diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 19d32f5..ab5dfc6 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 use anyhow;
 use clap::Parser;
-use pyo3::{prelude::*, types::PyBool};
-use std::{rc::Rc, sync::Mutex, thread};
-use tokio::sync::{mpsc, oneshot};
+use pyo3::prelude::*;
+use std::thread;
+use tokio::sync::oneshot;
 
 #[derive(Parser, Debug)]
 struct Args {}
@@ -38,75 +38,24 @@ mod scripts {
     };
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone)]
-#[pyclass]
-struct OpaqueHandle {
-    handle: tokio::runtime::Handle,
-}
-
-/// setup_extension creates a Python module consisting of members that are defined
-/// in the farore host process (in Rust).
-fn setup_extension(bridge: Bridge) -> Result<Py<PyModule>, PyErr> {
-    Python::with_gil(|py| {
-        let bound = py.get_type_bound::<Bridge>();
-        let module = PyModule::from_code_bound(py, "", "farore.py", "farore")?;
-        module.add(
-            "farore",
-            Core {
-                handle: bridge.handle.clone(),
-            },
-        )?;
-        Ok(module.unbind())
-    })
-}
-
-#[pyclass]
-struct Bridge {
-    handle: tokio::runtime::Handle,
-    numbers: mpsc::Receiver<usize>,
-}
-
-#[pymethods]
-impl Bridge {
-    fn receive(&mut self, fut: Bound<PyAny>) -> Result<(), PyErr> {
-        println!("Rust: Bridge receive value: {}", fut);
-        let fut = fut.unbind();
-        self.handle.spawn(async move {
-            println!("Rust: receive task going to sleep");
-            tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
-            println!("Rust: receive task finished sleep");
-            match Python::with_gil(|py| -> Result<(), PyErr> {
-                let main_module = py.import_bound("main")?;
-                println!("Rust: receive task has gil");
-                let fut = fut.bind(py);
-                fut.setattr("_asyncio_future_blocking", true);
-                fut.getattr("set_result")?.call1((5,))?;
-                println!("Rust: receive task set the result of a future");
-                Ok(())
-            }) {
-                Ok(()) => {}
-                Err(e) => println!("Rust: saw python error: {}", e),
-            }
-        });
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
-
 /// Creates an asyncio Future and schedules a task in asyncio to wait on that
 /// Future.
 fn create_asyncio_future() -> Result<(Py<PyAny>, Py<PyAny>), PyErr> {
     Python::with_gil(|py| {
-        let main = py.import_bound("main")?;
-        let run = main.getattr("create_later_slot")?;
-        let later = run.call0()?.unbind();
+        let later = py
+            .import_bound("main")
+            .and_then(|main| main.getattr("Later"))
+            .and_then(|class| class.call0())
+            .map(|later| later.unbind())?;
         let dupe = Py::clone_ref(&later, py);
         Ok((later, dupe))
     })
 }
 
-#[pyclass]
+#[pyclass(name = "Farore")]
 struct Core {
     handle: tokio::runtime::Handle,
+    tx_shutdown: Option<oneshot::Sender<()>>,
 }
 
 #[pymethods]
@@ -114,58 +63,74 @@ impl Core {
     fn next_message(&self) -> Result<Py<PyAny>, PyErr> {
         let (here, there) = create_asyncio_future()?;
         self.handle.spawn(async move {
-            println!("Going to sleep from the resolve function I guess");
             tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(500)).await;
-            println!("Finished sleeping in the resolve function");
+
             let py_result = Python::with_gil(|py| -> Result<(), PyErr> {
-                println!("We've got the gil in the resolve function");
                 let later = here.bind(py);
                 let set_result = later.getattr("set_result")?;
                 set_result.call1((17,))?;
-
                 Ok(())
             });
             match py_result {
                 Ok(()) => {}
                 Err(e) => {
-                    println!("Failed to complete future: {}", e);
+                    println!("Rust: Failed to complete future: {}", e);
                 }
             }
         });
         Ok(there)
     }
+
+    fn shutdown(&mut self) {
+        match self.tx_shutdown.take() {
+            Some(tx) => {
+                match tx.send(()) {
+                    Ok(()) => println!("Rust: Propagated shutdown to the tokio runtime"),
+                    Err(_) => {
+                        println!("Rust: Failed to propagate shutdown signal because nobody was listening")
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            None => {
+                println!("Rust: Ignoring request to shutdown: shutdown already called");
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
-async fn tokio_main(tx: mpsc::Sender<usize>) {
-    println!("Rust: Inside the tokio runtime");
-    tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(100)).await;
-    println!("Rust: Tokio runtime is done?");
+async fn tokio_main(rx_shutdown: oneshot::Receiver<()>) {
+    match rx_shutdown.await {
+        Ok(_) => {
+            println!("Rust: Received shutdown request");
+        }
+        Err(e) => {
+            println!("Rust: Unable to receive shutdown request: {}", e);
+        }
+    }
 }
 
