diff --git a/cmd/client/txgen/main.go b/cmd/client/txgen/main.go
index a784d0264..e9ed3e44c 100644
--- a/cmd/client/txgen/main.go
+++ b/cmd/client/txgen/main.go
@@ -196,9 +196,7 @@ func main() {
 	clientNode.Client.UpdateBlocks = updateBlocksFunc
 
 	for _, leader := range shardIDLeaderMap {
-		if *libp2pPD {
-			clientNode.Role = node.NewNode
-		} else {
+		if !*libp2pPD {
 			clientNode.GetHost().AddPeer(&leader)
 			utils.GetLogInstance().Debug("Client Join Shard", "leader", leader)
 			go clientNode.JoinShard(leader)
@@ -207,6 +205,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	if *libp2pPD {
+		clientNode.Role = node.ClientNode
 		clientNode.ServiceManagerSetup()
 		clientNode.RunServices()
 		go clientNode.StartServer()
diff --git a/node/node.go b/node/node.go
index 372ce160c..26d0f34ac 100644
--- a/node/node.go
+++ b/node/node.go
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ const (
 	BeaconLeader
 	BeaconValidator
 	NewNode
+	ClientNode
 )
 
 func (state State) String() string {
@@ -726,10 +727,23 @@ func (node *Node) initNodeConfiguration() (service.NodeConfig, chan p2p.Peer) {
 }
 
 func (node *Node) initBeaconNodeConfiguration() (service.NodeConfig, chan p2p.Peer) {
-	nodeConfig, chanPeer := node.initNodeConfiguration()
-	nodeConfig.IsBeacon = true
+	chanPeer := make(chan p2p.Peer)
+
+	nodeConfig := service.NodeConfig{
+		IsBeacon: true,
+		IsClient: true,
+		Beacon:   p2p.GroupIDBeacon,
+		Group:    p2p.GroupIDUnknown,
+		Actions:  make(map[p2p.GroupID]p2p.ActionType),
+	}
+	nodeConfig.Actions[p2p.GroupIDBeaconClient] = p2p.ActionStart
 
 	var err error
+	node.groupReceiver, err = node.host.GroupReceiver(p2p.GroupIDBeacon)
+	if err != nil {
+		utils.GetLogInstance().Error("create group receiver error", "msg", err)
+	}
+
 	// All beacon chain node will subscribe to BeaconClient topic
 	node.clientReceiver, err = node.host.GroupReceiver(p2p.GroupIDBeaconClient)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -812,6 +826,15 @@ func (node *Node) setupForNewNode() {
 	// TODO: how to restart networkinfo and discovery service after receiving shard id info from beacon chain?
 }
 
+func (node *Node) setupForClientNode() {
+	nodeConfig, chanPeer := node.initNodeConfiguration()
+
+	// Register peer discovery service.
+	node.serviceManager.RegisterService(service_manager.PeerDiscovery, discovery.New(node.host, nodeConfig, chanPeer))
+	// Register networkinfo service. "0" is the beacon shard ID
+	node.serviceManager.RegisterService(service_manager.NetworkInfo, networkinfo.New(node.host, p2p.GroupIDBeacon, chanPeer))
+}
+
 // ServiceManagerSetup setups service store.
 func (node *Node) ServiceManagerSetup() {
 	node.serviceManager = &service_manager.Manager{}
@@ -826,6 +849,8 @@ func (node *Node) ServiceManagerSetup() {
 		node.setupForBeaconValidator()
 	case NewNode:
 		node.setupForNewNode()
+	case ClientNode:
+		node.setupForClientNode()
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/test/configs/oneshard1.txt b/test/configs/oneshard1.txt
index 995c9ec97..2e8297ff4 100644
--- a/test/configs/oneshard1.txt
+++ b/test/configs/oneshard1.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,10 @@
 127.0.0.1 9002 validator 0
 127.0.0.1 9003 validator 0
 127.0.0.1 9004 validator 0
+127.0.0.1 9005 validator 0
+127.0.0.1 9006 validator 0
+127.0.0.1 9007 validator 0
+127.0.0.1 9008 validator 0
+127.0.0.1 9009 validator 0
+127.0.0.1 9010 validator 0
+127.0.0.1 19999 client 0
diff --git a/test/deploy.sh b/test/deploy.sh
index 15e2fc671..d4315bc5b 100755
--- a/test/deploy.sh
+++ b/test/deploy.sh
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ EOU
 DB=
 TXGEN=true
 DURATION=90
-MIN=2
+MIN=5
 SHARDS=2
 KILLPORT=9004
 SYNC=true
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ if [ -z "$config" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ "$SYNC" == "true" ]; then
-    DURATION=600
+    DURATION=300
 fi
 
