diff --git a/js/ndnProtocol/components/ndnProtocolService.js b/js/ndnProtocol/components/ndnProtocolService.js
index 975a6b5..1cac09b 100644
--- a/js/ndnProtocol/components/ndnProtocolService.js
+++ b/js/ndnProtocol/components/ndnProtocolService.js
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@
 Components.utils.import("chrome://modules/content/ContentChannel.jsm");
 Components.utils.import("chrome://modules/content/NdnProtocolInfo.jsm");
 
-function NdnProtocol() {
-    this.ndn = new NDN({ getTransport: function() { return new XpcomTransport(); }, 
-                       verify: false });
+function NdnProtocol() {    
 }
 
 NdnProtocol.prototype = {
@@ -67,8 +65,6 @@
 
     newChannel: function(aURI)
     {
-        var thisNdnProtocol = this;
-        
         try {            
             var uriParts = NdnProtocolInfo.splitUri(aURI.spec);
     
@@ -86,8 +82,8 @@
             var requestContent = function(contentListener) {                
                 var name = new Name(uriParts.name);
                 // Use the same NDN object each time.
-                thisNdnProtocol.ndn.expressInterest(name, new ExponentialReExpressClosure 
-                    (new ContentClosure(thisNdnProtocol.ndn, contentListener, name, 
+                NdnProtocolInfo.ndn.expressInterest(name, new ExponentialReExpressClosure 
+                    (new ContentClosure(NdnProtocolInfo.ndn, contentListener, name, 
                             aURI, searchWithoutNdn + uriParts.hash, segmentTemplate)),
                     template);
             };
diff --git a/js/ndnProtocol/modules/NdnProtocolInfo.jsm b/js/ndnProtocol/modules/NdnProtocolInfo.jsm
index 3a5fc79..396aeb9 100644
--- a/js/ndnProtocol/modules/NdnProtocolInfo.jsm
+++ b/js/ndnProtocol/modules/NdnProtocolInfo.jsm
@@ -10,12 +10,17 @@
 const Cr = Components.results;
 
 Components.utils.import("resource://gre/modules/XPCOMUtils.jsm");
+Components.utils.import("chrome://modules/content/ndn-js.jsm");
 
 var NdnProtocolInfo = function NdnProtocolInfo(){
 };
 
-NdnProtocolInfo.ndnHubHost = null;
-NdnProtocolInfo.ndnHubPort = null;
+NdnProtocolInfo.ndn = new NDN({ getTransport: function() { return new XpcomTransport(); }, 
+                              verify: false });
+
+// These are set once a connection is established.
+NdnProtocolInfo.connectedNdnHubHost = null;
+NdnProtocolInfo.connectedNdnHubPort = null;
 NdnProtocolInfo.ndnHubChangedListenerList = [];
 
 /*
@@ -25,9 +30,9 @@
 NdnProtocolInfo.addNdnHubChangedListener = function(listener) {
     NdnProtocolInfo.ndnHubChangedListenerList.push(listener);
     
-    if (NdnProtocolInfo.ndnHubHost != null && NdnProtocolInfo.ndnHubPort != null) {
+    if (NdnProtocolInfo.connectedNdnHubHost != null && NdnProtocolInfo.connectedNdnHubPort != null) {
         try {
-            listener(NdnProtocolInfo.ndnHubHost, NdnProtocolInfo.ndnHubPort);
+            listener(NdnProtocolInfo.connectedNdnHubHost, NdnProtocolInfo.connectedNdnHubPort);
         }
         catch (ex) {
             // Ignore error from the listener.
@@ -40,12 +45,12 @@
  * listener in ndnHubChangedListenerList.
  */
 NdnProtocolInfo.setConnectedNdnHub = function(host, port) {
-    if (host == NdnProtocolInfo.ndnHubHost && port == NdnProtocolInfo.ndnHubPort)
+    if (host == NdnProtocolInfo.connectedNdnHubHost && port == NdnProtocolInfo.connectedNdnHubPort)
         // No change.
         return;
     
-    NdnProtocolInfo.ndnHubHost = host;
-    NdnProtocolInfo.ndnHubPort = port;
+    NdnProtocolInfo.connectedNdnHubHost = host;
+    NdnProtocolInfo.connectedNdnHubPort = port;
     for (var i = 0; i < NdnProtocolInfo.ndnHubChangedListenerList.length; ++i) {
         try {
             NdnProtocolInfo.ndnHubChangedListenerList[i](host, port);