diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 6698fd5..6b498ce 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,43 +1,23 @@
-import { bytesToHex, formatReceipt, getEnv } from './utils.js';
+import { getEnv } from './utils.js';
 import { EthAPI } from './eth.js';
 import { LightClientAPI } from './lightclient.js';
-import { TrieWrapper} from './triewrapper.js';
-import { Receipt, UserInput } from './types.js';
-import assert from 'assert';
+import { UserInput } from './types.js';
 
-const CONTRACT_ADDRESS = getEnv("CONTRACT_ADDRESS") 
-
-async function isTopicInTransaction(api: EthAPI, lightClient: LightClientAPI, input: UserInput) {
-	const block = await api.getBlock(input.blockNumber);
-
-	const receipts: Receipt[] = (await api.getBlockTransactionReceipts(input.blockNumber)).map(formatReceipt);
-	const requestedTxReceipt = receipts.find((r) => r.transactionHash === input.transactionHash);
-	if (!requestedTxReceipt) throw new Error(`Could not find receipt for transaction ${input.transactionHash} in block ${input.blockNumber}`);
-
-	const transactionIndex = parseInt(requestedTxReceipt.transactionIndex, 16);
-	const receiptsTrie = await TrieWrapper.trieFromReceipts(receipts);
-	assert(
-		block.receiptsRoot.slice(2) === bytesToHex(receiptsTrie.root()),
-		`Expected receipts root (${block.receiptsRoot}) doesn't match the actual (${bytesToHex(receiptsTrie.root())})`);
-	const proof = await TrieWrapper.createProof(receiptsTrie, transactionIndex);
-
-	const isValidReceipt = true;
-	// const isValidReceipt = await lightClient.verify_receipt(
-	// 	block.receiptsRoot.slice(2),
-	// 	proof.map((p) => bytesToHex(p)),
-	// 	TrieWrapper.encodeKey(transactionIndex)
-	// );
-
-	if (isValidReceipt) {
-		return requestedTxReceipt.logs.find(log => log[1].includes(input.topic)) !== undefined;
-	}
-}
+const CONTRACT_ADDRESS = getEnv("CONTRACT_ADDRESS")
 
 const main = async () => {
 	const api = new EthAPI()
 	const lightClient = new LightClientAPI(CONTRACT_ADDRESS);
 	await lightClient.init()
 
+	const input: UserInput = {
+		blockNumber: 17875570,
+		transactionHash: '0x022edd6e5e56c918b0ec5177ec41569e606957af7d16d9e9e65174ed522830dc',
+		topic: '0xa945e51eec50ab98c161376f0db4cf2aeba3ec92755fe2fcd388bdbbb80ff196'
+	};
+
+	console.log(await lightClient.verifyTopicInTransaction(api, input));
+
 	// const t = await api.getBeaconBlock(7061552);
 	// const update = await api.getUpdate(864);
 	// await lightClient.applyNewUpdate(update, 864);
diff --git a/src/lightclient.ts b/src/lightclient.ts
index 7782f13..4d49886 100644
--- a/src/lightclient.ts
+++ b/src/lightclient.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 import { DirectSecp256k1HdWallet } from '@cosmjs/proto-signing'
-import { getEnv } from './utils.js'
+import { bytesToHex, formatReceipt, getEnv } from './utils.js'
 import { SigningCosmWasmClient } from "@cosmjs/cosmwasm-stargate"
-import { GasPrice } from '@cosmjs/stargate'
+import { GasPrice, SearchByHeightQuery, SearchTxQuery } from '@cosmjs/stargate'
 import * as capella from '@lodestar/types/capella'
+import { Receipt, UserInput } from './types.js'
+import { EthAPI } from './eth.js'
+import { TrieWrapper } from './triewrapper.js'
+import assert from 'assert';
 
 export class LightClientAPI {
 	private myAddress: string
@@ -10,7 +14,7 @@ export class LightClientAPI {
 
 	constructor(
 		private address: string,
-		private mnemonic = getEnv("MNEMONIC"), 
+		private mnemonic = getEnv("MNEMONIC"),
 		private rpcUrl = getEnv("AXELAR_RPC_URL")
 	) {}
 
@@ -33,10 +37,10 @@ export class LightClientAPI {
 			console.log("Error applying update for period", period, e)
 			return false
 		}
-	
+
 		const contractPeriod = await this.getPeriod();
 		console.log("Current contract period after update", contractPeriod)
-	
+
 		return true
 	}
 
@@ -45,6 +49,14 @@ export class LightClientAPI {
 		return Math.floor(res.finalized_header.slot / 32 / 256)
 	}
 
+	async verify_proof(msg: any): Promise<any> {
+		return this.execute(msg);
+	}
+
+	async verify_topic_inclusion(msg: any): Promise<any> {
+		return this.execute(msg);
+	}
+
 	private async query(msg: any): Promise<any> {
 		return await this.client.queryContractSmart(this.address, msg)
 	}
@@ -52,4 +64,48 @@ export class LightClientAPI {
 	private async execute(msg: any): Promise<any> {
 		return await this.client.execute(this.myAddress, this.address, msg, 'auto')
 	}
+
+	async verifyTopicInTransaction(api: EthAPI, input: UserInput): Promise<boolean> {
+		const block = await api.getBlock(input.blockNumber);
+
+		const receipts: Receipt[] = (await api.getBlockTransactionReceipts(input.blockNumber)).map(formatReceipt);
+		const requestedTxReceipt = receipts.find((r) => r.transactionHash === input.transactionHash);
+		if (!requestedTxReceipt) throw new Error(`Could not find receipt for transaction ${input.transactionHash} in block ${input.blockNumber}`);
+
+		const transactionIndex = parseInt(requestedTxReceipt.transactionIndex, 16);
+		const receiptsTrie = await TrieWrapper.trieFromReceipts(receipts);
+		assert(
+			block.receiptsRoot.slice(2) === bytesToHex(receiptsTrie.root()),
+			`Expected receipts root (${block.receiptsRoot}) doesn't match the actual (${bytesToHex(receiptsTrie.root())})`);
+		const proof = await TrieWrapper.createProof(receiptsTrie, transactionIndex);
+
+		const response = await this.verify_proof({
+			VerifyProof: {
+				proof: proof.map(n => `0x${Buffer.from(n).toString('hex')}`),
+				key: Buffer.from(TrieWrapper.encodeKey(transactionIndex)).toString('hex'),
+				root: block.receiptsRoot
+			}
+		});
+		// wanted: 276233
+		// used: 211619
+
+		const receiptEncoded = response.events
+			.find((event: any) =>
+				event.type === 'wasm' &&
+				event.attributes.find((a: any) => a.key === 'result')
+			)?.attributes.find((a: any) => a.key === 'result')?.value;
+		if (parseInt(receiptEncoded, 16) !== 0) {
+			const response = await this.verify_topic_inclusion({
+				VerifyTopicInclusion: {
+					receipt: `0x${receiptEncoded}`,
+					topic: input.topic,
+				}
+			});
+			// "gasWanted": 169275,
+			// "gasUsed": 135219
+			return response.events.find((e: any) => e.type === 'wasm').attributes.find((a: any) => a.key === 'result').value === 'true';
+		} else {
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
 }
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