diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index a590401..2d8b6ac 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// Send newly generated message via a MiNode process running in background
 
 const objects = require('bitmessage').objects,
       Address = require('bitmessage').Address;
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ const zmq = require('zeromq');
 
   spawn(
     'minode', ['--request-queue', 'tcp://127.0.0.1:5566'],
-    {timeout: 300000, killSignal: 'SIGQUIT'}
+    {timeout: 100000, killSignal: 'SIGTERM'}
   ).stderr.on('data', (data) => {
     console.log(`${data}`);
   });
@@ -23,20 +24,19 @@ const zmq = require('zeromq');
   console.log('sender:', sender.encode());
   console.log('recipient:', recipient.encode());
 
-  var msg = await objects.msg.encodePayloadAsync({
+  objects.msg.encodePayloadAsync({
     ttl: 1800,
     from: sender,
     to: recipient,
     message: 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.',
     subject: 'hello',
-    encoding: 2,
-    friend: true
+    encoding: 2
+  }).then(function (msg) {
+    console.log('msg:', msg.toString('hex'));
+    console.log('Sending the msg...');
+    sock.send(Buffer.concat([
+      Buffer.from('msg', 'ascii'), Buffer.from('00', 'hex'), msg
+    ]));
   });
-  console.log('msg:', msg.toString('hex'));
-
-  console.log('Sending the msg');
-  sock.send(Buffer.concat([
-    Buffer.from('msg', 'ascii'), Buffer.from('00', 'hex'), msg
-  ]));
 
 })();