diff --git a/sharding/node/backend.go b/sharding/node/backend.go
index 5c8a3cc82..d639e9bd4 100644
--- a/sharding/node/backend.go
+++ b/sharding/node/backend.go
@@ -71,6 +71,15 @@ func New(ctx *cli.Context) (*ShardEthereum, error) {
 	// Adds the initialized SMCClient to the ShardEthereum instance.
 	shardEthereum.smcClient = smcClient
 
+	// TODO: Find a better way to do this???
+	if err := shardEthereum.registerP2P(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if err := shardEthereum.registerTXPool(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	if err := shardEthereum.registerActorService(actorFlag); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -140,6 +149,20 @@ func (s *ShardEthereum) Register(constructor sharding.ServiceConstructor) error
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (s *ShardEthereum) registerP2P() error {
+	return s.Register(func(ctx *sharding.ServiceContext) (sharding.Service, error) {
+		return shardp2p.NewServer()
+	})
+}
+
+func (s *ShardEthereum) registerTXPool() error {
+	return s.Register(func(ctx *sharding.ServiceContext) (sharding.Service, error) {
+		var p2p *shardp2p.Server
+		ctx.Service(&p2p)
+		return txpool.NewShardTXPool(p2p)
+	})
+}
+
 // Registers the actor according to CLI flags. Either notary/proposer/observer.
 func (s *ShardEthereum) registerActorService(actor string) error {
 	return s.Register(func(ctx *sharding.ServiceContext) (sharding.Service, error) {