diff --git a/sphinx-key/Cargo.lock b/sphinx-key/Cargo.lock
index 9822b7c..2830a7c 100644
--- a/sphinx-key/Cargo.lock
+++ b/sphinx-key/Cargo.lock
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ checksum = "0694ea59225b0c5f3cb405ff3f670e4828358ed26aec49dc352f730f0cb1a8a3"
 dependencies = [
  "bech32",
  "bitcoin_hashes",
- "bitcoinconsensus",
  "secp256k1",
  "serde",
 ]
@@ -195,16 +194,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "bitcoinconsensus"
-version = "0.20.2-0.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "54505558b77e0aa21b2491a7b39cbae9db22ac8b1bc543ef4600edb762306f9c"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "1.3.2"
@@ -1271,8 +1260,6 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e009e1c0c21f66378b491bb40f548682138c63e09db6f3a05af59f8804bb9f4a"
 dependencies = [
  "bitcoin",
- "hex",
- "regex",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1326,7 +1313,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "lss-connector"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stakwork/sphinx-rs.git#e128e6cc4a7d8b2ac8bab60f7d5c76adfd6d2db1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stakwork/sphinx-rs.git#2a90ef961230299510d1f5e0bd70812523ce7ce3"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "log",
@@ -1978,7 +1965,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "sphinx-auther"
 version = "0.1.12"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stakwork/sphinx-rs.git#e128e6cc4a7d8b2ac8bab60f7d5c76adfd6d2db1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stakwork/sphinx-rs.git#2a90ef961230299510d1f5e0bd70812523ce7ce3"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "base64",
@@ -1990,7 +1977,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "sphinx-crypter"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stakwork/sphinx-rs.git#e128e6cc4a7d8b2ac8bab60f7d5c76adfd6d2db1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stakwork/sphinx-rs.git#2a90ef961230299510d1f5e0bd70812523ce7ce3"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "chacha20poly1305",
@@ -2001,7 +1988,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "sphinx-glyph"
 version = "0.1.2"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stakwork/sphinx-rs.git#e128e6cc4a7d8b2ac8bab60f7d5c76adfd6d2db1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stakwork/sphinx-rs.git#2a90ef961230299510d1f5e0bd70812523ce7ce3"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "hex",
@@ -2038,7 +2025,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "sphinx-signer"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stakwork/sphinx-rs.git#e128e6cc4a7d8b2ac8bab60f7d5c76adfd6d2db1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stakwork/sphinx-rs.git#2a90ef961230299510d1f5e0bd70812523ce7ce3"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bip39",
@@ -2401,7 +2388,6 @@ version = "0.9.0"
 source = "git+https://gitlab.com/lightning-signer/validating-lightning-signer.git?rev=0c8c4474af62c4a13e2a32d34b569e8092ed414a#0c8c4474af62c4a13e2a32d34b569e8092ed414a"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "backtrace",
  "bitcoin",
  "bolt-derive",
  "hashbrown 0.8.2",
diff --git a/sphinx-key/src/core/events.rs b/sphinx-key/src/core/events.rs
index 21e99a1..fbc9a12 100644
--- a/sphinx-key/src/core/events.rs
+++ b/sphinx-key/src/core/events.rs
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ pub fn make_event_loop(
         Err(e) => {
             log::error!("failed to init lss {:?}", e);
             unsafe { esp_idf_sys::esp_restart() };
-            panic!("faild to init lss");
         }
     };
 
@@ -147,7 +146,20 @@ pub fn make_event_loop(
                 };
             }
             Event::LssMessage(ref msg_bytes) => {
-                //
+                // FIXME: the "None" needs to previous VLS message and LSS message bytes
+                match lss::handle_lss_msg(msg_bytes, &None, &lss_signer) {
+                    Ok((ret_topic, bytes)) => {
+                        let return_topic = format!("{}/{}", client_id, &ret_topic);
+                        mqtt.publish(&return_topic, QOS, false, &bytes)
+                            .expect("could not publish response");
+                    }
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        let err_msg = GlyphError::new(1, &e.to_string());
+                        let error_topic = format!("{}/{}", client_id, topics::ERROR);
+                        mqtt.publish(&error_topic, QOS, false, &err_msg.to_vec()[..])
+                            .expect("could not publish error");
+                    }
+                }
             }
             Event::Control(ref msg_bytes) => {
                 log::info!("GOT A CONTROL MSG");
diff --git a/sphinx-key/src/core/lss.rs b/sphinx-key/src/core/lss.rs
index 7123589..252a597 100644
--- a/sphinx-key/src/core/lss.rs
+++ b/sphinx-key/src/core/lss.rs
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@ use embedded_svc::mqtt::client::MessageImpl;
 use embedded_svc::utils::mqtt::client::ConnState;
 use esp_idf_svc::mqtt::client::EspMqttClient;
 use esp_idf_sys::EspError;
-use lss_connector::{secp256k1::PublicKey, LssSigner, Msg as LssMsg, Response as LssRes};
+use lss_connector::{secp256k1::PublicKey, LssSigner, Msg as LssMsg};
 use sphinx_signer::sphinx_glyph::topics;
 use sphinx_signer::{self, RootHandler, RootHandlerBuilder};
 use std::sync::mpsc;
 
+pub use lss_connector::handle_lss_msg;
+
 pub fn init_lss(
     client_id: &str,
     rx: &mpsc::Receiver<Event>,