diff --git a/bin/server.js b/bin/server.js
index 4ff8fda..b2797b8 100644
--- a/bin/server.js
+++ b/bin/server.js
@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@ class Server {
         await controllers.attachControllers(app)
       }
 
+      // Display configuration settings
+      console.log('\nConfiguration:')
+      console.log(`Circuit Relay: ${config.isCircuitRelay}`)
+      console.log(`IPFS TCP port: ${config.ipfsTcpPort}`)
+      console.log(`IPFS WS port: ${config.ipfsWsPort}\n`)
+
       return app
     } catch (err) {
       console.error('Could not start server. Error: ', err)
diff --git a/config/env/common.js b/config/env/common.js
index 0daf6c6..444ba96 100644
--- a/config/env/common.js
+++ b/config/env/common.js
@@ -85,5 +85,7 @@ module.exports = {
   ipfsHost: process.env.IPFS_HOST ? process.env.IPFS_HOST : 'localhost',
   ipfsApiPort: process.env.IPFS_API_PORT
     ? parseInt(process.env.IPFS_API_PORT)
-    : 5001
+    : 5001,
+
+  chatPubSubChan: 'psf-ipfs-chat-001'
 }
diff --git a/src/adapters/ipfs/index.js b/src/adapters/ipfs/index.js
index df12983..13050d1 100644
--- a/src/adapters/ipfs/index.js
+++ b/src/adapters/ipfs/index.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   top-level IPFS library that combines the individual IPFS-based libraries.
 */
 
+// Local libraries
 const IpfsAdapter = require('./ipfs')
 const IpfsCoordAdapter = require('./ipfs-coord')
 
@@ -36,6 +37,9 @@ class IPFS {
       await this.ipfsCoordAdapter.start()
       console.log('ipfs-coord is ready.')
 
+      // Subscribe to the chat pubsub channel
+      await this.ipfsCoordAdapter.subscribeToChat()
+
       return true
     } catch (err) {
       console.error('Error in adapters/ipfs/index.js/start()')
diff --git a/src/adapters/ipfs/ipfs-coord.js b/src/adapters/ipfs/ipfs-coord.js
index 3832f2d..990a98c 100644
--- a/src/adapters/ipfs/ipfs-coord.js
+++ b/src/adapters/ipfs/ipfs-coord.js
@@ -97,6 +97,20 @@ class IpfsCoordAdapter {
       throw err
     }
   }
+
+  // Subscribe to the chat pubsub channel
+  async subscribeToChat () {
+    try {
+      await this.ipfsCoord.adapters.pubsub.subscribeToPubsubChannel(
+        this.config.chatPubSubChan,
+        console.log,
+        this.ipfsCoord.thisNode
+      )
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.error('Error in subscribeToChat')
+      throw err
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 module.exports = IpfsCoordAdapter
diff --git a/test/unit/mocks/ipfs-coord-mock.js b/test/unit/mocks/ipfs-coord-mock.js
index b1924a1..3ced0b4 100644
--- a/test/unit/mocks/ipfs-coord-mock.js
+++ b/test/unit/mocks/ipfs-coord-mock.js
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ class IPFSCoord {
   }
 
   async start () {}
+
+  async subscribeToChat() {}
 }
 
 module.exports = IPFSCoord