diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 67087a4d2..147062314 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ This release contains the following:
 
 ### Changes
 - Enables db migration for the message store.
+- The `resume` Nim API eliminates duplicates messages before storing them.
+
 #### General refactoring
 #### Docs
 #### Schema
@@ -17,7 +19,6 @@ This release contains the following:
 
 ### Fixes
 
-
 ## 2021-06-03 v0.4
 
 This release contains the following:
diff --git a/tests/v2/test_wakunode.nim b/tests/v2/test_wakunode.nim
index 28b87dfe1..0dad6cdca 100644
--- a/tests/v2/test_wakunode.nim
+++ b/tests/v2/test_wakunode.nim
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import
   libp2p/protocols/pubsub/pubsub,
   libp2p/protocols/pubsub/gossipsub,
   eth/keys,
+  ../../waku/v2/node/storage/sqlite,
+  ../../waku/v2/node/storage/message/waku_message_store,
   ../../waku/v2/protocol/[waku_relay, waku_message, message_notifier],
   ../../waku/v2/protocol/waku_store/waku_store,
   ../../waku/v2/protocol/waku_filter/waku_filter,
@@ -699,8 +701,6 @@ procSuite "WakuNode":
       contentTopic = ContentTopic("/waku/2/default-content/proto")
       message = WakuMessage(payload: "hello world".toBytes(), contentTopic: contentTopic)
 
-    var completionFut = newFuture[bool]()
-
     await node1.start()
     node1.mountStore(persistMessages = true)
     await node2.start()
@@ -720,3 +720,64 @@ procSuite "WakuNode":
 
     await node1.stop()
     await node2.stop()
+
+  asyncTest "Resume proc discards duplicate messages":
+    let
+      nodeKey1 = crypto.PrivateKey.random(Secp256k1, rng[])[]
+      node1 = WakuNode.init(nodeKey1, ValidIpAddress.init("0.0.0.0"),
+        Port(60000))
+      nodeKey2 = crypto.PrivateKey.random(Secp256k1, rng[])[]
+      node2 = WakuNode.init(nodeKey2, ValidIpAddress.init("0.0.0.0"),
+        Port(60002))
+      contentTopic = ContentTopic("/waku/2/default-content/proto")
+      msg1 = WakuMessage(payload: "hello world1".toBytes(), contentTopic: contentTopic)
+      msg2 = WakuMessage(payload: "hello world2".toBytes(), contentTopic: contentTopic)
+
+    # setup sqlite database for node1
+    let 
+      database = SqliteDatabase.init("", inMemory = true)[]
+      store = WakuMessageStore.init(database)[]
+    
+
+    var completionFut = newFuture[bool]()
+
+    await node1.start()
+    node1.mountStore(persistMessages = true, store = store)
+    await node2.start()
+    node2.mountStore(persistMessages = true)
+
+    await node2.subscriptions.notify(DefaultTopic, msg1)
+    await node2.subscriptions.notify(DefaultTopic, msg2)
+
+    await sleepAsync(2000.millis)
+
+    node1.wakuStore.setPeer(node2.peerInfo)
+    
+
+    # populate db with msg1 to be a duplicate
+    let index1 = computeIndex(msg1)
+    let output1 = store.put(index1, msg1, DefaultTopic)
+    check output1.isOk
+    node1.wakuStore.messages.add(IndexedWakuMessage(msg: msg1, index: index1, pubsubTopic: DefaultTopic))
+    
+    # now run the resume proc
+    await node1.resume()
+
+    # count the total number of retrieved messages from the database
+    var responseCount = 0
+    proc data(receiverTimestamp: float64, msg: WakuMessage, psTopic: string) =
+      responseCount += 1
+    # retrieve all the messages in the db
+    let res = store.getAll(data)
+    check:
+      res.isErr == false
+
+    check:
+      # if the duplicates are discarded properly, then the total number of messages after resume should be 2
+      # check no duplicates is in the messages field
+      node1.wakuStore.messages.len == 2 
+      # check no duplicates is in the db
+      responseCount == 2
+
+    await node1.stop()
+    await node2.stop()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/waku/v2/node/storage/message/waku_message_store.nim b/waku/v2/node/storage/message/waku_message_store.nim
index 3951026fa..f19caa59c 100644
--- a/waku/v2/node/storage/message/waku_message_store.nim
+++ b/waku/v2/node/storage/message/waku_message_store.nim
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const MESSAGE_STORE_MIGRATION_PATH* = sourceDir / "../migration/migrations_scrip
 type
   WakuMessageStore* = ref object of MessageStore
     database*: SqliteDatabase
-
+ 
 proc init*(T: type WakuMessageStore, db: SqliteDatabase): MessageStoreResult[T] =
   ## Table is the SQL query for creating the messages Table.
   ## It contains:
diff --git a/waku/v2/protocol/waku_store/waku_store.nim b/waku/v2/protocol/waku_store/waku_store.nim
index 3e9ddad46..c2bc2933a 100644
--- a/waku/v2/protocol/waku_store/waku_store.nim
+++ b/waku/v2/protocol/waku_store/waku_store.nim
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ proc init*(ws: WakuStore) {.raises: [Defect, Exception]} =
     warn "failed to load messages from store", err = res.error
     waku_store_errors.inc(labelValues = ["store_load_failure"])
   
