diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0b2959b750..f194e4e0f6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5862,6 +5862,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "log",
  "nym-bin-common",
+ "nym-client-core",
  "nym-crypto",
  "nym-network-defaults",
  "nym-sdk",
diff --git a/nym-network-monitor/Cargo.toml b/nym-network-monitor/Cargo.toml
index 5984b1ec48..3d80fed9a0 100644
--- a/nym-network-monitor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-network-monitor/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ utoipa-swagger-ui = { workspace = true, features = ["axum"] }
 
 # internal
 nym-bin-common = { path = "../common/bin-common" }
+nym-client-core = { path = "../common/client-core" }
 nym-crypto = { path = "../common/crypto" }
 nym-network-defaults = { path = "../common/network-defaults" }
 nym-sdk = { path = "../sdk/rust/nym-sdk" }
diff --git a/nym-network-monitor/src/main.rs b/nym-network-monitor/src/main.rs
index e209a64533..141944eb8a 100644
--- a/nym-network-monitor/src/main.rs
+++ b/nym-network-monitor/src/main.rs
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ async fn make_client(topology: NymTopology) -> Result<MixnetClient> {
     let mixnet_client = mixnet::MixnetClientBuilder::new_ephemeral()
         .network_details(net)
         .custom_topology_provider(topology_provider)
+        .debug_config(mixnet_debug_config(0))
         // .enable_credentials_mode()
         .build()?;
 
@@ -216,3 +217,14 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
 
     Ok(())
 }
+
+fn mixnet_debug_config(min_gateway_performance: u8) -> nym_client_core::config::DebugConfig {
+    let mut debug_config = nym_client_core::config::DebugConfig::default();
+    debug_config
+        .traffic
+        .disable_main_poisson_packet_distribution = true;
+    debug_config.cover_traffic.disable_loop_cover_traffic_stream = true;
+    debug_config.topology.minimum_gateway_performance = min_gateway_performance;
+    debug_config.traffic.deterministic_route_selection = true;
+    debug_config
+}