diff --git a/crates/papyrus_node/src/main.rs b/crates/papyrus_node/src/main.rs
index b40384a3f9f..c578bf58fe0 100644
--- a/crates/papyrus_node/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/papyrus_node/src/main.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use std::process::exit;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
+use futures::stream::StreamExt;
 use futures::FutureExt;
 use papyrus_base_layer::ethereum_base_layer_contract::EthereumBaseLayerConfig;
 use papyrus_common::metrics::COLLECT_PROFILING_METRICS;
@@ -40,14 +41,14 @@ use papyrus_sync::sources::base_layer::{BaseLayerSourceError, EthereumBaseLayerS
 use papyrus_sync::sources::central::{CentralError, CentralSource, CentralSourceConfig};
 use papyrus_sync::sources::pending::PendingSource;
 use papyrus_sync::{StateSync, StateSyncError, SyncConfig};
-use starknet_api::block::BlockHash;
+use starknet_api::block::{BlockHash, BlockNumber};
 use starknet_api::felt;
 use starknet_client::reader::objects::pending_data::{PendingBlock, PendingBlockOrDeprecated};
 use starknet_client::reader::PendingData;
 use tokio::sync::RwLock;
 use tokio::task::{JoinError, JoinHandle};
 use tracing::metadata::LevelFilter;
-use tracing::{debug_span, error, info, warn, Instrument};
+use tracing::{debug, debug_span, error, info, warn, Instrument};
 use tracing_subscriber::prelude::*;
 use tracing_subscriber::{fmt, EnvFilter};
 
@@ -103,17 +104,20 @@ fn run_consensus(
         info!("Consensus is disabled.");
         return Ok(tokio::spawn(pending()));
     };
+    debug!("Consensus configuration: {config:?}");
 
     let network_channels = network_manager
         .register_broadcast_topic(Topic::new(config.network_topic.clone()), BUFFER_SIZE)?;
-    let context = PapyrusConsensusContext::new(
-        storage_reader.clone(),
-        network_channels.messages_to_broadcast_sender,
-        config.num_validators,
-        None,
-    );
     // TODO(matan): connect this to an actual channel.
     if let Some(test_config) = config.test.as_ref() {
+        let sync_channels = network_manager
+            .register_broadcast_topic(Topic::new(test_config.sync_topic.clone()), BUFFER_SIZE)?;
+        let context = PapyrusConsensusContext::new(
+            storage_reader.clone(),
+            network_channels.messages_to_broadcast_sender,
+            config.num_validators,
+            Some(sync_channels.messages_to_broadcast_sender),
+        );
         let network_receiver = NetworkReceiver::new(
             network_channels.broadcasted_messages_receiver,
             test_config.cache_size,
@@ -121,15 +125,25 @@ fn run_consensus(
             test_config.drop_probability,
             test_config.invalid_probability,
         );
+        let sync_receiver =
+            sync_channels.broadcasted_messages_receiver.map(|(vote, _report_sender)| {
+                BlockNumber(vote.expect("Sync channel should never have errors").height)
+            });
         Ok(tokio::spawn(papyrus_consensus::run_consensus(
             context,
             config.start_height,
             config.validator_id,
             config.consensus_delay,
             network_receiver,
-            futures::stream::pending(),
+            sync_receiver,
         )))
     } else {
+        let context = PapyrusConsensusContext::new(
+            storage_reader.clone(),
+            network_channels.messages_to_broadcast_sender,
+            config.num_validators,
+            None,
+        );
         Ok(tokio::spawn(papyrus_consensus::run_consensus(
             context,
             config.start_height,