diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index adaec6c811..a08936e126 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1422,6 +1422,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "built",
  "clap",
  "crypto",
+ "directory-client",
  "dotenv",
  "futures 0.3.1",
  "healthcheck",
@@ -1431,6 +1432,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
  "tokio 0.2.10",
  "toml",
+ "topology",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/nym-client/src/client/topology_control.rs b/nym-client/src/client/topology_control.rs
index 9daafc0572..9833f81166 100644
--- a/nym-client/src/client/topology_control.rs
+++ b/nym-client/src/client/topology_control.rs
@@ -43,17 +43,8 @@ where
         refresh_rate: f64,
         identity_keypair: IDPair,
     ) -> Self {
-        // topology control run a healthcheck to determine healthy-ish nodes:
         // this is a temporary solution as the healthcheck will eventually be moved to validators
-
-        let healthcheck_config = healthcheck::config::HealthCheck {
-            directory_server: directory_server.clone(),
-            // those are literally irrelevant when running single check
-            interval: 100000.0,
-            resolution_timeout: 5.0,
-            num_test_packets: 2,
-        };
-        let health_checker = healthcheck::HealthChecker::new(healthcheck_config, identity_keypair);
+        let health_checker = healthcheck::HealthChecker::new(5.0, 2, identity_keypair);
 
         let mut topology_control = TopologyControl {
             directory_server,
@@ -79,8 +70,16 @@ where
 
     async fn get_current_compatible_topology(&self) -> Result<T, TopologyError> {
         let full_topology = T::new(self.directory_server.clone());
+        let version_filtered_topology = full_topology.filter_node_versions(
+            built_info::PKG_VERSION,
+            built_info::PKG_VERSION,
+            built_info::PKG_VERSION,
+        );
 
-        let healthcheck_result = self.health_checker.do_check().await;
+        let healthcheck_result = self
+            .health_checker
+            .do_check(&version_filtered_topology)
+            .await;
         let healthcheck_scores = match healthcheck_result {
             Err(err) => {
                 error!("Error while performing the healthcheck: {:?}", err);
@@ -89,21 +88,15 @@ where
             Ok(scores) => scores,
         };
 
-        let healthy_topology =
-            healthcheck_scores.filter_topology_by_score(&full_topology, NODE_HEALTH_THRESHOLD);
-
-        let versioned_healthy_topology = healthy_topology.filter_node_versions(
-            built_info::PKG_VERSION,
-            built_info::PKG_VERSION,
-            built_info::PKG_VERSION,
-        );
+        let healthy_topology = healthcheck_scores
+            .filter_topology_by_score(&version_filtered_topology, NODE_HEALTH_THRESHOLD);
 
         // make sure you can still send a packet through the network:
-        if !versioned_healthy_topology.can_construct_path_through() {
+        if !healthy_topology.can_construct_path_through() {
             return Err(TopologyError::NoValidPathsError);
         }
 
-        Ok(versioned_healthy_topology)
+        Ok(healthy_topology)
     }
 
     pub(crate) fn get_inner_ref(&self) -> Arc<FRwLock<Inner<T>>> {
diff --git a/validator/Cargo.toml b/validator/Cargo.toml
index 3895b662fe..00cc970649 100644
--- a/validator/Cargo.toml
+++ b/validator/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ toml = "0.5.5"
 
 ## internal
 crypto = {path = "../common/crypto"}
+directory-client = { path = "../common/clients/directory-client" }
 healthcheck = {path = "../common/healthcheck" }
+topology = {path = "../common/topology"}
 
 [build-dependencies]
 built = "0.3.2"