diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/conn.go b/src/yggdrasil/conn.go
index b4ce71f9..4ba0b2aa 100644
--- a/src/yggdrasil/conn.go
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/conn.go
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ func (c *Conn) Close() (err error) {
 }
 
 func (c *Conn) LocalAddr() crypto.NodeID {
-	return *crypto.GetNodeID(&c.session.core.boxPub)
+	return *crypto.GetNodeID(&c.core.boxPub)
 }
 
 func (c *Conn) RemoteAddr() crypto.NodeID {
diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/router.go b/src/yggdrasil/router.go
index ad9bc15a..25f8e800 100644
--- a/src/yggdrasil/router.go
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/router.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func (r *router) init(core *Core) {
 	r.core.config.Mutex.RUnlock()
 	r.dht.init(r)
 	r.searches.init(r)
-	r.sessions.init(r.core)
+	r.sessions.init(r)
 }
 
 // Starts the mainLoop goroutine.
diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/session.go b/src/yggdrasil/session.go
index 02d4dc82..13f64424 100644
--- a/src/yggdrasil/session.go
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/session.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func (h nonceHeap) peek() *crypto.BoxNonce { return &h[len(h)-1] }
 // This includes coords, permanent and ephemeral keys, handles and nonces, various sorts of timing information for timeout and maintenance, and some metadata for the admin API.
 type sessionInfo struct {
 	phony.Actor                                  // Protects all of the below, use it any time you read/change the contents of a session
-	core           *Core                         //
+	sessions       *sessions                     //
 	reconfigure    chan chan error               //
 	theirAddr      address.Address               //
 	theirSubnet    address.Subnet                //
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func (s *sessionInfo) _update(p *sessionPing) bool {
 // Sessions are indexed by handle.
 // Additionally, stores maps of address/subnet onto keys, and keys onto handles.
 type sessions struct {
-	core             *Core
+	router           *router
 	listener         *Listener
 	listenerMutex    sync.Mutex
 	reconfigure      chan chan error
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@ type sessions struct {
 }
 
 // Initializes the session struct.
-func (ss *sessions) init(core *Core) {
-	ss.core = core
+func (ss *sessions) init(r *router) {
+	ss.router = r
 	ss.reconfigure = make(chan chan error, 1)
 	go func() {
 		for {
@@ -213,18 +213,18 @@ func (ss *sessions) createSession(theirPermKey *crypto.BoxPubKey) *sessionInfo {
 		return nil
 	}
 	sinfo := sessionInfo{}
-	sinfo.core = ss.core
+	sinfo.sessions = ss
 	sinfo.reconfigure = make(chan chan error, 1)
 	sinfo.theirPermPub = *theirPermKey
-	sinfo.sharedPermKey = *ss.getSharedKey(&ss.core.boxPriv, &sinfo.theirPermPub)
+	sinfo.sharedPermKey = *ss.getSharedKey(&ss.router.core.boxPriv, &sinfo.theirPermPub)
 	pub, priv := crypto.NewBoxKeys()
 	sinfo.mySesPub = *pub
 	sinfo.mySesPriv = *priv
 	sinfo.myNonce = *crypto.NewBoxNonce()
 	sinfo.theirMTU = 1280
-	ss.core.config.Mutex.RLock()
-	sinfo.myMTU = uint16(ss.core.config.Current.IfMTU)
-	ss.core.config.Mutex.RUnlock()
+	ss.router.core.config.Mutex.RLock()
+	sinfo.myMTU = uint16(ss.router.core.config.Current.IfMTU)
+	ss.router.core.config.Mutex.RUnlock()
 	now := time.Now()
 	sinfo.timeOpened = now
 	sinfo.time = now
@@ -234,11 +234,11 @@ func (ss *sessions) createSession(theirPermKey *crypto.BoxPubKey) *sessionInfo {
 	sinfo.init = make(chan struct{})
 	sinfo.cancel = util.NewCancellation()
 	higher := false
-	for idx := range ss.core.boxPub {
-		if ss.core.boxPub[idx] > sinfo.theirPermPub[idx] {
+	for idx := range ss.router.core.boxPub {
+		if ss.router.core.boxPub[idx] > sinfo.theirPermPub[idx] {
 			higher = true
 			break
-		} else if ss.core.boxPub[idx] < sinfo.theirPermPub[idx] {
+		} else if ss.router.core.boxPub[idx] < sinfo.theirPermPub[idx] {
 			break
 		}
 	}
@@ -260,8 +260,8 @@ func (ss *sessions) createSession(theirPermKey *crypto.BoxPubKey) *sessionInfo {
 	go func() {
 		// Run cleanup when the session is canceled
 		<-sinfo.cancel.Finished()
-		sinfo.core.router.doAdmin(func() {
-			sinfo.core.router.sessions.removeSession(&sinfo)
+		sinfo.sessions.router.doAdmin(func() {
+			sinfo.sessions.removeSession(&sinfo)
 		})
 	}()
 	go sinfo.startWorkers()
@@ -298,18 +298,18 @@ func (ss *sessions) cleanup() {
 
