diff --git a/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/channel/Channels.java b/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/channel/Channels.java
index f9ef54a..09a620d 100644
--- a/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/channel/Channels.java
+++ b/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/channel/Channels.java
@@ -9,15 +9,15 @@
 import io.muoncore.transport.client.RingBufferLocalDispatcher;
 import io.muoncore.transport.client.TransportMessageDispatcher;
 import reactor.Environment;
-import reactor.core.Dispatcher;
+
 import reactor.core.config.DispatcherType;
 
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
 public class Channels {
 
-    static Dispatcher WORK_DISPATCHER = Environment.newDispatcher(32768, 200, DispatcherType.THREAD_POOL_EXECUTOR);
-    public static Dispatcher EVENT_DISPATCHER = new RingBufferLocalDispatcher("channel", 32768);
+    static Dispatcher WORK_DISPATCHER = new Reactor2Dispatcher(Environment.newDispatcher(32768, 200, DispatcherType.THREAD_POOL_EXECUTOR));
+    public static Dispatcher EVENT_DISPATCHER = new Reactor2Dispatcher(new RingBufferLocalDispatcher("channel", 32768));
 
     public static void shutdown() {
 //        EVENT_DISPATCHER.shutdown();
diff --git a/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/channel/Dispatcher.java b/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/channel/Dispatcher.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b8c602
--- /dev/null
+++ b/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/channel/Dispatcher.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package io.muoncore.channel;
+
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+
+public interface Dispatcher {
+
+  <E> void dispatch(E data,
+                    Consumer<E> eventConsumer,
+                    Consumer<Throwable> errorConsumer);
+
+  <E> void tryDispatch(E data,
+                       Consumer<E> eventConsumer,
+                       Consumer<Throwable> errorConsumer);
+}
diff --git a/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/channel/Reactor2Dispatcher.java b/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/channel/Reactor2Dispatcher.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c26a968
--- /dev/null
+++ b/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/channel/Reactor2Dispatcher.java
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package io.muoncore.channel;
+
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+
+@AllArgsConstructor
+public class Reactor2Dispatcher implements Dispatcher {
+
+  private reactor.core.Dispatcher internal;
+
+  @Override
+  public <E> void dispatch(E data, Consumer<E> eventConsumer, Consumer<Throwable> errorConsumer) {
+    internal.dispatch(data, eventConsumer::accept, errorConsumer::accept);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public <E> void tryDispatch(E data, Consumer<E> eventConsumer, Consumer<Throwable> errorConsumer) {
+    internal.tryDispatch(data, eventConsumer::accept, errorConsumer::accept);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/channel/impl/KeepAliveChannel.java b/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/channel/impl/KeepAliveChannel.java
index 3459d14..b0dfc29 100644
--- a/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/channel/impl/KeepAliveChannel.java
+++ b/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/channel/impl/KeepAliveChannel.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import io.muoncore.channel.Channel;
 import io.muoncore.channel.ChannelConnection;
+import io.muoncore.channel.Dispatcher;
 import io.muoncore.channel.support.Scheduler;
 import io.muoncore.exception.MuonException;
 import io.muoncore.message.MuonInboundMessage;
@@ -10,7 +11,6 @@
 import io.muoncore.message.MuonOutboundMessage;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import reactor.core.Dispatcher;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
diff --git a/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/channel/impl/StandardAsyncChannel.java b/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/channel/impl/StandardAsyncChannel.java
index 28b2a71..f9660a1 100644
--- a/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/channel/impl/StandardAsyncChannel.java
+++ b/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/channel/impl/StandardAsyncChannel.java
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 import io.muoncore.channel.Channel;
 import io.muoncore.channel.ChannelConnection;
+import io.muoncore.channel.Dispatcher;
 import io.muoncore.exception.MuonException;
-import reactor.core.Dispatcher;
 
 import java.util.Date;
 
