diff --git a/libp2p/pubsub/pubsub.py b/libp2p/pubsub/pubsub.py
index 9bd072f..17ecdd5 100644
--- a/libp2p/pubsub/pubsub.py
+++ b/libp2p/pubsub/pubsub.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import asyncio
 
+from .pb import rpc_pb2_grpc
+from .pb import rpc_pb2
 from .pubsub_notifee import PubsubNotifee
 from .message import MessageSub
 from .message import create_message_talk, create_message_sub
@@ -7,37 +9,6 @@ from. message import generate_message_id
 
 
 class Pubsub():
-    """
-    For now, because I'm on a plane and don't have access to the go repo/protobuf stuff,
-    this is going to be the message format for the two types: subscription and talk
-    subscription indicates subscribing or unsubscribing from a topic
-    talk is sending a message on topic(s)
-    subscription format:
-    subscription
-    'from'
-    <one of 'sub', 'unsub'>:'topicid'
-    <one of 'sub', 'unsub'>:'topicid'
-    ...
-    Ex.
-    subscription
-    msg_sender_peer_id
-    origin_peer_id
-    sub:topic1
-    sub:topic2
-    unsub:fav_topic
-    talk format:
-    talk
-    'from'
-    'origin'
-    [topic_ids comma-delimited]
-    'data'
-    Ex.
-    talk
-    msg_sender_peer_id
-    origin_peer_id
-    topic1,topics_are_cool,foo
-    I like tacos
-    """
     # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
 
     def __init__(self, host, router, my_id):
@@ -90,34 +61,37 @@ class Pubsub():
         """
         Generate subscription message with all topics we are subscribed to
         """
-        subs_map = {}
-        for topic in self.my_topics:
-            subs_map[topic] = True
-        sub_msg = MessageSub(
-            str(self.host.get_id()),\
-            str(self.host.get_id()), subs_map, generate_message_id()\
-        )
-        return sub_msg.to_str()
+        packet = rpc_pb2.RPC()
+        message = rpc_pb2.Message(
+            from_id=str(self.host.get_id()).encode('utf-8'),
+            seqno=str(generate_message_id()).encode('utf-8')
+            )
+        packet.publish.extend([message])
+        for topic_id in self.my_topics:
+            packet.subscriptions.extend([rpc_pb2.RPC.SubOpts(
+                subscribe=True, topicid=topic_id)])
+
+        return packet.SerializeToString()
 
     async def continously_read_stream(self, stream):
         """
         Read from input stream in an infinite loop. Process
         messages from other nodes, which for now are considered MessageTalk
         and MessageSub messages.
-        TODO: Handle RPC messages instead of my Aspyn's own custom message format
         :param stream: stream to continously read from
         """
         while True:
-            incoming = (await stream.read()).decode()
-            msg_comps = incoming.split('\n')
-            msg_type = msg_comps[0]
+            incoming = (await stream.read())
+            rpc_incoming = rpc_pb2.RPC()
+            rpc_incoming.ParseFromString(incoming)
+            print (rpc_incoming.publish)
 
-            msg_sender = msg_comps[1]
+            # msg_type = msg_comps[0]
+
+            msg_sender = rpc_incoming.publish.from_id
             # msg_origin = msg_comps[2]
-            msg_id = msg_comps[3]
-            print("HIT ME1")
+            msg_id = rpc_incoming.publish.seqno
             if msg_id not in self.seen_messages:
-                print("HIT ME")
                 # Do stuff with incoming unseen message
                 should_publish = True
                 if msg_type == "subscription":
@@ -161,7 +135,7 @@ class Pubsub():
 
         # Send hello packet
         hello = self.get_hello_packet()
-        await stream.write(hello.encode())
+        await stream.write(hello)
         # Pass stream off to stream reader
         asyncio.ensure_future(self.continously_read_stream(stream))
 
@@ -187,7 +161,7 @@ class Pubsub():
 
             # Send hello packet
             hello = self.get_hello_packet()
-            await stream.write(hello.encode())
+            await stream.write(hello)
 
             # Pass stream off to stream reader
             asyncio.ensure_future(self.continously_read_stream(stream))
@@ -291,4 +265,4 @@ class Pubsub():
             stream = self.peers[peer]
 
             # Write message to stream
-            await stream.write(encoded_msg)
+            await stream.write(encoded_msg)
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