diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ec9853a31ea5..81ad8e8e91ee 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1037,6 +1037,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libp2p",
  "log",
  "lru",
+ "message_pool",
  "num-traits 0.2.14",
  "pretty_env_logger",
  "rand 0.7.3",
@@ -2368,7 +2369,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libp2p-bitswap",
  "libp2p-request-response",
  "log",
- "message_pool",
  "serde",
  "smallvec",
  "tiny-cid",
diff --git a/blockchain/chain_sync/Cargo.toml b/blockchain/chain_sync/Cargo.toml
index 73c9467c379d..6e027056fc92 100644
--- a/blockchain/chain_sync/Cargo.toml
+++ b/blockchain/chain_sync/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ rand = "0.7.3"
 smallvec = "1.1.0"
 actor = { path = "../../vm/actor" }
 interpreter = { path = "../../vm/interpreter/" }
+message_pool = { path = "../message_pool" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 test_utils = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../../utils/test_utils/", features = ["test_constructors"] }
diff --git a/blockchain/chain_sync/src/sync.rs b/blockchain/chain_sync/src/sync.rs
index 02d3435013c9..61e3561bdb72 100644
--- a/blockchain/chain_sync/src/sync.rs
+++ b/blockchain/chain_sync/src/sync.rs
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ use futures::select;
 use futures::stream::StreamExt;
 use ipld_blockstore::BlockStore;
 use libp2p::core::PeerId;
-use log::{debug, info, warn};
+use log::{debug, info, trace, warn};
 use message::{SignedMessage, UnsignedMessage};
+use message_pool::{MessagePool, Provider};
 use state_manager::StateManager;
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ enum ChainSyncState {
 /// Struct that handles the ChainSync logic. This handles incoming network events such as
 /// gossipsub messages, Hello protocol requests, as well as sending and receiving BlockSync
 /// messages to be able to do the initial sync.
-pub struct ChainSyncer<DB, TBeacon, V> {
+pub struct ChainSyncer<DB, TBeacon, V, M> {
     /// State of general `ChainSync` protocol.
     state: ChainSyncState,
 
@@ -84,17 +85,21 @@ pub struct ChainSyncer<DB, TBeacon, V> {
 
     /// Proof verification implementation.
     verifier: PhantomData<V>,
+
+    mpool: Arc<MessagePool<M>>,
 }
 
-impl<DB, TBeacon, V> ChainSyncer<DB, TBeacon, V>
+impl<DB, TBeacon, V, M> ChainSyncer<DB, TBeacon, V, M>
 where
     TBeacon: Beacon + Sync + Send + 'static,
     DB: BlockStore + Sync + Send + 'static,
     V: ProofVerifier + Sync + Send + 'static,
+    M: Provider + Sync + Send + 'static,
 {
     pub fn new(
         state_manager: Arc<StateManager<DB>>,
         beacon: Arc<TBeacon>,
+        mpool: Arc<MessagePool<M>>,
         network_send: Sender<NetworkMessage>,
         network_rx: Receiver<NetworkEvent>,
         genesis: Arc<Tipset>,
@@ -118,6 +123,7 @@ where
             active_sync_tipsets: SyncBucketSet::default(),
             next_sync_target: None,
             verifier: Default::default(),
+            mpool,
         })
     }
 
