diff --git a/nym-node/src/node/mixnet/packet_ingest.rs b/nym-node/src/node/mixnet/packet_ingest.rs
index ec38fe89cf..6dba1e1533 100644
--- a/nym-node/src/node/mixnet/packet_ingest.rs
+++ b/nym-node/src/node/mixnet/packet_ingest.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 //! Mix Packet Ingest Worker implementation and tooling
 
-use std::io;
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use std::time::Instant;
+use std::{io, num::NonZero};
 
 use crate::node::{
     key_rotation::active_keys::SphinxKeyGuard,
@@ -75,13 +75,17 @@ impl MixPacketIngest {
     }
 
     pub async fn run(&mut self, shutdown_token: ShutdownToken) {
+        // this one is impossible to ever panic
+        #[allow(clippy::unwrap_used)]
+        let default_worker_count = NonZero::new(1).unwrap();
         let num_threads = std::thread::available_parallelism()
-            .expect("unable to query available parallelism")
+            .inspect_err(|e| warn!("unable to query available parallelism: {e}"))
+            .unwrap_or(default_worker_count)
             .get();
 
         let mut workers = tokio::task::JoinSet::new();
 
-        for i in 0..num_threads {
+        for _ in 0..num_threads {
             let recv = self.packet_receiver.clone();
             let worker = MixPacketIngestWorker {
                 packet_receiver: recv,
@@ -132,7 +136,7 @@ impl MixPacketIngestWorker {
                     // this one is impossible to ever panic - the parent struct maintains a sender
                     // and waits for this process to end. Therefore it can't happen that ALL senders
                     // are dropped
-                    #[allow(clippy::unwrap_used)]
+                    #[allow(clippy::expect_used)]
                     let new_packet = new_packet.expect("the ingest receiver closed somehow");
                     self.handle_ingest_packet(new_packet).await;
                 }
@@ -155,7 +159,7 @@ impl MixPacketIngestWorker {
     }
 
     async fn handle_received_packet_with_replay_detection(&mut self, packet: IngressNymPacket) {
-        let source = packet.received_from.clone();
+        let source = packet.received_from;
         let received_at = packet.received_at;
 
         // 1. derive and expand shared secret
@@ -188,7 +192,7 @@ impl MixPacketIngestWorker {
         let Ok(replayed) = self
             .shared
             .replay_protection_filter
-            .check_and_set(rotation_id, &replay_tag)
+            .check_and_set(rotation_id, replay_tag)
         else {
             // our mutex got poisoned - we have to shut down
             error!("CRITICAL FAILURE: replay bloomfilter mutex poisoning!");
@@ -214,7 +218,7 @@ impl MixPacketIngestWorker {
     }
 
     async fn handle_received_packet_with_no_replay_detection(&mut self, packet: IngressNymPacket) {
-        let source = packet.received_from.clone();
+        let source = packet.received_from;
         let received_at = packet.received_at;
         let unwrapped_packet = self.try_full_unwrap_packet(packet);
         self.handle_unwrapped_packet(unwrapped_packet, source, received_at)
@@ -413,8 +417,7 @@ impl MixPacketIngestWorker {
                 target.saturating_duration_since(received_at).as_millis() as u64,
             );
         }
-        self.shared
-            .forward_mix_packet(mix_packet, forward_instant.into());
+        self.shared.forward_mix_packet(mix_packet, forward_instant);
     }
 
     /// Determine instant at which packet should get forwarded to the next hop.