diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/api.go b/src/yggdrasil/api.go
index 693dbd06..e2c3b97a 100644
--- a/src/yggdrasil/api.go
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/api.go
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ func (c *Core) GetNodeInfo(key crypto.BoxPubKey, coords []uint64, nocache bool)
 		}
 	})
 	c.router.nodeinfo.sendNodeInfo(key, wire_coordsUint64stoBytes(coords), false)
+	phony.Block(&c.router.nodeinfo, func() {}) // Wait for sendNodeInfo before starting timer
 	timer := time.AfterFunc(6*time.Second, func() { close(response) })
 	defer timer.Stop()
 	for res := range response {
diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/nodeinfo.go b/src/yggdrasil/nodeinfo.go
index c3e9a274..fc6250d6 100644
--- a/src/yggdrasil/nodeinfo.go
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/nodeinfo.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ type nodeinfoReqRes struct {
 // Initialises the nodeinfo cache/callback maps, and starts a goroutine to keep
 // the cache/callback maps clean of stale entries
 func (m *nodeinfo) init(core *Core) {
-	m.Act(m, func() {
+	m.Act(nil, func() {
 		m._init(core)
 	})
 }
@@ -66,13 +66,13 @@ func (m *nodeinfo) _cleanup() {
 		}
 	}
 	time.AfterFunc(time.Second*30, func() {
-		m.Act(m, m._cleanup)
+		m.Act(nil, m._cleanup)
 	})
 }
 
 // Add a callback for a nodeinfo lookup
 func (m *nodeinfo) addCallback(sender crypto.BoxPubKey, call func(nodeinfo *NodeInfoPayload)) {
-	m.Act(m, func() {
+	m.Act(nil, func() {
 		m._addCallback(sender, call)
 	})
 }
@@ -164,8 +164,8 @@ func (m *nodeinfo) _getCachedNodeInfo(key crypto.BoxPubKey) (NodeInfoPayload, er
 }
 
 // Handles a nodeinfo request/response - called from the router
-func (m *nodeinfo) handleNodeInfo(nodeinfo *nodeinfoReqRes) {
-	m.Act(m, func() {
+func (m *nodeinfo) handleNodeInfo(from phony.Actor, nodeinfo *nodeinfoReqRes) {
+	m.Act(from, func() {
 		m._handleNodeInfo(nodeinfo)
 	})
 }
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ func (m *nodeinfo) _handleNodeInfo(nodeinfo *nodeinfoReqRes) {
 
 // Send nodeinfo request or response - called from the router
 func (m *nodeinfo) sendNodeInfo(key crypto.BoxPubKey, coords []byte, isResponse bool) {
-	m.Act(m, func() {
+	m.Act(nil, func() {
 		m._sendNodeInfo(key, coords, isResponse)
 	})
 }
diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/router.go b/src/yggdrasil/router.go
index bd6eefdf..b08a12d3 100644
--- a/src/yggdrasil/router.go
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/router.go
@@ -250,5 +250,5 @@ func (r *router) _handleNodeInfo(bs []byte, fromKey *crypto.BoxPubKey) {
 		return
 	}
 	req.SendPermPub = *fromKey
-	r.nodeinfo.handleNodeInfo(&req)
+	r.nodeinfo.handleNodeInfo(r, &req)
 }
diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/search.go b/src/yggdrasil/search.go
index 4708a705..92fc68b6 100644
--- a/src/yggdrasil/search.go
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/search.go
@@ -24,10 +24,8 @@ import (
 // This defines the maximum number of dhtInfo that we keep track of for nodes to query in an ongoing search.
 const search_MAX_SEARCH_SIZE = 16
 
-// This defines the time after which we send a new search packet.
-// Search packets are sent automatically immediately after a response is received.
-// So this allows for timeouts and for long searches to become increasingly parallel.
-const search_RETRY_TIME = time.Second
+// This defines the time after which we time out a search (so it can restart).
+const search_RETRY_TIME = 3 * time.Second
 
 // Information about an ongoing search.
 // Includes the target NodeID, the bitmask to match it to an IP, and the list of nodes to visit / already visited.