@@ -229,9 +235,13 @@ where
                                     warn!("failed to inform new head from peer {}", source);
                                 }
                             }
-                            // ignore pubsub messages because they get handled in the service
-                            // and get added into the mempool
-                            _ => ()
+                            forest_libp2p::PubsubMessage::Message(m) => {
+                                // add message to message pool
+                                // TODO handle adding message to mempool in seperate task.
+                                if let Err(e) = self.mpool.add(m).await {
+                                    trace!("Gossip Message failed to be added to Message pool: {}", e);
+                                }
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                     // All other network events are being ignored currently
@@ -487,10 +497,12 @@ mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use async_std::sync::channel;
     use async_std::sync::Sender;
+    use async_std::task;
     use beacon::MockBeacon;
     use db::MemoryDB;
     use fil_types::verifier::MockVerifier;
     use forest_libp2p::NetworkEvent;
+    use message_pool::{test_provider::TestApi, MessagePool};
     use state_manager::StateManager;
     use std::sync::Arc;
     use std::time::Duration;
@@ -499,12 +511,19 @@ mod tests {
     fn chain_syncer_setup(
         db: Arc<MemoryDB>,
     ) -> (
-        ChainSyncer<MemoryDB, MockBeacon, MockVerifier>,
+        ChainSyncer<MemoryDB, MockBeacon, MockVerifier, TestApi>,
         Sender<NetworkEvent>,
         Receiver<NetworkMessage>,
     ) {
         let chain_store = Arc::new(ChainStore::new(db.clone()));
-
+        let test_provider = TestApi::default();
+        let mpool = task::block_on(MessagePool::new(
+            test_provider,
+            "test".to_string(),
+            Default::default(),
+        ))
+        .unwrap();
+        let mpool = Arc::new(mpool);
         let (local_sender, test_receiver) = channel(20);
         let (event_sender, event_receiver) = channel(20);
 
@@ -518,6 +537,7 @@ mod tests {
             ChainSyncer::new(
                 Arc::new(StateManager::new(chain_store)),
                 beacon,
+                mpool,
                 local_sender,
                 event_receiver,
                 genesis_ts,
diff --git a/blockchain/chain_sync/src/sync/peer_test.rs b/blockchain/chain_sync/src/sync/peer_test.rs
index 6881e59b09dd..5404accfa5b3 100644
--- a/blockchain/chain_sync/src/sync/peer_test.rs
+++ b/blockchain/chain_sync/src/sync/peer_test.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use db::MemoryDB;
 use fil_types::verifier::MockVerifier;
 use forest_libp2p::{hello::HelloRequest, rpc::ResponseChannel};
 use libp2p::core::PeerId;
+use message_pool::{test_provider::TestApi, MessagePool};
 use state_manager::StateManager;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
@@ -20,6 +21,14 @@ fn peer_manager_update() {
 
     let chain_store = Arc::new(ChainStore::new(db.clone()));
 
+    let mpool = task::block_on(MessagePool::new(
+        TestApi::default(),
+        "test".to_string(),
+        Default::default(),
+    ))
+    .unwrap();
+    let mpool = Arc::new(mpool);
+
     let (local_sender, _test_receiver) = channel(20);
     let (event_sender, event_receiver) = channel(20);
 
@@ -37,9 +46,10 @@ fn peer_manager_update() {
     let genesis_ts = Arc::new(Tipset::new(vec![dummy_header]).unwrap());
     let beacon = Arc::new(MockBeacon::new(Duration::from_secs(1)));
     let state_manager = Arc::new(StateManager::new(chain_store));
-    let cs = ChainSyncer::<_, _, MockVerifier>::new(
+    let cs = ChainSyncer::<_, _, MockVerifier, TestApi>::new(
         state_manager,
         beacon,
+        mpool,
         local_sender,
         event_receiver,
         genesis_ts.clone(),
diff --git a/forest/src/daemon.rs b/forest/src/daemon.rs
index 73b7c84e9839..3d28a1b7d391 100644
--- a/forest/src/daemon.rs
+++ b/forest/src/daemon.rs
@@ -134,13 +134,7 @@ pub(super) async fn start(config: Config) {
     );
 
     // Libp2p service setup
-    let p2p_service = Libp2pService::new(
-        config.network,
-        chain_store,
-        Arc::clone(&mpool),
-        net_keypair,
-        &network_name,
-    );
+    let p2p_service = Libp2pService::new(config.network, chain_store, net_keypair, &network_name);
     let network_rx = p2p_service.network_receiver();
     let network_send = p2p_service.network_sender();
 
