diff --git a/clients/client-core/src/client/topology_control.rs b/clients/client-core/src/client/topology_control.rs
index ad9e4a4ce6..1c6b9e7643 100644
--- a/clients/client-core/src/client/topology_control.rs
+++ b/clients/client-core/src/client/topology_control.rs
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ impl TopologyRefresher {
         // only refresh mixnodes on timer and refresh gateways only when
         // we have to send to a new, unknown, gateway
 
-        let mixnodes = match self.validator_client.get_cached_active_mixnodes().await {
+        let mixnodes = match self.validator_client.get_cached_mixnodes().await {
             Err(err) => {
                 error!("failed to get network mixnodes - {err}");
                 return None;
diff --git a/clients/native/src/commands/run.rs b/clients/native/src/commands/run.rs
index 5eb6939944..c9af755052 100644
--- a/clients/native/src/commands/run.rs
+++ b/clients/native/src/commands/run.rs
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn execute(args: &Run) -> Result<(), ClientError> {
     };
 
     let override_config_fields = OverrideConfig::from(args.clone());
-    config = override_config(config, override_config_fields);
+    //config = override_config(config, override_config_fields);
 
     if config.get_base_mut().set_empty_fields_to_defaults() {
         warn!("some of the core config options were left unset. the default values are going to get used instead.");
diff --git a/clients/socks5/src/commands/run.rs b/clients/socks5/src/commands/run.rs
index 48d4651d15..7f50bea28c 100644
--- a/clients/socks5/src/commands/run.rs
+++ b/clients/socks5/src/commands/run.rs
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn execute(args: &Run) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error
     };
 
     let override_config_fields = OverrideConfig::from(args.clone());
-    config = override_config(config, override_config_fields);
+    //config = override_config(config, override_config_fields);
 
     if config.get_base_mut().set_empty_fields_to_defaults() {
         warn!("some of the core config options were left unset. the default values are going to get used instead.");