diff --git a/demos/rust-cosmos-broadcaster-client/src/commands/commands.rs b/demos/rust-cosmos-broadcaster-client/src/commands/commands.rs
index 477087dd47..18348a1e0f 100644
--- a/demos/rust-cosmos-broadcaster-client/src/commands/commands.rs
+++ b/demos/rust-cosmos-broadcaster-client/src/commands/commands.rs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ pub async fn offline_sign(mnemonic: bip39::Mnemonic, to: AccountId) -> String {
 
 }
 
-pub async fn send_tx(base58_tx: String) -> Option<Vec<mixnet::ReconstructedMessage>> /*String*/ {
+pub async fn send_tx(base58_tx: String, sp_address: String) -> Option<Vec<mixnet::ReconstructedMessage>> /*String*/ {
     // 1. decode base58 -> vec<u8> 
     println!("this is where we decode the base58 string"); 
 
@@ -80,8 +80,6 @@ pub async fn send_tx(base58_tx: String) -> Option<Vec<mixnet::ReconstructedMessa
     
     let our_address = client.nym_address();
     println!("Our client nym address is: {our_address}");
-    
-    // client.send_str(*our_address, "hello there").await;
 
     // 3. send message w sdk to broadcaster who will do: 
     /* 
diff --git a/demos/rust-cosmos-broadcaster-client/src/main.rs b/demos/rust-cosmos-broadcaster-client/src/main.rs
index 4391efb9dd..e764f8218f 100644
--- a/demos/rust-cosmos-broadcaster-client/src/main.rs
+++ b/demos/rust-cosmos-broadcaster-client/src/main.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ struct OfflineSignTx {
 #[derive(Debug, Args)]
 struct SendTx {
     /// the base58 encoded signed payload created in OfflineSign()  
-    base58_payload: String 
+    base58_payload: String, 
+    /// the nym address of the broadcaster service provider 
+    sp_address: String 
 }
 
 #[tokio::main]
@@ -68,15 +70,15 @@ async fn main() {
 
             if input.chars().next().unwrap() == 'y' { // TODO add proper parsing for getting y/n
                 println!("\nsending tx thru the mixnet to broadcaster service"); 
-                let tx_hash = commands::commands::send_tx(sp_address.to_string()).await;
+                let tx_hash = commands::commands::send_tx(base58_tx_bytes, sp_address.to_string()).await;
                 println!("the response from the broadcaster: {:#?}", tx_hash); 
             } else if input.chars().next().unwrap() == 'n' {
                 println!("\nok, you can send the signed tx at a later date by passing the base58 string above as the argument for send-tx")
-            } else { //TODO make a loop & return to the question if input is not y/n 
+            } else { //TODO make a loop & return to the question if input is not y/n? 
                 println!("\nunrecognised user input");
             }
         }
-        Some(Commands::SendTx(SendTx { base58_payload } )) => {
+        Some(Commands::SendTx(SendTx { base58_payload, sp_address} )) => {
             todo!(); 
         }       
         None => {println!("no command specified - nothing to do")}