diff --git a/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/channel/impl/TimeoutChannel.java b/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/channel/impl/TimeoutChannel.java
index 78a641b..390d954 100644
--- a/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/channel/impl/TimeoutChannel.java
+++ b/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/channel/impl/TimeoutChannel.java
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 import io.muoncore.channel.Channel;
 import io.muoncore.channel.ChannelConnection;
+import io.muoncore.channel.Dispatcher;
 import io.muoncore.channel.support.Scheduler;
 import io.muoncore.exception.MuonException;
 import io.muoncore.message.MuonInboundMessage;
 import io.muoncore.message.MuonMessageBuilder;
 import io.muoncore.message.MuonOutboundMessage;
-import reactor.core.Dispatcher;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
diff --git a/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/channel/impl/WiretapChannel.java b/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/channel/impl/WiretapChannel.java
index a1507aa..47083fc 100644
--- a/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/channel/impl/WiretapChannel.java
+++ b/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/channel/impl/WiretapChannel.java
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 import io.muoncore.channel.Channel;
 import io.muoncore.channel.ChannelConnection;
+import io.muoncore.channel.Dispatcher;
 import io.muoncore.exception.MuonException;
 import io.muoncore.message.MuonMessage;
 import io.muoncore.transport.client.TransportMessageDispatcher;
-import reactor.core.Dispatcher;
 
 public class WiretapChannel<GoingLeft extends MuonMessage, GoingRight extends MuonMessage> implements Channel<GoingLeft, GoingRight> {
 
diff --git a/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/channel/impl/ZipChannel.java b/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/channel/impl/ZipChannel.java
index 9d787da..d2f97d6 100644
--- a/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/channel/impl/ZipChannel.java
+++ b/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/channel/impl/ZipChannel.java
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 import io.muoncore.channel.Channel;
 import io.muoncore.channel.ChannelConnection;
+import io.muoncore.channel.Dispatcher;
 import io.muoncore.exception.MuonException;
 import io.muoncore.message.MuonInboundMessage;
 import io.muoncore.message.MuonMessageBuilder;
 import io.muoncore.message.MuonOutboundMessage;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import reactor.core.Dispatcher;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
diff --git a/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/transport/client/MultiTransportClient.java b/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/transport/client/MultiTransportClient.java
index 9d15172..80ba6ef 100644
--- a/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/transport/client/MultiTransportClient.java
+++ b/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/transport/client/MultiTransportClient.java
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 package io.muoncore.transport.client;
 
 import io.muoncore.Discovery;
-import io.muoncore.channel.Channel;
-import io.muoncore.channel.ChannelConnection;
-import io.muoncore.channel.Channels;
+import io.muoncore.channel.*;
 import io.muoncore.codec.Codecs;
 import io.muoncore.config.AutoConfiguration;
 import io.muoncore.message.MuonInboundMessage;
@@ -13,7 +11,6 @@
 import io.muoncore.transport.sharedsocket.client.SharedSocketRoute;
 import io.muoncore.transport.sharedsocket.client.SharedSocketRouter;
 import org.reactivestreams.Publisher;
-import reactor.core.Dispatcher;
 
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
@@ -25,7 +22,7 @@ public class MultiTransportClient implements TransportClient, TransportControl {
 
     private List<MuonTransport> transports;
     private TransportMessageDispatcher taps;
-    private Dispatcher dispatcher = new RingBufferLocalDispatcher("transportDispatch", 8192);
+    private Dispatcher dispatcher = new Reactor2Dispatcher(new RingBufferLocalDispatcher("transportDispatch", 8192));
     private AutoConfiguration configuration;
     private SharedSocketRouter sharedSocketRouter;
     private Discovery discovery;
diff --git a/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/transport/client/MultiTransportClientChannelConnection.java b/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/transport/client/MultiTransportClientChannelConnection.java
index d3b0450..d0f0aa5 100644
--- a/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/transport/client/MultiTransportClientChannelConnection.java
+++ b/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/transport/client/MultiTransportClientChannelConnection.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import io.muoncore.Discovery;
 import io.muoncore.ServiceDescriptor;
 import io.muoncore.channel.ChannelConnection;
+import io.muoncore.channel.Dispatcher;
 import io.muoncore.exception.NoSuchServiceException;
 import io.muoncore.message.MuonInboundMessage;
 import io.muoncore.message.MuonMessage;
@@ -10,7 +11,6 @@
 import io.muoncore.transport.sharedsocket.client.SharedSocketRouter;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import reactor.core.Dispatcher;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
diff --git a/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/transport/client/SimpleTransportMessageDispatcher.java b/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/transport/client/SimpleTransportMessageDispatcher.java
index 5840b9a..f1446fa 100644
--- a/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/transport/client/SimpleTransportMessageDispatcher.java
+++ b/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/transport/client/SimpleTransportMessageDispatcher.java
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 package io.muoncore.transport.client;
 
+import io.muoncore.channel.Dispatcher;
+import io.muoncore.channel.Reactor2Dispatcher;
 import io.muoncore.message.MuonMessage;
 import org.reactivestreams.Publisher;
 import org.reactivestreams.Subscription;
 import reactor.Environment;
-import reactor.core.Dispatcher;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ public class SimpleTransportMessageDispatcher implements TransportMessageDispatc
 
     private List<QueuePredicate> queues = new ArrayList<>();
     private ExecutorService exec = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(20);
-    private Dispatcher dispatcher = Environment.newDispatcher();
+    private Dispatcher dispatcher = new Reactor2Dispatcher(Environment.newDispatcher());
 
     private static final MuonMessage POISON = new MuonMessage(null, 0, null, null, null, null, null, null,null,null, null);
 
diff --git a/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/transport/sharedsocket/client/SharedSocketRoute.java b/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/transport/sharedsocket/client/SharedSocketRoute.java
index 0898230..6615026 100644
--- a/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/transport/sharedsocket/client/SharedSocketRoute.java
+++ b/muon-core/src/main/java/io/muoncore/transport/sharedsocket/client/SharedSocketRoute.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public SharedSocketRoute(String serviceName, TransportConnectionProvider transpo
 
     private void shutdownRoute(MuonInboundMessage msg) {
       if (running) {
-        log.info("Shutting down shared-route due to channel failure");
+        log.info("Shutting down shared-route due to channel failure {}", msg);
         routes.values().forEach(sharedSocketChannelConnection -> sharedSocketChannelConnection.sendInbound(msg));
         onShutdown.run();
         transportChannel.shutdown();
diff --git a/muon-core/src/test/groovy/io/muoncore/inmem/IntrospectionSimulationSpec.groovy b/muon-core/src/test/groovy/io/muoncore/inmem/IntrospectionSimulationSpec.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7fa693
--- /dev/null
+++ b/muon-core/src/test/groovy/io/muoncore/inmem/IntrospectionSimulationSpec.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package io.muoncore.inmem
+
+import com.google.common.eventbus.EventBus
+import io.muoncore.MultiTransportMuon
+import io.muoncore.Muon
+import io.muoncore.codec.json.JsonOnlyCodecs
+import io.muoncore.config.AutoConfiguration
+import io.muoncore.memory.discovery.InMemDiscovery
+import io.muoncore.memory.seda.InMemSeda
+import io.muoncore.memory.transport.InMemTransport
+import spock.lang.Ignore
+import spock.lang.Specification
+import spock.lang.Timeout
+
+class IntrospectionSimulationSpec extends Specification {
+
+    def eventbus = new EventBus()
+
+    @Timeout(100)
+    "many services can run and be introspected"() {
+
+        given: "some services"
+
+        def discovery = new InMemDiscovery()
+
+        //TODO, extract this out into the SEDA stack and have a general way of using it that isn't here.
+        def seda = new InMemSeda(discovery, eventbus);
+
+        def svc1 = createService("mine", discovery)
+
+        when:
+        def names = svc1.discovery.serviceNames
+
+        then:
+        names == ["hello"]
+
+    }
+
+    Muon createService(ident, discovery) {
+        def config = new AutoConfiguration(serviceName: "${ident}")
+        def transport = new InMemTransport(config, eventbus)
+
+        new MultiTransportMuon(config, discovery, [transport], new JsonOnlyCodecs())
+    }
+}