diff --git a/src/fetch-manager.cc b/src/fetch-manager.cc
index a883118..4fbe5bc 100644
--- a/src/fetch-manager.cc
+++ b/src/fetch-manager.cc
@@ -45,8 +45,10 @@
   , m_maxParallelFetches (parallelFetches)
   , m_currentParallelFetches (0)
   , m_scheduler (new Scheduler)
+  , m_executor (new Executor(1))
 {
   m_scheduler->start ();
+  m_executor->start();
 
   m_scheduleFetchesTask = Scheduler::schedulePeriodicTask (m_scheduler,
                                                            make_shared<SimpleIntervalGenerator> (300), // no need to check to often. if needed, will be rescheduled
@@ -57,6 +59,8 @@
 {
   m_scheduler->shutdown ();
 
+  m_executor->shutdown();
+
   m_fetchList.clear_and_dispose (fetcher_disposer ());
 }
 
@@ -76,6 +80,7 @@
   forwardingHint = m_mapping (deviceName);
 
   Fetcher &fetcher = *(new Fetcher (m_ccnx,
+                                    m_executor,
                                     segmentCallback,
                                     finishCallback,
                                     bind (&FetchManager::DidFetchComplete, this, _1),