diff --git a/src/accountant_skel.rs b/src/accountant_skel.rs
index d3e8ab14b..4901b979b 100644
--- a/src/accountant_skel.rs
+++ b/src/accountant_skel.rs
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ mod tests {
     use accountant_skel::{to_packets, Request};
     use bincode::serialize;
     use ecdsa;
-    use packet::{PacketRecycler, NUM_PACKETS};
+    use packet::{BlobRecycler, PacketRecycler, NUM_PACKETS};
     use transaction::{memfind, test_tx};
 
     use accountant::Accountant;
@@ -438,6 +438,10 @@ mod tests {
     use transaction::Transaction;
 
     use subscribers::{Node, Subscribers};
+    use streamer;
+    use std::sync::mpsc::channel;
+    use std::collections::VecDeque;
+    use packet::{PACKET_DATA_SIZE};
 
     #[test]
     fn test_layout() {
@@ -545,14 +549,25 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_replicate() {
-        let serve_port = 9004;
-        let send_port = 9005;
-        let addr = format!("127.0.0.1:{}", serve_port);
-        let send_addr = format!("127.0.0.1:{}", send_port);
+        let read = UdpSocket::bind("127.0.0.1:0").expect("bind");
+        let addr = read.local_addr().unwrap();
+        let send = UdpSocket::bind("127.0.0.1:0").expect("bind");
+        let exit = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
+
+        let node_me = Node::default();
+        let node_leader = Node::new([0; 8], 0, send.local_addr().unwrap());
+        let subs = Subscribers::new(node_me, node_leader, &[]);
+
+        let recv_recycler = PacketRecycler::default();
+        let resp_recycler = BlobRecycler::default();
+        let (s_reader, r_reader) = channel();
+        let t_receiver = streamer::receiver(read, exit.clone(), recv_recycler.clone(), s_reader).unwrap();
+        let (s_responder, r_responder) = channel();
+        let t_responder = streamer::responder(send, exit.clone(), resp_recycler.clone(), r_responder);
+
         let alice = Mint::new(10_000);
         let acc = Accountant::new(&alice);
         let bob_pubkey = KeyPair::new().pubkey();
-        let exit = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
         let historian = Historian::new(&alice.last_id(), Some(30));
         let acc = Arc::new(Mutex::new(AccountantSkel::new(
             acc,
@@ -560,11 +575,24 @@ mod tests {
             sink(),
             historian,
         )));
-        let node_me = Node::default();
-        let node_leader = Node::default();
-        let subs = Subscribers::new(node_me, node_leader, &[]);
+ 
         let _threads = AccountantSkel::replicate(&acc, subs, exit.clone()).unwrap();
+
+        let mut msgs = VecDeque::new();
+        for i in 0..10 {
+            let b = resp_recycler.allocate();
+            let b_ = b.clone();
+            let mut w = b.write().unwrap();
+            w.data[0] = i as u8;
+            w.meta.size = PACKET_DATA_SIZE;
+            w.meta.set_addr(&addr);
+            msgs.push_back(b_);
+        }
+        s_responder.send(msgs).expect("send");
+
         exit.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        t_receiver.join().expect("join");
+        t_responder.join().expect("join");
     }
 
 }