diff --git a/model/sync-app-socket.cc b/model/sync-app-socket.cc
index fb6779d..2f1d174 100644
--- a/model/sync-app-socket.cc
+++ b/model/sync-app-socket.cc
@@ -29,13 +29,12 @@
 {
 
 SyncAppSocket::SyncAppSocket (const string &syncPrefix, CcnxWrapper::DataCallback dataCallback)
-  : m_ccnxHandle (new CcnxWrapper())
-  , m_fetcher (m_ccnxHandle, dataCallback)
-  , m_publisher (m_ccnxHandle)
+	: m_appHandle (new CcnxWrapper())
+  , m_fetcher (m_appHandle, dataCallback)
+  , m_publisher (m_appHandle)
   , m_syncLogic (syncPrefix,
                  bind (&AppDataFetch::onUpdate, m_fetcher, _1, _2, _3),
-                 bind (&AppDataFetch::onRemove, m_fetcher, _1),
-                 m_ccnxHandle)
+                 bind (&AppDataFetch::onRemove, m_fetcher, _1))
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/model/sync-app-socket.h b/model/sync-app-socket.h
index 465cc5c..7c01cf2 100644
--- a/model/sync-app-socket.h
+++ b/model/sync-app-socket.h
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 	void start() {m_syncLogic.start();}
 
 private:
-  CcnxWrapperPtr m_ccnxHandle;
+	CcnxWrapperPtr m_appHandle;
 
   AppDataFetch   m_fetcher;
   AppDataPublish m_publisher;
diff --git a/model/sync-logic.cc b/model/sync-logic.cc
index 7f24e04..c143498 100644
--- a/model/sync-logic.cc
+++ b/model/sync-logic.cc
@@ -37,12 +37,11 @@
 
 SyncLogic::SyncLogic (const std::string &syncPrefix,
                       LogicUpdateCallback onUpdate,
-                      LogicRemoveCallback onRemove,
-                      CcnxWrapperPtr ccnxHandle)
+                      LogicRemoveCallback onRemove)
   : m_syncPrefix (syncPrefix)
   , m_onUpdate (onUpdate)
+	, m_ccnxHandle(new CcnxWrapper())
   , m_onRemove (onRemove)
-  , m_ccnxHandle (ccnxHandle)
   , m_randomGenerator (static_cast<unsigned int> (std::time (0)))
   , m_rangeUniformRandom (m_randomGenerator, uniform_int<> (20,100))
 {
diff --git a/model/sync-logic.h b/model/sync-logic.h
index 547c01f..780c515 100644
--- a/model/sync-logic.h
+++ b/model/sync-logic.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
 #include <boost/thread/recursive_mutex.hpp>
 #include <boost/random.hpp>
+#include <memory>
 
 #include "sync-ccnx-wrapper.h"
 #include "sync-interest-table.h"
@@ -59,8 +60,7 @@
    */
   SyncLogic (const std::string &syncPrefix,
              LogicUpdateCallback onUpdate,
-             LogicRemoveCallback onRemove,
-             CcnxWrapperPtr ccnxHandle);
+             LogicRemoveCallback onRemove);
 
   ~SyncLogic ();
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
   std::string m_syncPrefix;
   LogicUpdateCallback m_onUpdate;
   LogicRemoveCallback m_onRemove;
-  CcnxWrapperPtr m_ccnxHandle;
+  std::auto_ptr<CcnxWrapper> m_ccnxHandle;
 
   Scheduler m_delayedChecksScheduler;
 
diff --git a/test/test_scheduler.cc b/test/test_scheduler.cc
index 9a72251..2871d95 100644
--- a/test/test_scheduler.cc
+++ b/test/test_scheduler.cc
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE (SyncLogicTest)
 {  
   SyncLogic *logic = 0;
-  BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW (logic = new SyncLogic ("/prefix", funcUpdate, funcRemove, make_shared<CcnxWrapper> ()));
+  BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW (logic = new SyncLogic ("/prefix", funcUpdate, funcRemove));
 
   Scheduler &scheduler = logic->getScheduler ();
   BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (scheduler.getEventsSize (), 0);