-fn start_tokio(tx_bridge: oneshot::Sender<Bridge>) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
+fn start_tokio() -> Result<Core, anyhow::Error> {
+    let runtime = tokio::runtime::Runtime::new()?;
+    let (tx_shutdown, rx_shutdown) = oneshot::channel();
+    let core = Core {
+        handle: runtime.handle().clone(),
+        tx_shutdown: Some(tx_shutdown),
+    };
+
+    // Spawn a new thread to run the tokio runtime
     thread::spawn(move || {
-        // Start the runtime
-        let runtime = tokio::runtime::Runtime::new().unwrap();
-
-        // Create a bridge between the runtimes
-        let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel(16);
-        let bridge = Bridge {
-            handle: runtime.handle().clone(),
-            numbers: rx,
-        };
-        let _ = tx_bridge
-            .send(bridge)
-            .inspect_err(|_| println!("Rust: failed to send bridge"));
-
-        runtime.block_on(tokio_main(tx));
+        runtime.block_on(tokio_main(rx_shutdown));
     });
-    Ok(())
+    Ok(core)
 }
 
-fn run_python(bridge: Bridge) -> Result<Py<PyAny>, PyErr> {
-    setup_extension(bridge)?;
-
+fn run_python(core: Core) -> Result<Py<PyAny>, PyErr> {
     Python::with_gil(|py| {
+        // Initialize the farore module in python
+        let module = PyModule::from_code_bound(py, "", "farore.py", "farore")?;
+        module.add("farore", core)?;
+
+        // Run the main.py script in the python interpreter
         let main = scripts::main.load(py)?;
         let run = main.getattr("run")?;
         let returned = run.call0()?;
@@ -174,10 +139,8 @@ fn run_python(bridge: Bridge) -> Result<Py<PyAny>, PyErr> {
 }
 
 fn main() -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
-    let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel();
-    start_tokio(tx)?;
-    let bridge = rx.blocking_recv()?;
-    let v = run_python(bridge)?;
+    let core = start_tokio()?;
+    let v = run_python(core)?;
     println!("Rust: Python interpreter completed with result: {}", v);
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/python/farore.pyi b/src/python/farore.pyi
index 6e4d2d3..bc8914b 100644
--- a/src/python/farore.pyi
+++ b/src/python/farore.pyi
@@ -1,18 +1,7 @@
-from collections.abc import Awaitable
 from typing import Any
 
-class Bridge:
-    def receive(self, fut): ...
-
-bridge: Bridge
-
-class OpaqueHandle: ...
-
-tokio_handle: OpaqueHandle
-
-def next_message(h: OpaqueHandle): ...
-
 class Core:
-    async def next_message(self) -> Awaitable[Any]: ...
+    async def next_message(self) -> Any: ...
+    def shutdown(self): ...
 
 farore: Core
diff --git a/src/python/main.py b/src/python/main.py
index 9697a00..fc827ec 100644
--- a/src/python/main.py
+++ b/src/python/main.py
@@ -4,19 +4,15 @@ import logging
 
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
 
-log = logging.getLogger("import")
-log.debug(f"Python: farore module: {farore}")
-
-
-async def wait_on(fut: asyncio.Future):
-    return await fut
-
 
 class Later:
+    """Later is a wrapper around an asyncio.Future that can be passed to another
+    thread so that we can set the result of a future from another thread,
+    potentially from within the Tokio runtime"""
+
     def __init__(self):
         loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
         self.fut = loop.create_future()
-        self.task = loop.create_task(wait_on(self.fut))
 
     def set_result(self, v):
         def f():
@@ -26,20 +22,20 @@ class Later:
         loop.call_soon_threadsafe(f)
 
     def __await__(self):
-        return self.task.__await__()
-
-
-def create_later_slot() -> Later:
-    return Later()
+        return self.fut.__await__()
 
 
 async def main_task():
     log = logging.getLogger("main_task")
-    while True:
-        log.debug("Getting next message ...")
+    count = 0
+    while count < 4:
         m = await farore.next_message()
         log.debug(f"next message: {m}")
+        count += 1
+    log.debug("shutting down farore")
+    farore.shutdown()
+    log.debug("farore finished shutdown")
 
 
 def run():
-    asyncio.run(main_task())
+    return asyncio.run(main_task())