diff --git a/backend/telemetry/src/aggregator/aggregator.rs b/backend/telemetry/src/aggregator/aggregator.rs
index 90e3b1f..a2deddb 100644
--- a/backend/telemetry/src/aggregator/aggregator.rs
+++ b/backend/telemetry/src/aggregator/aggregator.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::sync::atomic::AtomicU64;
 use futures::channel::mpsc;
-use futures::{ Sink, SinkExt };
+use futures::{ future, Sink, SinkExt };
 use super::inner_loop;
+use super::find_location::{ self, find_location };
+use crate::state::NodeId;
+use std::net::Ipv4Addr;
 
 /// A unique Id is assigned per websocket connection (or more accurately,
 /// per feed socket and per shard socket). This can be combined with the
@@ -30,8 +33,13 @@ impl Aggregator {
     pub async fn spawn(denylist: Vec<String>) -> anyhow::Result<Aggregator> {
         let (tx_to_aggregator, rx_from_external) = mpsc::channel(10);
 
+        // Kick off a locator task to locate nodes, which hands back a channel to make location requests
+        let tx_to_locator = find_location(tx_to_aggregator.clone().with(|(node_id, msg)| {
+            future::ok::<_,mpsc::SendError>(inner_loop::ToAggregator::FromFindLocation(node_id, msg))
+        }));
+
         // Handle any incoming messages in our handler loop:
-        tokio::spawn(Aggregator::handle_messages(rx_from_external, tx_to_aggregator.clone(), denylist));
+        tokio::spawn(Aggregator::handle_messages(rx_from_external, tx_to_locator, denylist));
 
         // Return a handle to our aggregator:
         Ok(Aggregator(Arc::new(AggregatorInternal {
@@ -46,7 +54,7 @@ impl Aggregator {
     // any more, this task will gracefully end.
     async fn handle_messages(
         rx_from_external: mpsc::Receiver<inner_loop::ToAggregator>,
-        tx_to_aggregator: mpsc::Sender<inner_loop::ToAggregator>,
+        tx_to_aggregator: mpsc::UnboundedSender<(NodeId, Ipv4Addr)>,
         denylist: Vec<String>
     ) {
         inner_loop::InnerLoop::new(rx_from_external, tx_to_aggregator, denylist).handle().await;
diff --git a/backend/telemetry/src/aggregator/inner_loop.rs b/backend/telemetry/src/aggregator/inner_loop.rs
index cc77daf..b5ea7df 100644
--- a/backend/telemetry/src/aggregator/inner_loop.rs
+++ b/backend/telemetry/src/aggregator/inner_loop.rs
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ use common::{
 use bimap::BiMap;
 use std::{iter::FromIterator, net::Ipv4Addr, str::FromStr};
 use futures::channel::{ mpsc };
-use futures::{ future, SinkExt, StreamExt };
+use futures::{ SinkExt, StreamExt };
 use std::collections::{ HashMap, HashSet };
 use crate::state::{ self, State, NodeId };
 use crate::feed_message::{ self, FeedMessageSerializer };
-use super::find_location::{ self, find_location };
+use super::find_location;
 
 /// A unique Id is assigned per websocket connection (or more accurately,
 /// per feed socket and per shard socket). This can be combined with the
@@ -151,14 +151,9 @@ impl InnerLoop {
     /// Create a new inner loop handler with the various state it needs.
     pub fn new(
         rx_from_external: mpsc::Receiver<ToAggregator>,
-        tx_to_aggregator: mpsc::Sender<ToAggregator>,
+        tx_to_locator: mpsc::UnboundedSender<(NodeId, Ipv4Addr)>,
         denylist: Vec<String>
     ) -> Self {
-
-        let tx_to_locator = find_location(tx_to_aggregator.with(|(node_id, msg)| {
-            future::ok::<_,mpsc::SendError>(ToAggregator::FromFindLocation(node_id, msg))
-        }));
-
         InnerLoop {
             rx_from_external,
             node_state: State::new(denylist),