diff --git a/internal/consensus/reactor.go b/internal/consensus/reactor.go
index 2b9fa7358..915756488 100644
--- a/internal/consensus/reactor.go
+++ b/internal/consensus/reactor.go
@@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ func (r *Reactor) handleDataMessage(envelope p2p.Envelope, msgI Message) error {
 	}
 
 	if r.WaitSync() {
-		logger.Info("ignoring message received during sync", "msg", msgI)
+		logger.Info("ignoring message received during sync", "msg", fmt.Sprintf("%T", msgI))
 		return nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/statesync/reactor.go b/internal/statesync/reactor.go
index 12d42baa0..9967f33c3 100644
--- a/internal/statesync/reactor.go
+++ b/internal/statesync/reactor.go
@@ -852,9 +852,11 @@ func (r *Reactor) processPeerUpdate(peerUpdate p2p.PeerUpdate) {
 		newProvider := NewBlockProvider(peerUpdate.NodeID, r.chainID, r.dispatcher)
 		r.providers[peerUpdate.NodeID] = newProvider
 		r.syncer.AddPeer(peerUpdate.NodeID)
-		// if sp, ok := r.stateProvider.(*stateProviderP2P); ok {
-		// 	sp.addProvider(newProvider)
-		// }
+		if sp, ok := r.stateProvider.(*stateProviderP2P); ok {
+			// we do this in a separate routine to not block whilst waiting for the light client to finish
+			// whatever call it's currently executing
+			go sp.addProvider(newProvider)
+		}
 
 	case p2p.PeerStatusDown:
 		delete(r.providers, peerUpdate.NodeID)