+  debug "the number of messages in the memory", messageNum=ws.messages.len
   waku_store_messages.set(ws.messages.len.int64, labelValues = ["stored"])
 
 
@@ -486,7 +487,7 @@ proc queryFrom*(w: WakuStore, query: HistoryQuery, handler: QueryHandlerFunc, pe
 
   waku_store_messages.set(response.value.response.messages.len.int64, labelValues = ["retrieved"])
   handler(response.value.response)
-  return ok(response.value.response.messages.len.int64)
+  return ok(response.value.response.messages.len.uint64)
   
   
 
@@ -495,7 +496,7 @@ proc queryLoop(w: WakuStore, query: HistoryQuery, handler: QueryHandlerFunc, can
   ## returns the number of retrieved messages, or error if all the requests fail
   for peer in candidateList.items: 
     let successResult = await w.queryFrom(query, handler, peer)
-    if successResult.isOk: return ok(successResult.value)
+    if successResult.isOk: return ok(successResult.value.uint64)
 
   debug "failed to resolve the query"
   return err("failed to resolve the query")
@@ -507,6 +508,14 @@ proc findLastSeen*(list: seq[IndexedWakuMessage]): float =
       lastSeenTime = iwmsg.msg.timestamp 
   return lastSeenTime
 
+proc isDuplicate(message: WakuMessage, list: seq[WakuMessage]): bool =
+  ## return true if a duplicate message is found, otherwise false
+  # it is defined as a separate proc to be bale to adjust comparison criteria 
+  # e.g., to exclude timestamp or include pubsub topic
+  if message in list: return true
+  return false
+
+
 proc resume*(ws: WakuStore, peerList: Option[seq[PeerInfo]] = none(seq[PeerInfo])): Future[QueryResult] {.async, gcsafe.} =
   ## resume proc retrieves the history of waku messages published on the default waku pubsub topic since the last time the waku store node has been online 
   ## messages are stored in the store node's messages field and in the message db
@@ -528,17 +537,39 @@ proc resume*(ws: WakuStore, peerList: Option[seq[PeerInfo]] = none(seq[PeerInfo]
   lastSeenTime = max(lastSeenTime - offset, 0)
   debug "the  offline time window is", lastSeenTime=lastSeenTime, currentTime=currentTime
 
+  var dismissed: uint = 0
+  var added: uint = 0
   proc handler(response: HistoryResponse) {.gcsafe, raises: [Defect, Exception].} =
+    debug "resume handler is called"
+    # exclude index from the comparison criteria
+    let currentMsgSummary = ws.messages.map(proc(x: IndexedWakuMessage): WakuMessage = x.msg)
     for msg in response.messages:
+      # check for duplicate messages
+      # TODO Should take pubsub topic into account if we are going to support topics rather than the DefaultTopic
+      if isDuplicate(msg,currentMsgSummary): 
+        dismissed = dismissed + 1
+        continue
+
+      # store the new message 
       let index = msg.computeIndex()
-      ws.messages.add(IndexedWakuMessage(msg: msg, index: index, pubsubTopic: DefaultTopic))
+      let indexedWakuMsg = IndexedWakuMessage(msg: msg, index: index, pubsubTopic: DefaultTopic)
+      ws.messages.add(indexedWakuMsg)
       waku_store_messages.inc(labelValues = ["stored"])
+      
+      added = added + 1
+      
+      # store in db if exists
       if ws.store.isNil: continue
       let res = ws.store.put(index, msg, DefaultTopic)
       if res.isErr:
         warn "failed to store messages", err = res.error
         waku_store_errors.inc(labelValues = ["store_failure"])
 
+
+    debug "number of duplicate messages found in resume", dismissed=dismissed
+    debug "number of messages added via resume", added=added
+
+
   let rpc = HistoryQuery(pubsubTopic: DefaultTopic, startTime: lastSeenTime, endTime: currentTime)
 
   if peerList.isSome:
@@ -565,7 +596,7 @@ proc resume*(ws: WakuStore, peerList: Option[seq[PeerInfo]] = none(seq[PeerInfo]
       debug "failed to resume the history"
       return err("failed to resume the history")
     debug "resume is done successfully"
-    return ok(successResult.value)
+    return ok(added)
 
 # NOTE: Experimental, maybe incorporate as part of query call
 proc queryWithAccounting*(ws: WakuStore, query: HistoryQuery, handler: QueryHandlerFunc) {.async, gcsafe.} =
diff --git a/waku/v2/protocol/waku_store/waku_store_types.nim b/waku/v2/protocol/waku_store/waku_store_types.nim
index af43ae81f..f42be4b6b 100644
--- a/waku/v2/protocol/waku_store/waku_store_types.nim
+++ b/waku/v2/protocol/waku_store/waku_store_types.nim
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ type
     query*: HistoryQuery
     response*: HistoryResponse
 
-  QueryResult* = Result[int64, string]
+  QueryResult* = Result[uint64, string]
   
   WakuStore* = ref object of LPProtocol
     peerManager*: PeerManager