diff --git a/clients/validator/package.json b/clients/validator/package.json
index f621d6a33b..5a8c9d9709 100644
--- a/clients/validator/package.json
+++ b/clients/validator/package.json
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     "@cosmjs/tendermint-rpc": "^0.27.0-rc2",
     "axios": "^0.21.1",
     "cosmjs-types": "^0.4.0",
-    "dotenv": "^10.0.0"
+    "dotenv": "^10.0.0",
+    "moq.ts": "^7.3.4"
   }
 }
diff --git a/clients/validator/tests/integration/integration.e2e.test.ts b/clients/validator/tests/integration/integration.e2e.test.ts
index 312cc99462..721f10d9b6 100644
--- a/clients/validator/tests/integration/integration.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/clients/validator/tests/integration/integration.e2e.test.ts
@@ -164,8 +164,6 @@ describe("long running e2e tests", () => {
   test.only("delegate to mixnode, then undelegate", async () => {
 
       const pledge = buildCoin("100000000", config.CURRENCY_DENOM)
-      const getBalance = await validatorClient.getBalance(config.USER_WALLET_ADDRESS);
-      console.log(getBalance);
 
       try {
           response = await validatorClient.delegateToMixNode(
diff --git a/clients/validator/tests/integration/validator.api.querier.test.ts b/clients/validator/tests/integration/validator.api.querier.test.ts
index 4089b7e430..65befe9eb5 100644
--- a/clients/validator/tests/integration/validator.api.querier.test.ts
+++ b/clients/validator/tests/integration/validator.api.querier.test.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ describe("init the validator api querier", () => {
       //all mixnodes will have their owners address
       let response = await client.getRewardedMixnodes();
 
+      console.log(response);
+
       //this is dependany on config and network amend shortly
       response.forEach((Node) => {
         expect(Node.owner.length).toStrictEqual(43);
diff --git a/clients/validator/tests/mocks/nymd.mock.test.ts b/clients/validator/tests/mocks/nymd.mock.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f6da6af31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clients/validator/tests/mocks/nymd.mock.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { Mock, Times } from "moq.ts";
+import { INymdQuery } from "../../src/query-client";
+
+describe("nym-client mocks", () => {
+  beforeAll(() => {});
+
+  afterEach(() => {});
+
+  test.only("nymd mocks", async () => {
+    let contract = "mixnet_contract";
+    let response = Promise.resolve(Number(200));
+
+    const client = new Mock<INymdQuery>()
+      .setup((nym) => nym.getIntervalRewardPercent(contract))
+      .returns(response);
+
+    const obj = client.object();
+
+    let execute = await obj.getIntervalRewardPercent(contract);
+
+    client.verify(
+      (nym) => nym.getIntervalRewardPercent(contract),
+      Times.Exactly(1)
+    );
+
+    expect(execute).toStrictEqual(await response);
+  });
+});
+
diff --git a/clients/validator/yarn.lock b/clients/validator/yarn.lock
index 1b6f36381b..04dbf5a889 100644
--- a/clients/validator/yarn.lock
+++ b/clients/validator/yarn.lock
@@ -3149,6 +3149,13 @@ minimist@^1.2.0, minimist@^1.2.5:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimist/-/minimist-1.2.5.tgz"
   integrity sha512-FM9nNUYrRBAELZQT3xeZQ7fmMOBg6nWNmJKTcgsJeaLstP/UODVpGsr5OhXhhXg6f+qtJ8uiZ+PUxkDWcgIXLw==
 
+moq.ts@^7.3.4:
+  version "7.3.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/moq.ts/-/moq.ts-7.3.4.tgz#982c3b195a54fd58c7a40a84e37a870374d15927"
+  integrity sha512-rOelPx7ns+RzyliPwHH2wFVqGowITKRQtECLvVKhiIt4oM4r2hYq4AmgQh0NpWlMxWl2fuZtPJhikrhVpAoF5g==
+  dependencies:
+    tslib "2.1.0"
+
 ms@2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/-/ms-2.0.0.tgz"
@@ -3939,6 +3946,11 @@ tsconfig-paths@^3.12.0:
     minimist "^1.2.0"
     strip-bom "^3.0.0"
 
+tslib@2.1.0:
+  version "2.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tslib/-/tslib-2.1.0.tgz#da60860f1c2ecaa5703ab7d39bc05b6bf988b97a"
+  integrity sha512-hcVC3wYEziELGGmEEXue7D75zbwIIVUMWAVbHItGPx0ziyXxrOMQx4rQEVEV45Ut/1IotuEvwqPopzIOkDMf0A==
+
 tslib@^1.8.1:
   version "1.14.1"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/tslib/-/tslib-1.14.1.tgz"