diff --git a/js/NDN.js b/js/NDN.js
index eecaefd..31e4cd0 100644
--- a/js/NDN.js
+++ b/js/NDN.js
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
     console.log("Trying host from getHostAndPort: " + this.host);
     
     // Fetch the ccndId.
-    var interest = new Interest(new Name(NDN.ccndIdFetcher));
+    var interest = new Interest(NDN.ccndIdFetcher);
 	interest.interestLifetime = 4000; // milliseconds    
 
     var thisNDN = this;
diff --git a/js/tools/build/ndn-js-uncomp.js b/js/tools/build/ndn-js-uncomp.js
index bc92e99..e215bdb 100644
--- a/js/tools/build/ndn-js-uncomp.js
+++ b/js/tools/build/ndn-js-uncomp.js
@@ -7958,7 +7958,7 @@
     console.log("Trying host from getHostAndPort: " + this.host);
     
     // Fetch the ccndId.
-    var interest = new Interest(new Name(NDN.ccndIdFetcher));
+    var interest = new Interest(NDN.ccndIdFetcher);
 	interest.interestLifetime = 4000; // milliseconds    
 
     var thisNDN = this;
diff --git a/js/tools/build/ndn-js.js b/js/tools/build/ndn-js.js
index 36f2fd6..fe44b90 100644
--- a/js/tools/build/ndn-js.js
+++ b/js/tools/build/ndn-js.js
@@ -266,6 +266,6 @@
 NDN.getEntryForExpressedInterest=function(a){for(var b=null,c=0;c<NDN.PITTable.length;c++)if(NDN.PITTable[c].interest.matches_name(a)&&(null==b||NDN.PITTable[c].interest.name.components.length>b.interest.name.components.length))b=NDN.PITTable[c];return b};NDN.makeShuffledGetHostAndPort=function(a,b){a=a.slice(0,a.length);DataUtils.shuffle(a);return function(){return 0==a.length?null:{host:a.splice(0,1)[0],port:b}}};
 NDN.prototype.expressInterest=function(a,b,c){a=new Interest(a);null!=c?(a.minSuffixComponents=c.minSuffixComponents,a.maxSuffixComponents=c.maxSuffixComponents,a.publisherPublicKeyDigest=c.publisherPublicKeyDigest,a.exclude=c.exclude,a.childSelector=c.childSelector,a.answerOriginKind=c.answerOriginKind,a.scope=c.scope,a.interestLifetime=c.interestLifetime):a.interestLifetime=4E3;null==this.host||null==this.port?null==this.getHostAndPort?console.log("ERROR: host OR port NOT SET"):this.connectAndExpressInterest(a,
 b):this.transport.expressInterest(this,a,b)};NDN.prototype.registerPrefix=function(a,b,c){return this.transport.registerPrefix(this,a,b,c)};
-NDN.prototype.connectAndExpressInterest=function(a,b){var c=this.getHostAndPort();if(null==c)console.log("ERROR: No more hosts from getHostAndPort"),this.host=null;else if(c.host==this.host&&c.port==this.port)console.log("ERROR: The host returned by getHostAndPort is not alive: "+this.host+":"+this.port);else{this.host=c.host;this.port=c.port;console.log("Trying host from getHostAndPort: "+this.host);c=new Interest(new Name(NDN.ccndIdFetcher));c.interestLifetime=4E3;var d=this,e=setTimeout(function(){console.log("Timeout waiting for host "+
+NDN.prototype.connectAndExpressInterest=function(a,b){var c=this.getHostAndPort();if(null==c)console.log("ERROR: No more hosts from getHostAndPort"),this.host=null;else if(c.host==this.host&&c.port==this.port)console.log("ERROR: The host returned by getHostAndPort is not alive: "+this.host+":"+this.port);else{this.host=c.host;this.port=c.port;console.log("Trying host from getHostAndPort: "+this.host);c=new Interest(NDN.ccndIdFetcher);c.interestLifetime=4E3;var d=this,e=setTimeout(function(){console.log("Timeout waiting for host "+
 d.host);d.connectAndExpressInterest(a,b)},3E3);this.transport.expressInterest(this,c,new NDN.ConnectClosure(this,a,b,e))}};NDN.ConnectClosure=function(a,b,c,d){Closure.call(this);this.ndn=a;this.callerInterest=b;this.callerClosure=c;this.timerID=d};
 NDN.ConnectClosure.prototype.upcall=function(a){if(!(a==Closure.UPCALL_CONTENT||a==Closure.UPCALL_CONTENT_UNVERIFIED||a==Closure.UPCALL_INTEREST))return Closure.RESULT_ERR;clearTimeout(this.timerID);console.log(this.ndn.host+": Host is alive. Fetching callerInterest.");this.ndn.transport.expressInterest(this.ndn,this.callerInterest,this.callerClosure);return Closure.RESULT_OK};