diff --git a/sfw-provider/src/provider/mix_handling/mod.rs b/sfw-provider/src/provider/mix_handling/mod.rs
index ad8693dddb..236fd73481 100644
--- a/sfw-provider/src/provider/mix_handling/mod.rs
+++ b/sfw-provider/src/provider/mix_handling/mod.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,2 @@
-use crate::provider::storage::StoreData;
-use crypto::encryption;
-use log::{error, warn};
-use sphinx::{ProcessedPacket, SphinxPacket};
-use std::path::PathBuf;
-use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
-
 pub(crate) mod listener;
 pub(crate) mod packet_processing;
diff --git a/sfw-provider/src/provider/mix_handling/packet_processing.rs b/sfw-provider/src/provider/mix_handling/packet_processing.rs
index f7c2d6098e..12d50c322c 100644
--- a/sfw-provider/src/provider/mix_handling/packet_processing.rs
+++ b/sfw-provider/src/provider/mix_handling/packet_processing.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 use crate::provider::storage::{ClientStorage, StoreData};
 use crypto::encryption;
+use log::*;
+use sphinx::payload::Payload;
 use sphinx::route::{DestinationAddressBytes, SURBIdentifier};
 use sphinx::{ProcessedPacket, SphinxPacket};
+use std::io;
 use std::ops::Deref;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
@@ -11,7 +14,7 @@ pub enum MixProcessingError {
     NonMatchingRecipient,
     InvalidPayload,
     SphinxProcessingError,
-    InvalidHopAddress,
+    IOError(String),
 }
 
 pub enum MixProcessingResult {
@@ -29,6 +32,14 @@ impl From<sphinx::ProcessingError> for MixProcessingError {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<io::Error> for MixProcessingError {
+    fn from(e: io::Error) -> Self {
+        use MixProcessingError::*;
+
+        IOError(e.to_string())
+    }
+}
+
 // PacketProcessor contains all data required to correctly unwrap and store sphinx packets
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct PacketProcessor {