
+  (await node.mountMix(mixPrivKey)).isOkOr:
     error "failed to mount waku mix protocol: ", error = $error
     return
-
-  let destPeerId = PeerId.init(conf.destPeerId).valueOr:
+  let dPeerId = PeerId.init(destPeerId).valueOr:
     error "Failed to initialize PeerId", err = error
     return
 
   let conn = MixEntryConnection.newConn(
-    conf.destPeerAddr,
-    destPeerId,
-    ProtocolType.fromString(WakuLightPushCodec),
-    node.mix,
+    destPeerAddr, dPeerId, ProtocolType.fromString(WakuLightPushCodec), node.mix
   )
 
   await node.start()
@@ -136,7 +138,8 @@ proc setupAndPublish(rng: ref HmacDrbgContext, conf: LPMixConf) {.async.} =
       currentpoolSize = node.getMixNodePoolSize()
     await sleepAsync(1000)
 
-  notice "publisher service started with mix node pool size ", currentpoolSize = node.getMixNodePoolSize()
+  notice "publisher service started with mix node pool size ",
+    currentpoolSize = node.getMixNodePoolSize()
   var i = 0
   while i < conf.numMsgs:
     i = i + 1
diff --git a/examples/lightpush_publisher_mix_config.nim b/examples/lightpush_publisher_mix_config.nim
index 63b59f730..d494b5319 100644
--- a/examples/lightpush_publisher_mix_config.nim
+++ b/examples/lightpush_publisher_mix_config.nim
@@ -1,51 +1,24 @@
-import
-  confutils/defs
+import confutils/defs
 
+type LPMixConf* = object
+  destPeerAddr* {.desc: "Destination peer address with peerId.", name: "dp-addr".}:
+    string
 
-type
-  LPMixConf* = object
+  pxAddr* {.desc: "Peer exchange address with peerId.", name: "px-addr".}: string
 
-    destPeerAddr* {.
-        desc: "Destination peer address.",
-        name: "dp-addr",
-    }: string
+  port* {.desc: "Port to listen on.", defaultValue: 50000, name: "port".}: int
 
-    destPeerId* {.
-        desc: "Destination peer ID.",
-        name: "dp-id",
-    }: string
+  numMsgs* {.desc: "Number of messages to send.", defaultValue: 1, name: "num-msgs".}:
+    int
 
-    pxAddr* {.
-        desc: "Peer exchange address.",
-        defaultValue: "localhost:50001",
-        name: "px-addr",
-    }: string
-    pxId* {.
-        desc: "Peer exchange ID.",
-        defaultValue: "waku-v2-peer-exchange",
-        name: "px-id",
-    }: string
+  msgInterval* {.
+    desc: "Interval between messages in milliseconds.",
+    defaultValue: 1000,
+    name: "msg-interval"
+  .}: int
 
-    port* {.
-        desc: "Port to listen on.",
-        defaultValue: 50000,
-        name: "port",
-    }: int
-
-    numMsgs* {.
-        desc: "Number of messages to send.",
-        defaultValue: 1,
-        name: "num-msgs",
-    }: int
-
-    msgInterval*{.
-        desc: "Interval between messages in milliseconds.",
-        defaultValue: 1000,
-        name: "msg-interval",
-    }: int
-
-    minMixPoolSize* {.
-        desc: "Number of messages to wait for before sending.",
-        defaultValue: 3,
-        name: "min-mix-pool-size",
-    }: int
\ No newline at end of file
+  minMixPoolSize* {.
+    desc: "Number of messages to wait for before sending.",
+    defaultValue: 3,
+    name: "min-mix-pool-size"
+  .}: int