diff --git a/publisher.go b/publisher.go
index db4a088..7ee602d 100644
--- a/publisher.go
+++ b/publisher.go
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func (s *server) PublisherStart() {
 	// Prepare and start a single process
 	{
 		sub := newSubject("ship1", "command", "shellcommand")
-		proc := s.processPrepareNew(sub, s.errorCh)
+		proc := s.processPrepareNew(sub, s.errorCh, processKindPublisher)
 		// fmt.Printf("*** %#v\n", proc)
 		go s.processSpawnWorker(proc)
 	}
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func (s *server) PublisherStart() {
 	// Prepare and start a single process
 	{
 		sub := newSubject("ship2", "command", "shellcommand")
-		proc := s.processPrepareNew(sub, s.errorCh)
+		proc := s.processPrepareNew(sub, s.errorCh, processKindPublisher)
 		// fmt.Printf("*** %#v\n", proc)
 		go s.processSpawnWorker(proc)
 	}
@@ -191,11 +191,14 @@ func (s Subject) name() subjectName {
 	return subjectName(fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s.%s", s.Node, s.MessageKind, s.Method))
 }
 
+// processKind are either kindSubscriber or kindPublisher, and are
+// used to distinguish the kind of process to spawn and to know
+// the process kind put in the process map.
 type processKind string
 
 const (
-	kindSubscriber processKind = "subscriber"
-	kindPublisher  processKind = "publisher"
+	processKindSubscriber processKind = "subscriber"
+	processKindPublisher  processKind = "publisher"
 )
 
 // process are represent the communication to one individual host
@@ -212,20 +215,22 @@ type process struct {
 	processID int
 	// errorCh is used to report errors from a process
 	// NB: Implementing this as an int to report for testing
-	errorCh chan errProcess
+	errorCh     chan errProcess
+	processKind processKind
 }
 
 // prepareNewProcess will set the the provided values and the default
 // values for a process.
-func (s *server) processPrepareNew(subject Subject, errCh chan errProcess) process {
+func (s *server) processPrepareNew(subject Subject, errCh chan errProcess, processKind processKind) process {
 	// create the initial configuration for a sessions communicating with 1 host process.
 	s.lastProcessID++
 	proc := process{
-		messageID: 0,
-		subject:   subject,
-		node:      node(subject.Node),
-		processID: s.lastProcessID,
-		errorCh:   errCh,
+		messageID:   0,
+		subject:     subject,
+		node:        node(subject.Node),
+		processID:   s.lastProcessID,
+		errorCh:     errCh,
+		processKind: processKind,
 		//messageCh: make(chan Message),
 	}
 
@@ -248,32 +253,34 @@ func (s *server) processSpawnWorker(proc process) {
 	// give the message to the correct publisher process. A channel that
 	// is listened on in the for loop below could be used to receive the
 	// messages from the message-pickup-process.
-	for {
-		// Wait and read the next message on the message channel
-		m := <-proc.subject.messageCh
-		m.ID = s.processes[proc.subject.name()].messageID
-		messageDeliver(proc, m, s.natsConn)
+	if proc.processKind == processKindPublisher {
+		for {
+			// Wait and read the next message on the message channel
+			m := <-proc.subject.messageCh
+			m.ID = s.processes[proc.subject.name()].messageID
+			messageDeliver(proc, m, s.natsConn)
 
-		// Increment the counter for the next message to be sent.
-		proc.messageID++
-		s.processes[proc.subject.name()] = proc
-		time.Sleep(time.Second * 1)
+			// Increment the counter for the next message to be sent.
+			proc.messageID++
+			s.processes[proc.subject.name()] = proc
+			time.Sleep(time.Second * 1)
 
-		// NB: simulate that we get an error, and that we can send that
-		// out of the process and receive it in another thread.
-		ep := errProcess{
-			infoText:      "process failed",
-			process:       proc,
-			message:       m,
-			errorActionCh: make(chan errorAction),
-		}
-		s.errorCh <- ep
+			// NB: simulate that we get an error, and that we can send that
+			// out of the process and receive it in another thread.
+			ep := errProcess{
+				infoText:      "process failed",
+				process:       proc,
+				message:       m,
+				errorActionCh: make(chan errorAction),
+			}
+			s.errorCh <- ep
 
-		// Wait for the response action back from the error kernel, and
-		// decide what to do. Should we continue, quit, or .... ?
-		switch <-ep.errorActionCh {
-		case errActionContinue:
-			log.Printf("The errAction was continue...so we're continuing\n")
+			// Wait for the response action back from the error kernel, and
+			// decide what to do. Should we continue, quit, or .... ?
+			switch <-ep.errorActionCh {
+			case errActionContinue:
+				log.Printf("The errAction was continue...so we're continuing\n")
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }