diff --git a/mixnode/src/commands/describe.rs b/mixnode/src/commands/describe.rs
index 93eb9bdf68..2bab09b8c9 100644
--- a/mixnode/src/commands/describe.rs
+++ b/mixnode/src/commands/describe.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-use crate::commands::*;
 use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::node::node_description::NodeDescription;
+use clap::Args;
+use colored::Colorize;
 use config::NymConfig;
 use std::io;
 use std::io::Write;
diff --git a/mixnode/src/commands/init.rs b/mixnode/src/commands/init.rs
index 1b6850c270..68810483fa 100644
--- a/mixnode/src/commands/init.rs
+++ b/mixnode/src/commands/init.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 // Copyright 2020 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-use crate::commands::*;
-use crate::config::persistence::pathfinder::MixNodePathfinder;
 use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::node::MixNode;
+use crate::{commands::override_config, config::persistence::pathfinder::MixNodePathfinder};
+use clap::Args;
 use config::NymConfig;
 use crypto::asymmetric::{encryption, identity};
 
+use super::OverrideConfig;
+
 #[derive(Args, Clone)]
 pub(crate) struct Init {
     /// Initialise the mixnode
diff --git a/mixnode/src/commands/mod.rs b/mixnode/src/commands/mod.rs
index 46d5ffe66b..ff59940417 100644
--- a/mixnode/src/commands/mod.rs
+++ b/mixnode/src/commands/mod.rs
@@ -3,18 +3,18 @@
 
 use std::process;
 
-use crate::config::Config;
-use clap::{Args, Subcommand};
+use crate::{config::Config, Cli};
+use clap::Subcommand;
 use colored::Colorize;
 use crypto::bech32_address_validation;
 use url::Url;
 
-pub(crate) mod describe;
-pub(crate) mod init;
-pub(crate) mod node_details;
-pub(crate) mod run;
-pub(crate) mod sign;
-pub(crate) mod upgrade;
+mod describe;
+mod init;
+mod node_details;
+mod run;
+mod sign;
+mod upgrade;
 
 #[derive(Subcommand)]
 pub(crate) enum Commands {
@@ -49,6 +49,17 @@ struct OverrideConfig {
     wallet_address: Option<String>,
 }
 
+pub(crate) async fn execute(args: Cli) {
+    match &args.command {
+        Commands::Describe(m) => describe::execute(m),
+        Commands::Init(m) => init::execute(m).await,
+        Commands::Run(m) => run::execute(m).await,
+        Commands::Sign(m) => sign::execute(m),
+        Commands::Upgrade(m) => upgrade::execute(m),
+        Commands::NodeDetails(m) => node_details::execute(m),
+    }
+}
+
 fn parse_validators(raw: &str) -> Vec<Url> {
     raw.split(',')
         .map(|raw_validator| {
diff --git a/mixnode/src/commands/node_details.rs b/mixnode/src/commands/node_details.rs
index 0dcfadf435..471b3bde94 100644
--- a/mixnode/src/commands/node_details.rs
+++ b/mixnode/src/commands/node_details.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 // Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-use crate::commands::*;
 use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::node::MixNode;
+use clap::Args;
 use config::NymConfig;
 
 #[derive(Args)]
diff --git a/mixnode/src/commands/run.rs b/mixnode/src/commands/run.rs
index 11c7346378..49b372a211 100644
--- a/mixnode/src/commands/run.rs
+++ b/mixnode/src/commands/run.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 // Copyright 2020 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-use crate::commands::*;
+use crate::commands::{override_config, version_check};
 use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::node::MixNode;
+use clap::Args;
 use config::NymConfig;
 
+use super::OverrideConfig;
+
 #[derive(Args, Clone)]
 pub(crate) struct Run {
     /// Id of the nym-mixnode we want to run
diff --git a/mixnode/src/commands/sign.rs b/mixnode/src/commands/sign.rs
index c7e697b746..46158a9b42 100644
--- a/mixnode/src/commands/sign.rs
+++ b/mixnode/src/commands/sign.rs
@@ -3,14 +3,17 @@
 
 use std::convert::TryFrom;
 
-use crate::commands::*;
+use crate::commands::validate_bech32_address_or_exit;
 use crate::config::{persistence::pathfinder::MixNodePathfinder, Config};
+use crate::node::MixNode;
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
-use clap::ArgGroup;
+use clap::{ArgGroup, Args};
 use config::NymConfig;
 use crypto::asymmetric::identity;
 use log::error;
 
+use super::version_check;
+
 #[derive(Args, Clone)]
 #[clap(group(ArgGroup::new("sign").required(true).args(&["address", "text"])))]
 pub(crate) struct Sign {
@@ -49,15 +52,6 @@ impl TryFrom<Sign> for SignedTarget {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn load_identity_keys(pathfinder: &MixNodePathfinder) -> identity::KeyPair {
-    let identity_keypair: identity::KeyPair = pemstore::load_keypair(&pemstore::KeyPairPath::new(
-        pathfinder.private_identity_key().to_owned(),
-        pathfinder.public_identity_key().to_owned(),
-    ))
-    .expect("Failed to read stored identity key files");
-    identity_keypair
-}
-
 fn print_signed_address(private_key: &identity::PrivateKey, raw_address: &str) {
     let trimmed = raw_address.trim();
     validate_bech32_address_or_exit(trimmed);
@@ -109,7 +103,7 @@ pub(crate) fn execute(args: &Sign) {
         }
     };
     let pathfinder = MixNodePathfinder::new_from_config(&config);
-    let identity_keypair = load_identity_keys(&pathfinder);
+    let identity_keypair = MixNode::load_identity_keys(&pathfinder);
 
     match signed_target {
         SignedTarget::Text(text) => print_signed_text(identity_keypair.private_key(), &text),
diff --git a/mixnode/src/commands/upgrade.rs b/mixnode/src/commands/upgrade.rs
index 7abbbaf02c..0b0241e03c 100644
--- a/mixnode/src/commands/upgrade.rs
+++ b/mixnode/src/commands/upgrade.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright 2020 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-use crate::commands::*;
 use crate::config::{missing_string_value, Config};
+use clap::Args;
 use config::defaults::default_api_endpoints;
 use config::NymConfig;
 use std::fmt::Display;
diff --git a/mixnode/src/config/mod.rs b/mixnode/src/config/mod.rs
index 6622ec8e1f..7d3b520da9 100644
--- a/mixnode/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/mixnode/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ impl Config {
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
-pub struct MixNode {
+struct MixNode {
     /// Version of the mixnode for which this configuration was created.
     #[serde(default = "missing_string_value")]
     version: String,
@@ -410,11 +410,11 @@ impl Default for MixNode {
 
 #[derive(Debug, Default, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
 #[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
-pub struct Logging {}
+struct Logging {}
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
 #[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
-pub struct Verloc {
+struct Verloc {
     /// Specifies number of echo packets sent to each node during a measurement run.
     packets_per_node: usize,
 
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ impl Default for Verloc {
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
 #[serde(default)]
-pub struct Debug {
+struct Debug {
     /// Delay between each subsequent node statistics being logged to the console
     #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
     node_stats_logging_delay: Duration,
diff --git a/mixnode/src/main.rs b/mixnode/src/main.rs
index 4bf0bf86dd..7684dab801 100644
--- a/mixnode/src/main.rs
+++ b/mixnode/src/main.rs
@@ -34,18 +34,7 @@ async fn main() {
     println!("{}", banner());
 
     let args = Cli::parse();
-    execute(args).await;
-}
-
-async fn execute(args: Cli) {
-    match &args.command {
-        commands::Commands::Describe(m) => commands::describe::execute(m),
-        commands::Commands::Init(m) => commands::init::execute(m).await,
-        commands::Commands::Run(m) => commands::run::execute(m).await,
-        commands::Commands::Sign(m) => commands::sign::execute(m),
-        commands::Commands::Upgrade(m) => commands::upgrade::execute(m),
-        commands::Commands::NodeDetails(m) => commands::node_details::execute(m),
-    }
+    commands::execute(args).await;
 }
 
 fn banner() -> String {
diff --git a/mixnode/src/node/mod.rs b/mixnode/src/node/mod.rs
index 1b7dff0f2d..f270d28bc2 100644
--- a/mixnode/src/node/mod.rs
+++ b/mixnode/src/node/mod.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright 2020 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-use crate::commands::sign::load_identity_keys;
 use crate::commands::validate_bech32_address_or_exit;
 use crate::config::persistence::pathfinder::MixNodePathfinder;
 use crate::config::Config;
@@ -28,11 +27,11 @@ use std::process;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use version_checker::parse_version;
 
-pub(crate) mod http;
+mod http;
 mod listener;
 pub(crate) mod node_description;
-pub(crate) mod node_statistics;
-pub(crate) mod packet_delayforwarder;
+mod node_statistics;
+mod packet_delayforwarder;
 
 // the MixNode will live for whole duration of this program
 pub struct MixNode {
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ impl MixNode {
     }
 
     /// Loads identity keys stored on disk
-    fn load_identity_keys(pathfinder: &MixNodePathfinder) -> identity::KeyPair {
+    pub(crate) fn load_identity_keys(pathfinder: &MixNodePathfinder) -> identity::KeyPair {
         let identity_keypair: identity::KeyPair =
             pemstore::load_keypair(&pemstore::KeyPairPath::new(
                 pathfinder.private_identity_key().to_owned(),
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ impl MixNode {
     /// Exits if the address isn't valid (which should protect against manual edits).
     fn generate_owner_signature(&self) -> String {
         let pathfinder = MixNodePathfinder::new_from_config(&self.config);
-        let identity_keypair = load_identity_keys(&pathfinder);
+        let identity_keypair = Self::load_identity_keys(&pathfinder);
         let address = self.config.get_wallet_address();
         validate_bech32_address_or_exit(address);
         let verification_code = identity_keypair.private_key().sign_text(address);