diff --git a/common/mixnode-common/src/packet_processor/error.rs b/common/mixnode-common/src/packet_processor/error.rs
index 1349d88fb9..50ae179e37 100644
--- a/common/mixnode-common/src/packet_processor/error.rs
+++ b/common/mixnode-common/src/packet_processor/error.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ pub enum MixProcessingError {
     #[error("the received packet was set to use the very old and very much deprecated 'VPN' mode")]
     ReceivedOldTypeVpnPacket,
 
-    #[error("failed to process received sphinx packet: {0}")]
+    #[error("failed to process received Nym packet: {0}")]
     NymPacketProcessingError(#[from] PacketProcessingError),
 }
diff --git a/mixnode/src/node/listener/connection_handler/mod.rs b/mixnode/src/node/listener/connection_handler/mod.rs
index 30373f475c..0b76762667 100644
--- a/mixnode/src/node/listener/connection_handler/mod.rs
+++ b/mixnode/src/node/listener/connection_handler/mod.rs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ impl ConnectionHandler {
         // however, if it was a forward hop, we still need to delay it
         nanos!("handle_received_packet", {
             self.packet_processor
-                .node_stats_update_sender
+                .node_stats_update_sender()
                 .report_received();
             match process_received_packet(framed_sphinx_packet, self.packet_processor().inner()) {
                 Err(err) => debug!("We failed to process received sphinx packet - {err}"),
diff --git a/mixnode/src/node/listener/connection_handler/packet_processing.rs b/mixnode/src/node/listener/connection_handler/packet_processing.rs
index 774683b9e7..9e6742a6b8 100644
--- a/mixnode/src/node/listener/connection_handler/packet_processing.rs
+++ b/mixnode/src/node/listener/connection_handler/packet_processing.rs
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ use nym_sphinx::framing::processing::{process_framed_packet, MixProcessingResult
 
 // PacketProcessor contains all data required to correctly unwrap and forward sphinx packets
 #[derive(Clone)]
-pub struct PacketProcessor {
+pub(crate) struct PacketProcessor {
     /// Responsible for performing unwrapping
-    pub inner_processor: SphinxPacketProcessor,
+    inner_processor: SphinxPacketProcessor,
 
     /// Responsible for updating metrics data
-    pub node_stats_update_sender: node_statistics::UpdateSender,
+    node_stats_update_sender: node_statistics::UpdateSender,
 }
 
 impl PacketProcessor {
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ impl PacketProcessor {
     pub fn inner(&self) -> &SphinxPacketProcessor {
         &self.inner_processor
     }
+
+    pub fn node_stats_update_sender(&self) -> &node_statistics::UpdateSender {
+        &self.node_stats_update_sender
+    }
 }
 
 pub fn process_received_packet(