 // Closes a session, removing it from sessions maps.
 func (ss *sessions) removeSession(sinfo *sessionInfo) {
-	if s := sinfo.core.router.sessions.sinfos[sinfo.myHandle]; s == sinfo {
-		delete(sinfo.core.router.sessions.sinfos, sinfo.myHandle)
-		delete(sinfo.core.router.sessions.byTheirPerm, sinfo.theirPermPub)
+	if s := sinfo.sessions.sinfos[sinfo.myHandle]; s == sinfo {
+		delete(sinfo.sessions.sinfos, sinfo.myHandle)
+		delete(sinfo.sessions.byTheirPerm, sinfo.theirPermPub)
 	}
 }
 
 // Returns a session ping appropriate for the given session info.
 func (sinfo *sessionInfo) _getPing() sessionPing {
-	loc := sinfo.core.switchTable.getLocator()
+	loc := sinfo.sessions.router.core.switchTable.getLocator()
 	coords := loc.getCoords()
 	ping := sessionPing{
-		SendPermPub: sinfo.core.boxPub,
+		SendPermPub: sinfo.sessions.router.core.boxPub,
 		Handle:      sinfo.myHandle,
 		SendSesPub:  sinfo.mySesPub,
 		Tstamp:      time.Now().Unix(),
@@ -360,13 +360,13 @@ func (sinfo *sessionInfo) _sendPingPong(isPong bool) {
 	p := wire_protoTrafficPacket{
 		Coords:  sinfo.coords,
 		ToKey:   sinfo.theirPermPub,
-		FromKey: sinfo.core.boxPub,
+		FromKey: sinfo.sessions.router.core.boxPub,
 		Nonce:   *nonce,
 		Payload: payload,
 	}
 	packet := p.encode()
 	// TODO rewrite the below if/when the peer struct becomes an actor, to not go through the router first
-	sinfo.core.router.EnqueueFrom(sinfo, func() { sinfo.core.router.out(packet) })
+	sinfo.sessions.router.EnqueueFrom(sinfo, func() { sinfo.sessions.router.out(packet) })
 	if sinfo.pingTime.Before(sinfo.time) {
 		sinfo.pingTime = time.Now()
 	}
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ func (ss *sessions) handlePing(ping *sessionPing) {
 			if s, _ := ss.getByTheirPerm(&ping.SendPermPub); s != sinfo {
 				panic("This should not happen")
 			}
-			conn := newConn(ss.core, crypto.GetNodeID(&sinfo.theirPermPub), &crypto.NodeID{}, sinfo)
+			conn := newConn(ss.router.core, crypto.GetNodeID(&sinfo.theirPermPub), &crypto.NodeID{}, sinfo)
 			for i := range conn.nodeMask {
 				conn.nodeMask[i] = 0xFF
 			}
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ func (ss *sessions) handlePing(ping *sessionPing) {
 		ss.listenerMutex.Unlock()
 	}
 	if sinfo != nil {
-		sinfo.EnqueueFrom(&ss.core.router, func() {
+		sinfo.EnqueueFrom(ss.router, func() {
 			// Update the session
 			if !sinfo._update(ping) { /*panic("Should not happen in testing")*/
 				return
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ func (sinfo *sessionInfo) _updateNonce(theirNonce *crypto.BoxNonce) {
 // Called after coord changes, so attemtps to use a session will trigger a new ping and notify the remote end of the coord change.
 func (ss *sessions) reset() {
 	for _, sinfo := range ss.sinfos {
-		sinfo.EnqueueFrom(&ss.core.router, func() {
+		sinfo.EnqueueFrom(ss.router, func() {
 			sinfo.reset = true
 		})
 	}
@@ -639,7 +639,10 @@ func (sinfo *sessionInfo) sendWorker() {
 				util.PutBytes(msg.Message)
 				util.PutBytes(p.Payload)
 				// Send the packet
-				sinfo.core.router.out(packet)
+				// TODO replace this with a send to the peer struct if that becomes an actor
+				sinfo.sessions.router.EnqueueFrom(sinfo, func() {
+					sinfo.sessions.router.out(packet)
+				})
 			}
 			ch <- callback
 		}