diff --git a/waku/factory/node_factory.nim b/waku/factory/node_factory.nim
index 9c442ad36..e2202261c 100644
--- a/waku/factory/node_factory.nim
+++ b/waku/factory/node_factory.nim
@@ -144,13 +144,13 @@ proc setupProtocols(
 
     peerExchangeHandler = some(handlePeerExchange)
 
-  if conf.relay:
-    let shards =
-      conf.contentTopics.mapIt(node.wakuSharding.getShard(it).expect("Valid Shard"))
-    let pubsubTopics = conf.pubsubTopics & shards
+  let shards =
+    conf.contentTopics.mapIt(node.wakuSharding.getShard(it).expect("Valid Shard"))
+  debug "Shards created from content topics",
+    contentTopics = conf.contentTopics, shards = shards
 
-    debug "Shards created from content topics",
-      contentTopics = conf.contentTopics, shards = shards
+  if conf.relay:
+    let pubsubTopics = conf.pubsubTopics & shards
 
     let parsedMaxMsgSize = parseMsgSize(conf.maxMessageSize).valueOr:
       return err("failed to parse 'max-num-bytes-msg-size' param: " & $error)