diff --git a/examples/pingpong.nim b/examples/pingpong.nim
index bfdb67c..6caf000 100644
--- a/examples/pingpong.nim
+++ b/examples/pingpong.nim
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ proc main() {.async.} =
   var cfg_saro = DefaultConfig()
   var cfg_raya = DefaultConfig()
 
-  # Cross pollinate Peers - No Waku discovery is used in this example
-  cfg_saro.staticPeers.add(cfg_raya.getMultiAddr())
-  cfg_raya.staticPeers.add(cfg_saro.getMultiAddr())
-
   let sKey = loadPrivateKeyFromBytes(@[45u8, 216, 160, 24, 19, 207, 193, 214, 98, 92, 153, 145, 222, 247, 101, 99, 96, 131, 149, 185, 33, 187, 229, 251, 100, 158, 20, 131, 111, 97, 181, 210]).get()
   let rKey = loadPrivateKeyFromBytes(@[43u8, 12, 160, 51, 212, 90, 199, 160, 154, 164, 129, 229, 147, 69, 151, 17, 239, 51, 190, 33, 86, 164, 50, 105, 39, 250, 182, 116, 138, 132, 114, 234]).get()
 
@@ -73,7 +69,7 @@ proc main() {.async.} =
   await saro.start()
   await raya.start()
 
-  await sleepAsync(5.seconds)
+  await sleepAsync(10.seconds)
 
   # Perform OOB Introduction: Raya -> Saro
   let raya_bundle = raya.createIntroBundle()
@@ -81,8 +77,8 @@ proc main() {.async.} =
 
   await sleepAsync(20.seconds) # Run for some time 
 
-  saro.stop()
-  raya.stop()
+  await saro.stop()
+  await raya.stop()
 
 
 when isMainModule:
diff --git a/examples/tui/tui.nim b/examples/tui/tui.nim
index f49c608..a3b4716 100644
--- a/examples/tui/tui.nim
+++ b/examples/tui/tui.nim
@@ -106,10 +106,6 @@ proc getSelectedConvo(app: ChatApp): ptr ConvoInfo =
 
 proc createChatClient(name: string): Future[Client] {.async.} =
   var cfg = await getCfg(name)
-  for key, val in fetchRegistrations():
-    if key != name:
-      cfg.waku.staticPeers.add(val)
-
   result = newClient(cfg.waku, cfg.ident)
 
 
@@ -124,7 +120,7 @@ proc sendMessage(app: ChatApp, convoInfo: ptr ConvoInfo, msg: string) {.async.}
 
   var msgId = ""
   if convoInfo.convo != nil:
-    msgId = await convoInfo.convo.sendMessage(app.client.ds, initTextFrame(msg).toContentFrame())
+    msgId = await convoInfo.convo.sendMessage(initTextFrame(msg).toContentFrame())
 
   convoInfo[].addMessage(msgId, "You", app.inputBuffer)
 
@@ -490,7 +486,7 @@ proc appLoop(app: ChatApp, panes: seq[Pane]) : Future[void] {.async.} =
   illwillInit(fullscreen = false)
   # Clear buffer
   while true:
-    await sleepAsync(5.milliseconds)
+    await sleepAsync(chronos.milliseconds(5))
     app.tb.clear()
 
     drawStatusBar(app, panes[0], fgBlack, getIdColor(app.client.getId()))
@@ -527,7 +523,7 @@ proc appLoop(app: ChatApp, panes: seq[Pane]) : Future[void] {.async.} =
 
 proc peerWatch(app: ChatApp): Future[void] {.async.} =
   while true:
-    await sleepAsync(1.seconds)
+    await sleepAsync(chronos.seconds(1))
     app.peerCount = app.client.ds.getConnectedPeerCount()
 
 
diff --git a/src/chat/client.nim b/src/chat/client.nim
index ee52046..3d5b374 100644
--- a/src/chat/client.nim
+++ b/src/chat/client.nim
@@ -229,14 +229,16 @@ proc newPrivateConversation*(client: Client,
 
 #################################################
 # Payload Handling
+# Receives a incoming payload, decodes it, and processes it.
 #################################################
 
 proc parseMessage(client: Client, msg: ChatPayload) {.raises: [ValueError,
     SerializationError].} =
-  ## Receives a incoming payload, decodes it, and processes it.
-
-  let envelope = decode(msg.bytes, WapEnvelopeV1).valueOr:
-    raise newException(ValueError, "Failed to decode WapEnvelopeV1: " & error)
+  let envelopeRes = decode(msg.bytes, WapEnvelopeV1)
+  if envelopeRes.isErr:
+    debug "Failed to decode WapEnvelopeV1", client = client.getId(), err = envelopeRes.error
+    return
+  let envelope = envelopeRes.get()
 
   let convo = block:
     let opt = client.getConversationFromHint(envelope.conversationHint).valueOr:
@@ -266,6 +268,11 @@ proc messageQueueConsumer(client: Client) {.async.} =
   while client.isRunning:
     let message = await client.inboundQueue.queue.get()
 
+    let topicRes = inbox.parseTopic(message.contentTopic).or(private_v1.parseTopic(message.contentTopic))
+    if topicRes.isErr:
+      debug "Invalid content topic", client = client.getId(), err = topicRes.error, contentTopic = message.contentTopic
+      continue
+
     notice "Inbound Message Received", client = client.getId(),
         contentTopic = message.contentTopic, len = message.bytes.len()
     try:
@@ -291,7 +298,8 @@ proc start*(client: Client) {.async.} =
 
   notice "Client start complete", client = client.getId()
 
