diff --git a/waku/node/waku_node.nim b/waku/node/waku_node.nim
index 05595d76a..c3bad5ee8 100644
--- a/waku/node/waku_node.nim
+++ b/waku/node/waku_node.nim
@@ -984,10 +984,10 @@ proc mountRlnRelay*(node: WakuNode,
   let rlnRelay = rlnRelayRes.get()
   let validator = generateRlnValidator(rlnRelay, spamHandler)
 
-  # register rln validator for all subscribed relay pubsub topics
-  for pubsubTopic in node.wakuRelay.subscribedTopics:
-    debug "Registering RLN validator for topic", pubsubTopic=pubsubTopic
-    node.wakuRelay.addValidator(pubsubTopic, validator)
+  # register rln validator as default validator
+  debug "Registering RLN validator"
+  node.wakuRelay.addDefaultValidator(validator)
+  
   node.wakuRlnRelay = rlnRelay
 
 ## Waku peer-exchange
diff --git a/waku/waku_relay/protocol.nim b/waku/waku_relay/protocol.nim
index 17dee3af1..11176d17a 100644
--- a/waku/waku_relay/protocol.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_relay/protocol.nim
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ type
     # a map that stores whether the ordered validator has been inserted
     # for a given PubsubTopic
     validatorInserted: Table[PubsubTopic, bool]
+    # seq of validators that are called for every pubsub topic
+    wakuDefaultValidators: seq[WakuValidatorHandler]
 
 proc initProtocolHandler(w: WakuRelay) =
   proc handler(conn: Connection, proto: string) {.async.} =
@@ -183,6 +185,10 @@ proc addValidator*(w: WakuRelay,
   for t in topic:
     w.wakuValidators.mgetOrPut(t, @[]).add(handler)
 
+proc addDefaultValidator*(w: WakuRelay,
+                   handler: WakuValidatorHandler) {.gcsafe.} =
+  w.wakuDefaultValidators.add(handler)
+
 method start*(w: WakuRelay) {.async.} =
   debug "start"
   await procCall GossipSub(w).start()
@@ -210,6 +216,11 @@ proc generateOrderedValidator*(w: WakuRelay): auto {.gcsafe.} =
     let msg = msgRes.get()
 
     # now sequentially validate the message
+    for validator in w.wakuDefaultValidators:
+      let validatorRes = await validator(pubsubTopic, msg)
+      if validatorRes != ValidationResult.Accept:
+        return validatorRes
+
     if w.wakuValidators.hasKey(pubsubTopic):
       for validator in w.wakuValidators[pubsubTopic]:
         let validatorRes = await validator(pubsubTopic, msg)