diff --git a/waku/factory/internal_config.nim b/waku/factory/internal_config.nim
index 281a10f48..d060be24a 100644
--- a/waku/factory/internal_config.nim
+++ b/waku/factory/internal_config.nim
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ import
   chronicles,
   chronos,
   libp2p/crypto/crypto,
+  libp2p/crypto/curve25519,
   libp2p/multiaddress,
   libp2p/nameresolving/dnsresolver,
-  std/[options, sequtils, net],
+  std/[options, sequtils, net, strutils],
   results
 import
   ../common/utils/nat,
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ import
   ./networks_config
 
 proc enrConfiguration*(
-    conf: WakuConf, netConfig: NetConfig
+    conf: WakuConf, netConfig: NetConfig, mixPubKey: Option[Curve25519Key]
 ): Result[enr.Record, string] =
   var enrBuilder = EnrBuilder.init(conf.nodeKey)
 
@@ -33,8 +34,8 @@ proc enrConfiguration*(
   ).isOkOr:
     return err("could not initialize ENR with shards")
 
-  if conf.mix and conf.mixKey.isSome():
-    enrBuilder.withMixKey(conf.mixKey.get())
+  if conf.mix and mixPubKey.isSome():
+    enrBuilder.withMixKey(mixPubKey.get())
 
   let recordRes = enrBuilder.build()
   let record =
diff --git a/waku/factory/node_factory.nim b/waku/factory/node_factory.nim
index 79586e5b4..6878987f5 100644
--- a/waku/factory/node_factory.nim
+++ b/waku/factory/node_factory.nim
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import
   libp2p/protocols/pubsub/gossipsub,
   libp2p/protocols/connectivity/relay/relay,
   libp2p/nameresolving/dnsresolver,
-  libp2p/crypto/crypto
+  libp2p/crypto/crypto,
+  libp2p/crypto/curve25519
 
 import
   ./internal_config,
@@ -36,7 +37,8 @@ import
   ../node/peer_manager/peer_store/migrations as peer_store_sqlite_migrations,
   ../waku_lightpush_legacy/common,
   ../common/rate_limit/setting,
-  ../common/databases/dburl
+  ../common/databases/dburl,
+  ../../vendor/mix/src/curve25519
 
 ## Peer persistence
 
@@ -145,7 +147,7 @@ proc getAutoshards*(
   return ok(autoshards)
 
 proc setupProtocols(
-    node: WakuNode, conf: WakuConf
+    node: WakuNode, conf: WakuConf, mixPrivKey: Curve25519Key
 ): Future[Result[void, string]] {.async.} =
   ## Setup configured protocols on an existing Waku v2 node.
   ## Optionally include persistent message storage.
@@ -417,15 +419,7 @@ proc setupProtocols(
 
   #mount mix
   if conf.mix:
-    let mixPrivKey:string =
-      if conf.mixkey.isSome():
-        conf.mixkey.get()
-      else:
-        error "missing mix key"
-        return err("missing mix key")
-    (
-      await node.mountMix(mixPrivKey)
-    ).isOkOr:
+    (await node.mountMix(mixPrivKey)).isOkOr:
       return err("failed to mount waku mix protocol: " & $error)
   return ok()
 
@@ -487,6 +481,18 @@ proc startNode*(
 proc setupNode*(
     wakuConf: WakuConf, rng: ref HmacDrbgContext = crypto.newRng(), relay: Relay
 ): Result[WakuNode, string] =
+  var mixPubKey, mixPrivKey: Curve25519Key
+  if conf.mix:
+    if conf.mixKey.isSome():
+      mixPrivKey = intoCurve25519Key(ncrutils.fromHex(conf.mixKey.get()))
+      mixPubKey = public(mixPrivKey)
+    else:
+      warn "missing mix key, generating new"
+      let keyPairResult = generateKeyPair()
+      if keyPairResult.isErr:
+        return err("Generate key pair error: " & $keyPairResult.error)
+      (mixPrivKey, mixPubKey) = keyPairResult.get()
+
   let netConfig = networkConfiguration(
     wakuConf.clusterId, wakuConf.networkConf, wakuConf.discv5Conf,
     wakuConf.webSocketConf, wakuConf.wakuFlags, wakuConf.dnsAddrsNameServers,
@@ -495,7 +501,7 @@ proc setupNode*(
     error "failed to create internal config", error = error
     return err("failed to create internal config: " & error)
 
-  let record = enrConfiguration(wakuConf, netConfig).valueOr:
+  let record = enrConfiguration(wakuConf, netConfig, some(mixPubKey)).valueOr:
     error "failed to create record", error = error
     return err("failed to create record: " & error)
 
