diff --git a/waku/waku_sync/protocol.nim b/waku/waku_sync/protocol.nim
index 1574630b32..e1cbc8e8f1 100644
--- a/waku/waku_sync/protocol.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_sync/protocol.nim
@@ -17,16 +17,24 @@ import
   ../common/nimchronos,
   ../common/enr,
   ../waku_core,
-  ../waku_enr
+  ../waku_enr,
+  ../node/peer_manager/peer_manager
 
 logScope:
   topics = "waku sync"
 
 const WakuSyncCodec* = "/vac/waku/sync/1.0.0"
+const DefaultFrameSize = 153600 # using a random number for now
+const DefaultSyncInterval = 60.minutes
 
 type
+  WakuSyncCallback* = proc(hashes: seq[WakuMessageHash]) {.closure, gcsafe, raises: [].}
+
   WakuSync* = ref object of LPProtocol
+    peerManager: PeerManager
     maxFrameSize: int # Not sure if this should be protocol defined or not...
+    syncInterval: Duration
+    callback: Option[WakuSyncCallback]
 
 proc serverReconciliation(self: WakuSync, message: seq[byte]): Future[Result[seq[byte], string]] {.async.} =
   #TODO compute the payload
@@ -40,7 +48,7 @@ proc clientReconciliation(self: WakuSync, message: seq[byte], hashes: var seq[Wa
 
   let payload: seq[byte] = @[0]
 
-  # TODO update the hashes if needed
+  # TODO update the hashes
 
   ok(some(payload))
 
@@ -51,10 +59,7 @@ proc intitialization(self: WakuSync): Future[Result[seq[byte], string]] {.async.
 
   ok(payload)
 
-# Alternatively request could stay internal
-# but WakuSync would have to access the switch to dial peers.
-
-proc request*(self: WakuSync, conn: Connection): Future[Result[seq[WakuMessageHash], string]] {.async, gcsafe.} =
+proc request(self: WakuSync, conn: Connection): Future[Result[seq[WakuMessageHash], string]] {.async, gcsafe.} =
   let request = (await self.intitialization()).valueOr:
     return err(error)
 
@@ -85,7 +90,19 @@ proc request*(self: WakuSync, conn: Connection): Future[Result[seq[WakuMessageHa
 
   return ok(hashes)
 
-proc initProtocolHandler*(self: WakuSync) =
+proc sync*(self: WakuSync): Future[Result[seq[WakuMessageHash], string]] {.async, gcsafe.} =
+  let peer = self.peerManager.selectPeer(WakuSyncCodec).valueOr:
+    return err("No suitable peer found for sync")
+
+  let conn = (await self.peerManager.dialPeer(peer, WakuSyncCodec)).valueOr:
+    return err("Cannot establish sync connection")
+
+  let hashes = (await self.request(conn)).valueOr:
+    return err("Sync request error: " & error)
+
+  ok(hashes)
+
+proc initProtocolHandler(self: WakuSync) =
   proc handle(conn: Connection, proto: string) {.async, gcsafe, closure.} =
     while not conn.isClosed: # Not sure if this works as I think it does...
       let requestRes = catch: await conn.readLp(self.maxFrameSize)
@@ -99,14 +116,19 @@ proc initProtocolHandler*(self: WakuSync) =
 
       let writeRes = catch: await conn.writeLP(response)
       if writeRes.isErr():
-        error "Response decoding error", error=writeRes.error.msg
+        error "Connection write error", error=writeRes.error.msg
         return
 
   self.handler = handle
   self.codec = WakuSyncCodec
 
-proc new*(T: type WakuSync): T =
-  let sync = WakuSync()
+proc new*(T: type WakuSync,
+  peerManager: PeerManager,
+  maxFrameSize: int = DefaultFrameSize,
+  syncInterval: Duration = DefaultSyncInterval,
+  callback: Option[WakuSyncCallback] = none(WakuSyncCallback)
+): T =
+  let sync = WakuSync(peerManager, maxFrameSize, syncInterval, callback)
 
   sync.initProtocolHandler()
 
@@ -114,3 +136,22 @@ proc new*(T: type WakuSync): T =
 
   return sync
 
+proc periodicSync(self: WakuSync) {.async.} =
+  while self.started and self.callback.isSome():
+    await sleepAsync(self.syncInterval)
+
+    let hashes = (await self.sync()).valueOr:
+      continue
+
+    let callback = self.callback.get()
+
+    callback(hashes)
+
+proc start*(self: WakuSync) =
+  self.started = true
+
+  asyncSpawn self.periodicSync()
+
+proc stop*(self: WakuSync) =
+  self.started = false
+