diff --git a/mixnode/src/node/mod.rs b/mixnode/src/node/mod.rs
index 3400fd4816..1eaa2e8d37 100644
--- a/mixnode/src/node/mod.rs
+++ b/mixnode/src/node/mod.rs
@@ -248,14 +248,14 @@ impl MixNode {
         let mut rt = Runtime::new()?;
 
         // Spawn Tokio tasks as necessary for node functionality
-        let tmp_notifier_config = presence::NotifierConfig {
-            directory_server: self.config.get_directory_server(),
-            host: self.config.get_announce_address(),
-            pub_key: self.sphinx_keypair.public_key().to_base58_string(),
-            layer: self.config.get_layer(),
-        };
+        let notifier_config = presence::NotifierConfig::new(
+            self.config.get_directory_server(),
+            self.config.get_announce_address(),
+            self.sphinx_keypair.public_key().to_base58_string(),
+            self.config.get_layer(),
+        );
         rt.spawn({
-            let presence_notifier = presence::Notifier::new(tmp_notifier_config);
+            let presence_notifier = presence::Notifier::new(notifier_config);
             presence_notifier.run()
         });
 
diff --git a/mixnode/src/node/presence.rs b/mixnode/src/node/presence.rs
index 70dd045d95..d97e4ea05d 100644
--- a/mixnode/src/node/presence.rs
+++ b/mixnode/src/node/presence.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::node;
+use crate::built_info;
 use directory_client::presence::mixnodes::MixNodePresence;
 use directory_client::requests::presence_mixnodes_post::PresenceMixNodesPoster;
 use directory_client::DirectoryClient;
@@ -11,11 +11,26 @@ pub struct Notifier {
 }
 
 pub struct NotifierConfig {
-    // TEMPORARLY PUBLIC
-    pub directory_server: String,
-    pub host: String,
-    pub pub_key: String,
-    pub layer: u64,
+    directory_server: String,
+    announce_host: String,
+    pub_key_string: String,
+    layer: u64,
+}
+
+impl NotifierConfig {
+    pub fn new(
+        directory_server: String,
+        announce_host: String,
+        pub_key_string: String,
+        layer: u64,
+    ) -> Self {
+        NotifierConfig {
+            directory_server,
+            announce_host,
+            pub_key_string,
+            layer,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl Notifier {
@@ -25,11 +40,11 @@ impl Notifier {
         };
         let net_client = directory_client::Client::new(directory_client_cfg);
         let presence = MixNodePresence {
-            host: config.host,
-            pub_key: config.pub_key,
+            host: config.announce_host,
+            pub_key: config.pub_key_string,
             layer: config.layer,
             last_seen: 0,
-            version: env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").to_string(),
+            version: built_info::PKG_VERSION.to_string(),
         };
         Notifier {
             net_client,