diff --git a/waku/v2/protocol/relay/validators.go b/waku/v2/protocol/relay/validators.go
index 09ae2047..ed145fdf 100644
--- a/waku/v2/protocol/relay/validators.go
+++ b/waku/v2/protocol/relay/validators.go
@@ -44,7 +44,15 @@ func validatorFnBuilder(topic string, publicKey *ecdsa.PublicKey) validatorFn {
 func (w *WakuRelay) AddSignedTopicValidator(topic string, publicKey *ecdsa.PublicKey) error {
 	w.log.Info("adding validator to signed topic", zap.String("topic", topic), zap.String("publicKey", hex.EncodeToString(elliptic.Marshal(publicKey.Curve, publicKey.X, publicKey.Y))))
 	err := w.pubsub.RegisterTopicValidator(topic, validatorFnBuilder(topic, publicKey))
-	return err
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if !w.IsSubscribed(topic) {
+		w.log.Warn("relay is not subscribed to signed topic", zap.String("topic", topic))
+	}
+
+	return nil
 }
 
 func SignMessage(privKey *ecdsa.PrivateKey, topic string, msg *pb.WakuMessage) error {
diff --git a/waku/v2/protocol/relay/validators_test.go b/waku/v2/protocol/relay/validators_test.go
index 4f6f6016..8f2bff5b 100644
--- a/waku/v2/protocol/relay/validators_test.go
+++ b/waku/v2/protocol/relay/validators_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import (
 	pubsub_pb "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub/pb"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/protocol/pb"
+	"github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/timesource"
+	"github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/utils"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
 )
 
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ func TestMsgHash(t *testing.T) {
 	msg := &pb.WakuMessage{
 		Payload:      payload,
 		ContentTopic: contentTopic,
+		Timestamp:    utils.GetUnixEpoch(timesource.NewDefaultClock()),
 	}
 
 	err := SignMessage(prvKey, pubsubTopic, msg)
diff --git a/waku/v2/protocol/relay/waku_relay.go b/waku/v2/protocol/relay/waku_relay.go
index a0936da5..8f425ea5 100644
--- a/waku/v2/protocol/relay/waku_relay.go
+++ b/waku/v2/protocol/relay/waku_relay.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/host"
-	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/peer"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/protocol"
 	"go.opencensus.io/stats"
 	"go.opencensus.io/tag"
@@ -133,6 +132,13 @@ func (w *WakuRelay) Topics() []string {
 	return result
 }
 
+func (w *WakuRelay) IsSubscribed(topic string) bool {
+	defer w.topicsMutex.Unlock()
+	w.topicsMutex.Lock()
+	_, ok := w.relaySubs[topic]
+	return ok
+}
+
 // SetPubSub is used to set an implementation of the pubsub system
 func (w *WakuRelay) SetPubSub(pubSub *pubsub.PubSub) {
 	w.pubsub = pubSub
@@ -154,6 +160,7 @@ func (w *WakuRelay) upsertTopic(topic string) (*pubsub.Topic, error) {
 	return pubSubTopic, nil
 }
 
+/*
 func (w *WakuRelay) validatorFactory(pubsubTopic string) func(ctx context.Context, peerID peer.ID, message *pubsub.Message) bool {
 	return func(ctx context.Context, peerID peer.ID, message *pubsub.Message) bool {
 		msg := new(pb.WakuMessage)
@@ -161,6 +168,7 @@ func (w *WakuRelay) validatorFactory(pubsubTopic string) func(ctx context.Contex
 		return err == nil
 	}
 }
+*/
 
 func (w *WakuRelay) subscribe(topic string) (subs *pubsub.Subscription, err error) {
 	sub, ok := w.relaySubs[topic]
@@ -170,10 +178,14 @@ func (w *WakuRelay) subscribe(topic string) (subs *pubsub.Subscription, err erro
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
-		err = w.pubsub.RegisterTopicValidator(topic, w.validatorFactory(topic))
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
+		/*
+					// TODO: Add a function to validate the WakuMessage integrity
+			   		// Rejects messages that are not WakuMessage
+					err = w.pubsub.RegisterTopicValidator(topic, w.validatorFactory(topic))
+					if err != nil {
+						return nil, err
+					}
+		*/
 
 		sub, err = pubSubTopic.Subscribe()
 		if err != nil {