diff --git a/lib/services/p2p/bcoin.js b/lib/services/p2p/bcoin.js
index fa750677..e8f60baa 100644
--- a/lib/services/p2p/bcoin.js
+++ b/lib/services/p2p/bcoin.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 var index = require('../../');
 var log = index.log;
 var bcoin = require('fcoin');
+const walletPlugin = bcoin.wallet.plugin;
 var bzmq = require('bzmq');
 
 var Bcoin = function(options) {
@@ -13,6 +14,8 @@ Bcoin.prototype.start = function(callback) {
   var self = this;
   self._bcoin = bcoin.fullnode(self._config);
 
+  // Make fcoin add the wallet plugin
+  self._bcoin.use(walletPlugin)
   // bzmq allows zmq connections to fcoin
   self._bcoin.use(bzmq)
   self._bzmq = self._bcoin.require('zmq')
@@ -20,12 +23,20 @@ Bcoin.prototype.start = function(callback) {
   log.info('Starting Fcoin full node...');
 
   self._bcoin.open().then(function() {
-    self._bcoin.connect().then(function() {
-      log.info('Waiting for Fcoin to sync');
-      self._bcoin.startSync();
-      // this will instruct the p2p service to start trying to connect to bcoin right away
-      callback();
-    });
+
+    // Startup the wallet plugin
+    self._walletdb = node.require('walletdb');
+    self._walletdb.open().then(function() {
+
+      // Continue bcoin startup
+      self._bcoin.connect().then(function() {
+        log.info('Waiting for Fcoin to sync');
+        self._bcoin.startSync();
+        // this will instruct the p2p service to start trying to connect to bcoin right away
+        callback();
+      });
+
+    })
   });
 };
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 23a3d254..3e936856 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "node": ">=8.0.0"
   },
   "author": "BitPay <dev@bitpay.com>",
-  "version": "5.0.0-beta.74",
+  "version": "5.0.0-beta.75",
   "main": "./index.js",
   "repository": "git://github.com/oipwg/flocore-node.git",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/oipwg/flocore-node",