diff --git a/waku/discovery/waku_ext_kademlia.nim b/waku/discovery/waku_ext_kademlia.nim
index e5a1d5fc5..cd3598bd8 100644
--- a/waku/discovery/waku_ext_kademlia.nim
+++ b/waku/discovery/waku_ext_kademlia.nim
@@ -77,9 +77,6 @@ proc extractMixPubKey(service: ServiceInfo): Option[Curve25519Key] =
       serviceId = service.id, mixProtocolId = MixProtocolID
     return none(Curve25519Key)
 
-  debug "found mix protocol service",
-    dataLen = service.data.len, expectedLen = Curve25519KeySize
-
   if service.data.len != Curve25519KeySize:
     warn "invalid mix pub key length from kademlia record",
       expected = Curve25519KeySize,
@@ -87,6 +84,9 @@ proc extractMixPubKey(service: ServiceInfo): Option[Curve25519Key] =
       dataHex = service.data.toHex()
     return none(Curve25519Key)
 
+  debug "found mix protocol service",
+    dataLen = service.data.len, expectedLen = Curve25519KeySize
+
   let key = intoCurve25519Key(service.data)
   debug "successfully extracted mix pub key", keyHex = key.toHex()
   some(key)
@@ -167,11 +167,11 @@ proc lookupMixPeers*(node: WakuNode): Future[int] {.async.} =
   info "mix peer lookup complete", found = added
   return added
 
-proc runExtendedKademliaDiscoveryLoop*(
+proc runExtendedKademliaDiscoveryLoop(
     node: WakuNode,
     interval = DefaultExtendedKademliaDiscoveryInterval,
     minMixPeers: int = 0,
-): Future[void] {.async.} =
+): {.async.} =
   info "extended kademlia discovery loop started", interval = interval
 
   try: