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),
diff --git a/src/fetch-manager.h b/src/fetch-manager.h
index 329b289..793c5c6 100644
--- a/src/fetch-manager.h
+++ b/src/fetch-manager.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <list>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include "scheduler.h"
+#include "executor.h"
 #include "ccnx-wrapper.h"
 
 #include "fetcher.h"
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@
 
   FetchList m_fetchList;
   SchedulerPtr m_scheduler;
+  ExecutorPtr m_executor;
   TaskPtr m_scheduleFetchesTask;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/fetcher.cc b/src/fetcher.cc
index fa8737e..f20ae44 100644
--- a/src/fetcher.cc
+++ b/src/fetcher.cc
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 using namespace Ccnx;
 
 Fetcher::Fetcher (Ccnx::CcnxWrapperPtr ccnx,
+                  ExecutorPtr executor,
                   const SegmentCallback &segmentCallback,
                   const FinishCallback &finishCallback,
                   OnFetchCompleteCallback onFetchComplete, OnFetchFailedCallback onFetchFailed,
@@ -64,14 +65,12 @@
   , m_activePipeline (0)
   , m_retryPause (0)
   , m_nextScheduledRetry (date_time::second_clock<boost::posix_time::ptime>::universal_time ())
-  , m_executor (1) // must be 1
+  , m_executor (executor) // must be 1
 {
-  m_executor.start ();
 }
 
 Fetcher::~Fetcher ()
 {
-  m_executor.shutdown ();
 }
 
 void
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@
   // cout << "Restart: " << m_minSendSeqNo << endl;
   m_lastPositiveActivity = date_time::second_clock<boost::posix_time::ptime>::universal_time();
 
-  m_executor.execute (bind (&Fetcher::FillPipeline, this));
+  m_executor->execute (bind (&Fetcher::FillPipeline, this));
 }
 
 void
@@ -120,7 +119,7 @@
 void
 Fetcher::OnData (uint64_t seqno, const Ccnx::Name &name, PcoPtr data)
 {
-  m_executor.execute (bind (&Fetcher::OnData_Execute, this, seqno, name, data));
+  m_executor->execute (bind (&Fetcher::OnData_Execute, this, seqno, name, data));
 }
 
 void
@@ -198,14 +197,14 @@
     }
   else
     {
-      m_executor.execute (bind (&Fetcher::FillPipeline, this));
+      m_executor->execute (bind (&Fetcher::FillPipeline, this));
     }
 }
 
 void
 Fetcher::OnTimeout (uint64_t seqno, const Ccnx::Name &name, const Closure &closure, Selectors selectors)
 {
-  m_executor.execute (bind (&Fetcher::OnTimeout_Execute, this, seqno, name, closure, selectors));
+  m_executor->execute (bind (&Fetcher::OnTimeout_Execute, this, seqno, name, closure, selectors));
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/fetcher.h b/src/fetcher.h
index 05e9f54..8e6b441 100644
--- a/src/fetcher.h
+++ b/src/fetcher.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
   typedef boost::function<void (Fetcher &)> OnFetchFailedCallback;
 
   Fetcher (Ccnx::CcnxWrapperPtr ccnx,
+           ExecutorPtr executor,
            const SegmentCallback &segmentCallback, // callback passed by caller of FetchManager
            const FinishCallback &finishCallback, // callback passed by caller of FetchManager
            OnFetchCompleteCallback onFetchComplete, OnFetchFailedCallback onFetchFailed, // callbacks provided by FetchManager
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@
   double m_retryPause; // pause to stop trying to fetch (for fetch-manager)
   boost::posix_time::ptime m_nextScheduledRetry;
 
-  Executor m_executor; // to serialize FillPipeline events
+  ExecutorPtr m_executor; // to serialize FillPipeline events
 };
 
 typedef boost::error_info<struct tag_errmsg, std::string> errmsg_info_str;
diff --git a/test/test-fetch-manager.cc b/test/test-fetch-manager.cc
index a526c10..24ca59c 100644
--- a/test/test-fetch-manager.cc
+++ b/test/test-fetch-manager.cc
@@ -110,8 +110,10 @@
   ccnx->publishData (Name (baseName)(oneMore), reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*> (&oneMore), sizeof(int), 30);
 
   FetcherTestData data;
+  ExecutorPtr executor = make_shared<Executor>(1);
 
   Fetcher fetcher (ccnx,
+                   executor,
                    bind (&FetcherTestData::onData, &data, _1, _2, _3, _4),
                    bind (&FetcherTestData::finish, &data, _1, _2),
                    bind (&FetcherTestData::onComplete, &data, _1),