 # Kill nodes if any
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ LOG_FILE=$log_folder/r.log
 
 HMY_OPT=
 HMY_OPT2=
+HMY_OPT3=
 
 if [ "$P2P" == "false" ]; then
    echo "launching beacon chain ..."
@@ -144,8 +145,8 @@ else
    sleep 1
    BN_MA=$(grep "BN_MA" $log_folder/bootnode.log | awk -F\= ' { print $2 } ')
    HMY_OPT2=" -bootnodes $BN_MA"
-   HMY_OPT2+=" -libp2p_pd -is_beacon"
-   TXGEN=false
+   HMY_OPT2+=" -libp2p_pd"
+   HMY_OPT3=" -is_beacon"
 fi
 
 NUM_NN=0
@@ -154,15 +155,15 @@ NUM_NN=0
 while IFS='' read -r line || [[ -n "$line" ]]; do
   IFS=' ' read ip port mode shardID <<< $line
   if [ "$mode" == "leader" ]; then
-     $DRYRUN $ROOT/bin/harmony -ip $ip -port $port -log_folder $log_folder $DB -min_peers $MIN $HMY_OPT $HMY_OPT2 -key /tmp/$ip-$port.key -is_leader 2>&1 | tee -a $LOG_FILE &
+     $DRYRUN $ROOT/bin/harmony -ip $ip -port $port -log_folder $log_folder $DB -min_peers $MIN $HMY_OPT $HMY_OPT2 $HMY_OPT3 -key /tmp/$ip-$port.key -is_leader 2>&1 | tee -a $LOG_FILE &
   fi
   if [ "$mode" == "validator" ]; then
-     $DRYRUN $ROOT/bin/harmony -ip $ip -port $port -log_folder $log_folder $DB -min_peers $MIN $HMY_OPT $HMY_OPT2 -key /tmp/$ip-$port.key 2>&1 | tee -a $LOG_FILE &
+     $DRYRUN $ROOT/bin/harmony -ip $ip -port $port -log_folder $log_folder $DB -min_peers $MIN $HMY_OPT $HMY_OPT2 $HMY_OPT3 -key /tmp/$ip-$port.key 2>&1 | tee -a $LOG_FILE &
   fi
   sleep 0.5
   if [[ "$mode" == "newnode" && "$SYNC" == "true" ]]; then
      (( NUM_NN += 35 ))
-     (sleep $NUM_NN; $DRYRUN $ROOT/bin/harmony -ip $ip -port $port -log_folder $log_folder $DB -min_peers $MIN $HMY_OPT $HMY_OPT2 -key /tmp/$ip-$port.key 2>&1 | tee -a $LOG_FILE ) &
+     (sleep $NUM_NN; $DRYRUN $ROOT/bin/harmony -ip $ip -port $port -log_folder $log_folder $DB -min_peers $MIN $HMY_OPT $HMY_OPT2 $HMY_OPT3 -key /tmp/$ip-$port.key 2>&1 | tee -a $LOG_FILE ) &
   fi
 done < $config
 
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ if [ "$TXGEN" == "true" ]; then
    line=$(grep client $config)
    IFS=' ' read ip port mode shardID <<< $line
    if [ "$mode" == "client" ]; then
-      $DRYRUN $ROOT/bin/txgen -log_folder $log_folder -duration $DURATION -ip $ip -port $port $HMY_OPT 2>&1 | tee -a $LOG_FILE
+      $DRYRUN $ROOT/bin/txgen -log_folder $log_folder -duration $DURATION -ip $ip -port $port $HMY_OPT $HMY_OPT2 2>&1 | tee -a $LOG_FILE
    fi
 else
    sleep $DURATION