diff --git a/ethereal/ui/gui.go b/ethereal/ui/gui.go
index aa0364998..c4cc1373f 100644
--- a/ethereal/ui/gui.go
+++ b/ethereal/ui/gui.go
@@ -178,13 +178,14 @@ func (gui *Gui) setWalletValue(amount, unconfirmedFunds *big.Int) {
 
 // Simple go routine function that updates the list of peers in the GUI
 func (gui *Gui) update() {
-	blockChan := make(chan ethutil.React, 1)
 	reactor := gui.eth.Reactor()
 
-	reactor.Subscribe("newBlock", blockChan)
+	blockChan := make(chan ethutil.React, 1)
+	txChan := make(chan ethutil.React, 1)
 
-	txChan := make(chan ethchain.TxMsg, 1)
-	gui.eth.TxPool().Subscribe(txChan)
+	reactor.Subscribe("newBlock", blockChan)
+	reactor.Subscribe("newTx:pre", txChan)
+	reactor.Subscribe("newTx:post", txChan)
 
 	state := gui.eth.StateManager().TransState()
 
@@ -200,9 +201,9 @@ func (gui *Gui) update() {
 			}
 
 		case txMsg := <-txChan:
-			tx := txMsg.Tx
+			tx := txMsg.Resource.(*ethchain.Transaction)
 
-			if txMsg.Type == ethchain.TxPre {
+			if txMsg.Event == "newTx:pre" {
 				object := state.GetAccount(gui.addr)
 
 				if bytes.Compare(tx.Sender(), gui.addr) == 0 && object.Nonce <= tx.Nonce {