@@ -158,9 +152,10 @@ pub(super) async fn start(config: Config) {
 
     // Initialize ChainSyncer
     // TODO allow for configuring validation strategy (defaulting to full validation)
-    let chain_syncer = ChainSyncer::<_, _, FullVerifier>::new(
+    let chain_syncer = ChainSyncer::<_, _, FullVerifier, _>::new(
         Arc::clone(&state_manager),
         Arc::new(beacon),
+        Arc::clone(&mpool),
         network_send.clone(),
         network_rx,
         Arc::new(genesis),
diff --git a/node/forest_libp2p/Cargo.toml b/node/forest_libp2p/Cargo.toml
index 025e0fbe11a0..ac1d3821c724 100644
--- a/node/forest_libp2p/Cargo.toml
+++ b/node/forest_libp2p/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ libp2p-bitswap = { git = "https://github.com/ChainSafe/libp2p-bitswap", rev = "b
 tiny-cid = "0.2.0"
 ipld_blockstore = { path = "../../ipld/blockstore" }
 async-trait = "0.1"
-message_pool = { path = "../../blockchain/message_pool" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 forest_address = { path = "../../vm/address" }
diff --git a/node/forest_libp2p/src/service.rs b/node/forest_libp2p/src/service.rs
index 64736e87f1b0..654f1166689c 100644
--- a/node/forest_libp2p/src/service.rs
+++ b/node/forest_libp2p/src/service.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ use libp2p::{
 };
 use libp2p_request_response::{RequestId, ResponseChannel};
 use log::{debug, error, info, trace, warn};
-use message_pool::{MessagePool, Provider};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind};
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -100,10 +99,9 @@ pub enum NetworkMessage {
     },
 }
 /// The Libp2pService listens to events from the Libp2p swarm.
-pub struct Libp2pService<DB, T> {
+pub struct Libp2pService<DB> {
     pub swarm: Swarm<ForestBehaviour>,
     cs: Arc<ChainStore<DB>>,
-    mpool: Arc<MessagePool<T>>,
     /// Keeps track of Blocksync requests to responses
     bs_request_table: HashMap<RequestId, OneShotSender<BlockSyncResponse>>,
     network_receiver_in: Receiver<NetworkMessage>,
@@ -114,16 +112,14 @@ pub struct Libp2pService<DB, T> {
     bitswap_response_channels: HashMap<Cid, Vec<OneShotSender<()>>>,
 }
 
-impl<DB, T> Libp2pService<DB, T>
+impl<DB> Libp2pService<DB>
 where
     DB: BlockStore + Sync + Send + 'static,
-    T: Provider + Sync + Send + 'static,
 {
     /// Constructs a Libp2pService
     pub fn new(
         config: Libp2pConfig,
         cs: Arc<ChainStore<DB>>,
-        mpool: Arc<MessagePool<T>>,
         net_keypair: Keypair,
         network_name: &str,
     ) -> Self {
@@ -155,7 +151,6 @@ where
         Libp2pService {
             swarm,
             cs,
-            mpool,
             bs_request_table: HashMap::new(),
             network_receiver_in,
             network_sender_in,
@@ -216,14 +211,8 @@ where
                                     Ok(m) => {
                                         emit_event(&self.network_sender_out, NetworkEvent::PubsubMessage{
                                             source,
-                                            message: PubsubMessage::Message(m.clone()),
+                                            message: PubsubMessage::Message(m),
                                         }).await;
-                                        // add message to message pool
-                                        // TODO handle adding message to mempool in seperate task.
-                                        // Not ideal that it could potentially block network thread
-                                        if let Err(e) = self.mpool.add(m).await {
-                                            trace!("Gossip Message failed to be added to Message pool: {}", e);
-                                        }
                                     }
                                     Err(e) => warn!("Gossip Message from peer {:?} could not be deserialized: {}", source, e)
                                 }