diff --git a/aeternity/helpers.go b/aeternity/helpers.go
index 85de735e..d2bd2faa 100644
--- a/aeternity/helpers.go
+++ b/aeternity/helpers.go
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ func SpendTxStr(sender, recipient string, amount, fee utils.BigInt, message stri
 }
 
 // BroadcastTransaction recalculates the transaction hash and sends the transaction to the node.
-func BroadcastTransaction(nodeClient *apiclient.Node, txSignedBase64 string) (err error) {
+func (ae *Ae) BroadcastTransaction(txSignedBase64 string) (err error) {
 	// Get back to RLP to calculate txhash
 	txRLP, _ := Decode(txSignedBase64)
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func BroadcastTransaction(nodeClient *apiclient.Node, txSignedBase64 string) (er
 	signedEncodedTxHash := Encode(PrefixTransactionHash, rlpTxHashRaw)
 
 	// send it to the network
-	err = postTransaction(nodeClient, txSignedBase64, signedEncodedTxHash)
+	err = postTransaction(ae.Node, txSignedBase64, signedEncodedTxHash)
 	return
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/chain.go b/cmd/chain.go
index 8352ecae..e66c7b3f 100644
--- a/cmd/chain.go
+++ b/cmd/chain.go
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ func broadcastFunc(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (err error) {
 	}
 
 	aeCli := NewAeCli()
-	err = aeternity.BroadcastTransaction(aeCli.Node, txSignedBase64)
+	err = aeCli.BroadcastTransaction(txSignedBase64)
 	if err != nil {
 		errFinal := fmt.Errorf("Error while broadcasting transaction: %v", err)
 		return errFinal
diff --git a/integration_test/integration_test.go b/integration_test/integration_test.go
index 61e1a925..c5789d78 100644
--- a/integration_test/integration_test.go
+++ b/integration_test/integration_test.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func TestSpendTxWithNode(t *testing.T) {
 	fmt.Println(signedBase64TxMsg)
 
 	// send the signed transaction to the node
-	err = aeternity.BroadcastTransaction(aeCli.Node, signedBase64TxMsg)
+	err = aeCli.BroadcastTransaction(signedBase64TxMsg)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Error while broadcasting transaction: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func TestSpendTxLargeWithNode(t *testing.T) {
 	fmt.Println(signedBase64TxMsg)
 
 	// send the signed transaction to the node
-	err = aeternity.BroadcastTransaction(aeCli.Node, signedBase64TxMsg)
+	err = aeCli.BroadcastTransaction(signedBase64TxMsg)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Error while broadcasting transaction: %v", err)
 	}