@@ -521,7 +527,7 @@ proc setupNode*(
   debug "Mounting protocols"
 
   try:
-    (waitFor node.setupProtocols(wakuConf)).isOkOr:
+    (waitFor node.setupProtocols(wakuConf, mixPrivKey)).isOkOr:
       error "Mounting protocols failed", error = error
       return err("Mounting protocols failed: " & error)
   except CatchableError:
diff --git a/waku/factory/waku.nim b/waku/factory/waku.nim
index 2602120d8..bcbaa57fb 100644
--- a/waku/factory/waku.nim
+++ b/waku/factory/waku.nim
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import
   libp2p/protocols/connectivity/relay/client,
   libp2p/wire,
   libp2p/crypto/crypto,
+  libp2p/crypto/curve25519,
   libp2p/protocols/pubsub/gossipsub,
   libp2p/services/autorelayservice,
   libp2p/services/hpservice,
@@ -266,7 +267,7 @@ proc getRunningNetConfig(waku: ptr Waku): Result[NetConfig, string] =
 proc updateEnr(waku: ptr Waku): Result[void, string] =
   let netConf: NetConfig = getRunningNetConfig(waku).valueOr:
     return err("error calling updateNetConfig: " & $error)
-  let record = enrConfiguration(waku[].conf, netConf).valueOr:
+  let record = enrConfiguration(waku[].conf, netConf, none(Curve25519Key)).valueOr:
     return err("ENR setup failed: " & error)
 
   if isClusterMismatched(record, waku[].conf.clusterId):
diff --git a/waku/node/waku_node.nim b/waku/node/waku_node.nim
index 68b9de0a4..9b4d6f705 100644
--- a/waku/node/waku_node.nim
+++ b/waku/node/waku_node.nim
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ proc mountSharding*(
   node.wakuSharding = Sharding(clusterId: clusterId, shardCountGenZero: shardCount)
   return ok()
 
-proc getBootStrapMixNodes*(node: WakuNode): Table[PeerId, MixPubInfo] =
+#[ proc getBootStrapMixNodes*(node: WakuNode): Table[PeerId, MixPubInfo] =
   var mixNodes = initTable[PeerId, MixPubInfo]()
   # MixNode Multiaddrs and PublicKeys:
   let bootNodesMultiaddrs = [
@@ -247,6 +247,8 @@ proc getBootStrapMixNodes*(node: WakuNode): Table[PeerId, MixPubInfo] =
   info "using mix bootstrap nodes ", bootNodes = mixNodes
   return mixNodes
 
+ ]#
+
 #TODO: Ideally these procs should be moved out into mix specific file, but keeping it here for now.
 proc mixPoolFilter*(cluster: Option[uint16], peer: RemotePeerInfo): bool =
   # Note that origin based(discv5) filtering is not done intentionally 
@@ -331,17 +333,17 @@ proc startMixNodePoolMgr*(node: WakuNode) {.async.} =
 proc getMixNodePoolSize*(node: WakuNode): int =
   return node.mix.getNodePoolSize()
 
-proc setMixBootStrapNodes*(node: WakuNode) {.async.} =
+#[ proc setMixBootStrapNodes*(node: WakuNode,){.async}=
   node.mix.setNodePool(node.getBootStrapMixNodes())
-
+ ]#
+# Mix Protocol
 proc mountMix*(
-    node: WakuNode, mixPrivKey: string
+    node: WakuNode, mixPrivKey: Curve25519Key
 ): Future[Result[void, string]] {.async.} =
   info "mounting mix protocol", nodeId = node.info #TODO log the config used
-  info "mixPrivKey", mixPrivKey = mixPrivKey
+  let mixPubKey = public(mixPrivKey)
 
-  let mixKey = intoCurve25519Key(ncrutils.fromHex(mixPrivKey))
-  let mixPubKey = public(mixKey)
+  info "mixPrivKey", mixPrivKey = mixPrivKey, mixPubKey = mixPubKey
 
   let localaddrStr = node.announcedAddresses[0].toString().valueOr:
     return err("Failed to convert multiaddress to string.")
@@ -350,7 +352,7 @@ proc mountMix*(
   let localMixNodeInfo = initMixNodeInfo(
     localaddrStr & "/p2p/" & $node.peerId,
     mixPubKey,
-    mixKey,
+    mixPrivKey,
     node.switch.peerInfo.publicKey.skkey,
     node.switch.peerInfo.privateKey.skkey,
   )
diff --git a/waku/waku_enr/mix.nim b/waku/waku_enr/mix.nim
index 6971b3e67..f9ef09544 100644
--- a/waku/waku_enr/mix.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_enr/mix.nim
@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@ import ../common/enr
 
 const MixKeyEnrField* = "mix-key"
 
-func withMixKey*(builder: var EnrBuilder, mixPrivKey:string) =
-  let mixKey = intoCurve25519Key(ncrutils.fromHex(mixPrivKey))
-  let mixPubKey = public(mixKey)
+
+func withMixKey*(builder: var EnrBuilder, mixPubKey: Curve25519Key) =
   builder.addFieldPair(MixKeyEnrField, getBytes(mixPubKey))
 
 func mixKey*(record: TypedRecord): Option[seq[byte]] =