diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e624fe68e5..1aa003f346 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1046,6 +1046,10 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "mix_client"
 version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "sphinx 0.1.0",
+ "tokio 0.2.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mockito"
@@ -1129,6 +1133,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "dirs 2.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "futures 0.3.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "hex 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "mix_client 0.1.0",
  "mockito 0.22.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "pem 0.7.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rand 0.7.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
diff --git a/client/Cargo.toml b/client/Cargo.toml
index e4c1117116..f05d9d9820 100644
--- a/client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/client/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,11 +24,17 @@ rand_distr = "0.2.2"
 reqwest = "0.9.22"
 serde = { version = "1.0.104", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.44"
-sphinx = { path = "../../sphinx" }
-sfw-provider-requests = { path = "../sfw-provider/sfw-provider-requests" }
 tokio = { version = "0.2", features = ["full"] }
 tungstenite = "0.9.2"
 
+## internal
+directory_client = { path = "directory_client" }
+mix_client = { path = "mix_client" }
+sfw-provider-requests = { path = "../sfw-provider/sfw-provider-requests" }
+
+## will be moved to proper dependencies once released
+sphinx = { path = "../../sphinx" }
+
 # putting this explicitly below everything and most likely, the next time we look into it, it will already have a proper release
 tokio-tungstenite = { git = "https://github.com/dbcfd/tokio-tungstenite", rev="6dc2018cbfe8fe7ddd75ff977343086503135b38" }
 
diff --git a/client/mix_client/Cargo.toml b/client/mix_client/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..775eb96cf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/mix_client/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[package]
+name = "mix_client"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Jedrzej Stuczynski <andrew@nymtech.net"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+tokio = { version = "0.2", features = ["full"] }
+
+## will be moved to proper dependencies once released
+sphinx = { path = "../../../sphinx" }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/src/clients/mix.rs b/client/mix_client/src/lib.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from client/src/clients/mix.rs
rename to client/mix_client/src/lib.rs
diff --git a/client/src/clients/mod.rs b/client/src/clients/mod.rs
index d8f6070d65..c69c506473 100644
--- a/client/src/clients/mod.rs
+++ b/client/src/clients/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use crate::clients::mix::MixClient;
 use crate::clients::provider::ProviderClient;
 use crate::sockets::tcp;
 use crate::sockets::ws;
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
 use tokio::runtime::Runtime;
 
-pub mod mix;
 pub mod provider;
 pub mod validator;
 
@@ -43,7 +41,7 @@ struct MixTrafficController;
 impl MixTrafficController {
     // this was way more difficult to implement than what this code may suggest...
     async fn run(mut rx: mpsc::UnboundedReceiver<MixMessage>) {
-        let mix_client = MixClient::new();
+        let mix_client = mix_client::MixClient::new();
         while let Some(mix_message) = rx.next().await {
             println!(
                 "[MIX TRAFFIC CONTROL] - got a mix_message for {:?}",