diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b9380c3..e223023 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/docker/go-units v0.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-ini/ini v1.41.0 // indirect
 	github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/lbryio/lbry.go v0.0.0-20190924163117-c36c67961f10
+	github.com/lbryio/lbry.go v0.0.0-20190924183703-712e346bd209
 	github.com/lbryio/reflector.go v1.0.6-0.20190828131602-ce3d4403dbc6
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-ps v0.0.0-20170309133038-4fdf99ab2936
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.1.2 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 88ff402..df41268 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ github.com/lbryio/errors.go v0.0.0-20180223142025-ad03d3cc6a5c h1:BhdcWGsuKif/Xo
 github.com/lbryio/errors.go v0.0.0-20180223142025-ad03d3cc6a5c/go.mod h1:muH7wpUqE8hRA3OrYYosw9+Sl681BF9cwcjzE+OCNK8=
 github.com/lbryio/lbry.go v0.0.0-20190828131228-f3a1fbdd5303 h1:CyDDxUMREhAxPlgP+mgcArgkGJKtdXssj7CXk7o3h84=
 github.com/lbryio/lbry.go v0.0.0-20190828131228-f3a1fbdd5303/go.mod h1:qR+Ui0hYhemIU4fXqM3d1P9eiaRFlof777VJgV7KJ8w=
-github.com/lbryio/lbry.go v0.0.0-20190924163117-c36c67961f10 h1:hNb0M76o3FPLQtsLsa3DVv2+5viKZptxmwnn/Ga6NYU=
-github.com/lbryio/lbry.go v0.0.0-20190924163117-c36c67961f10/go.mod h1:wnoiUIfkeUmbiIGR/dg3Xvb6a6Jz7vPxtUoENyyl5QE=
+github.com/lbryio/lbry.go v0.0.0-20190924183703-712e346bd209 h1:idtWts2fhF8TiGK4W+REJtrj5r6EeXr8+77g/nz8snk=
+github.com/lbryio/lbry.go v0.0.0-20190924183703-712e346bd209/go.mod h1:wnoiUIfkeUmbiIGR/dg3Xvb6a6Jz7vPxtUoENyyl5QE=
 github.com/lbryio/lbryschema.go v0.0.0-20190602173230-6d2f69a36f46 h1:LemfR+rMxhf7nnOrzy2HqS7Me7SZ5gEwOcNFzKC8ySQ=
 github.com/lbryio/lbryschema.go v0.0.0-20190602173230-6d2f69a36f46/go.mod h1:dAzPCBj3CKKWBGYBZxK6tKBP5SCgY2tqd9SnQd/OyKo=
 github.com/lbryio/ozzo-validation v0.0.0-20170323141101-d1008ad1fd04 h1:Nze+C2HbeKvhjI/kVn+9Poj/UuEW5sOQxcsxqO7L3GI=
diff --git a/manager/manager.go b/manager/manager.go
index 925d733..176e5a6 100644
--- a/manager/manager.go
+++ b/manager/manager.go
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ func (s *SyncManager) Start() error {
 				namer:            namer.NewNamer(),
 				Fee:              channels[0].Fee,
 				publishAddress:   channels[0].PublishAddress,
+				publicKey:        channels[0].PublicKey,
 				transferState:    channels[0].TransferState,
 			}
 			shouldInterruptLoop = true
@@ -184,6 +185,7 @@ func (s *SyncManager) Start() error {
 						namer:            namer.NewNamer(),
 						Fee:              c.Fee,
 						publishAddress:   c.PublishAddress,
+						publicKey:        c.PublicKey,
 						transferState:    c.TransferState,
 					})
 					if q != StatusFailed {
diff --git a/manager/ytsync.go b/manager/ytsync.go
index bc366ce..f4147cb 100644
--- a/manager/ytsync.go
+++ b/manager/ytsync.go
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ type Sync struct {
 	queue            chan video
 	transferState    int
 	publishAddress   string
+	publicKey        string
 }
 
 func (s *Sync) AppendSyncedVideo(videoID string, published bool, failureReason string, claimName string, claimID string, metadataVersion int8, size int64) {
@@ -666,6 +667,10 @@ func (s *Sync) doSync() error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Prefix("could not set address reuse policy", err)
 	}
+	err = s.importPublicKey()
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Prefix("could not import the transferee public key", err)
+	}
 	err = s.walletSetup()
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Prefix("Initial wallet setup failed! Manual Intervention is required.", err)
@@ -1050,6 +1055,28 @@ func (s *Sync) processVideo(v video) (err error) {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (s *Sync) importPublicKey() error {
+	if s.publicKey != "" {
+		accountsResponse, err := s.daemon.AccountList()
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Err(err)
+		}
+		accounts := accountsResponse.LBCMainnet
+		if logUtils.IsRegTest() {
+			accounts = accountsResponse.LBCRegtest
+		}
+		for _, a := range accounts {
+			if a.PublicKey == s.publicKey {
+				return nil
+			}
+		}
+		log.Infof("Could not find public key %s in the wallet. Importing it...")
+		_, err = s.daemon.AccountAdd(s.LbryChannelName, nil, nil, &s.publicKey, util.PtrToBool(true), nil)
+		return errors.Err(err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // waitForDaemonProcess observes the running processes and returns when the process is no longer running or when the timeout is up
 func waitForDaemonProcess(timeout time.Duration) error {
 	processes, err := ps.Processes()
diff --git a/sdk/api.go b/sdk/api.go
index 356b312..2ae911d 100644
--- a/sdk/api.go
+++ b/sdk/api.go
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ type YoutubeChannel struct {
 	ChannelClaimID     string `json:"channel_claim_id"`
 	TransferState      int    `json:"transfer_state"`
 	PublishAddress     string `json:"publish_address"`
+	PublicKey          string `json:"public_key"`
 }
 
 func (a *APIConfig) FetchChannels(status string, cp *SyncProperties) ([]YoutubeChannel, error) {