-proc stop*(client: Client) =
+proc stop*(client: Client) {.async.} =
   ## Stop the client.
+  await client.ds.stop()
   client.isRunning = false
   notice "Client stopped", client = client.getId()
diff --git a/src/chat/conversations/private_v1.nim b/src/chat/conversations/private_v1.nim
index 5b31f4a..99a0236 100644
--- a/src/chat/conversations/private_v1.nim
+++ b/src/chat/conversations/private_v1.nim
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ type
     discriminator: string
     doubleratchet: naxolotl.Doubleratchet
 
+const
+  TopicPrefixPrivateV1 = "/convo/private/"
+
 proc getTopic*(self: PrivateV1): string =
   ## Returns the topic for the PrivateV1 conversation.
   return self.topic
@@ -63,7 +66,18 @@ proc getConvoId*(self: PrivateV1): string =
 
 proc derive_topic(participants: seq[PublicKey], discriminator: string): string =
   ## Derives a topic from the participants' public keys.
-  return "/convo/private/" & getConvoIdRaw(participants, discriminator)
+  return TopicPrefixPrivateV1 & getConvoIdRaw(participants, discriminator)
+
+## Parses the topic to extract the conversation ID.
+proc parseTopic*(topic: string): Result[string, ChatError] =
+  if not topic.startsWith(TopicPrefixPrivateV1):
+    return err(ChatError(code: errTopic, context: "Invalid topic prefix"))
+  
+  let id = topic.split('/')[^1]
+  if id == "":
+    return err(ChatError(code: errTopic, context: "Empty conversation ID"))
+  
+  return ok(id)
 
 proc calcMsgId(self: PrivateV1, msgBytes: seq[byte]): string =
   let s = fmt"{self.getConvoId()}|{msgBytes}"
diff --git a/src/chat/delivery/waku_client.nim b/src/chat/delivery/waku_client.nim
index 1a04d2c..2e871df 100644
--- a/src/chat/delivery/waku_client.nim
+++ b/src/chat/delivery/waku_client.nim
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import
     waku_node,
     waku_enr,
     discovery/waku_discv5,
+    discovery/waku_dnsdisc,
     factory/builder,
     waku_filter_v2/client,
   ]
@@ -71,8 +72,8 @@ type
 
 proc DefaultConfig*(): WakuConfig =
   let nodeKey = crypto.PrivateKey.random(Secp256k1, crypto.newRng()[])[]
-  let clusterId = 19'u16
-  let shardId = 0'u16
+  let clusterId = 16'u16
+  let shardId = 32'u16
   var port: uint16 = 50000'u16 + uint16(rand(200))
 
   result = WakuConfig(nodeKey: nodeKey, port: port, clusterId: clusterId,
@@ -161,6 +162,17 @@ proc start*(client: WakuClient) {.async.} =
 
   client.node.peerManager.start()
 
+  let dnsDiscoveryUrl = "enrtree://AI4W5N5IFEUIHF5LESUAOSMV6TKWF2MB6GU2YK7PU4TYUGUNOCEPW@boot.staging.status.nodes.status.im"
+  let nameServer = parseIpAddress("1.1.1.1")
+  let discoveredPeers = await retrieveDynamicBootstrapNodes(dnsDiscoveryUrl, @[nameServer])
+  if discoveredPeers.isOk:
+    info "Connecting to discovered peers"
+    let remotePeers = discoveredPeers.get()
+    info "Discovered and connecting to peers", peerCount = remotePeers.len
+    asyncSpawn client.node.connectToNodes(remotePeers)
+  else:
+    warn "Failed to find peers via DNS discovery", error = discoveredPeers.error
+
   let subscription: SubscriptionEvent = (kind: PubsubSub, topic:
     client.cfg.pubsubTopic)
 
@@ -194,3 +206,6 @@ proc getConnectedPeerCount*(client: WakuClient): int =
     if peerInfo.connectedness == Connected:
       inc count
   return count
+
+proc stop*(client: WakuClient) {.async.} =
+  await client.node.stop()
diff --git a/src/chat/errors.nim b/src/chat/errors.nim
index f4751b0..c74b5b2 100644
--- a/src/chat/errors.nim
+++ b/src/chat/errors.nim
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ type
   ErrorCode* = enum
     errTypeError
     errWrapped
+    errTopic
 
 proc `$`*(x: ChatError): string =
   fmt"ChatError(code={$x.code}, context: {x.context})"
diff --git a/src/chat/inbox.nim b/src/chat/inbox.nim
index 14beed2..6b8f606 100644
--- a/src/chat/inbox.nim
+++ b/src/chat/inbox.nim
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import std/[strutils]
+
 import
   chronicles,
   chronos,
@@ -10,6 +12,7 @@ import
   conversation_store,
   crypto,
   delivery/waku_client,
+  errors,
   proto_types,
   types
 
@@ -21,6 +24,8 @@ type
     pubkey: PublicKey
     inbox_addr: string
 
+const
+  TopicPrefixInbox = "/inbox/"
 
 proc `$`*(conv: Inbox): string =
   fmt"Inbox: addr->{conv.inbox_addr}"
@@ -56,7 +61,17 @@ proc conversation_id_for*(pubkey: PublicKey): string =
 
 # TODO derive this from instance of Inbox
 proc topic_inbox*(client_addr: string): string =
-  return "/inbox/" & client_addr
+  return TopicPrefixInbox & client_addr
+
+proc parseTopic*(topic: string): Result[string, ChatError] =
+  if not topic.startsWith(TopicPrefixInbox):
+    return err(ChatError(code: errTopic, context: "Invalid inbox topic prefix"))
+  
+  let id = topic.split('/')[^1]
+  if id == "":
+    return err(ChatError(code: errTopic, context: "Empty inbox id"))
+  
+  return ok(id)
 
 method id*(convo: Inbox): string =
   return conversation_id_for(convo.pubkey)