diff --git a/app/plugins/contactRetry.go b/app/plugins/contactRetry.go
index d23f031..4856929 100644
--- a/app/plugins/contactRetry.go
+++ b/app/plugins/contactRetry.go
@@ -131,6 +131,12 @@ func (cr *contactRetry) retryDisconnected() {
 }
 
 func (cr *contactRetry) handleEvent(id string, state connections.ConnectionState, ctype connectionType) {
+
+	// don't handle contact retries for ourselves
+	if id == cr.onion {
+		return
+	}
+
 	if _, exists := cr.connections.Load(id); !exists {
 		p := &contact{id: id, state: state, backoff: 0, ticks: 0, ctype: ctype}
 		cr.connections.Store(id, p)
diff --git a/app/plugins/networkCheck.go b/app/plugins/networkCheck.go
index 51f4545..9ce1f60 100644
--- a/app/plugins/networkCheck.go
+++ b/app/plugins/networkCheck.go
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ const NetworkCheckSuccess = "Success"
 type networkCheck struct {
 	bus           event.Manager
 	queue         event.Queue
+	onion		  string
 	acn           connectivity.ACN
-	onionsToCheck sync.Map // onion:string => true:bool
 	breakChan     chan bool
 	running       bool
 	offline       bool
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ type networkCheck struct {
 }
 
 // NewNetworkCheck returns a Plugin that when started will attempt various network tests
-func NewNetworkCheck(bus event.Manager, acn connectivity.ACN) Plugin {
-	nc := &networkCheck{bus: bus, acn: acn, queue: event.NewQueue(), breakChan: make(chan bool, 1)}
+func NewNetworkCheck(onion string, bus event.Manager, acn connectivity.ACN) Plugin {
+	nc := &networkCheck{onion:onion, bus: bus, acn: acn, queue: event.NewQueue(), breakChan: make(chan bool, 1)}
 	return nc
 }
 
@@ -61,12 +61,13 @@ func (nc *networkCheck) run() {
 			// and then we will wait a minute and check the connection for the first time (the onion should be up)
 			// under normal operating circumstances
 			case event.ProtocolEngineStartListen:
-				if _, exists := nc.onionsToCheck.Load(e.Data[event.Onion]); !exists {
+				if nc.onion == (e.Data[event.Onion]) {
 					log.Debugf("initiating connection check for %v", e.Data[event.Onion])
-					nc.onionsToCheck.Store(e.Data[event.Onion], true)
 					if time.Since(lastMessageReceived) > time.Minute {
 						nc.selfTest()
 					}
+				} else {
+					log.Errorf("network check plugin received an event for a different profile than it was started with. Internal wiring is probably wrong.")
 				}
 			case event.PeerStateChange:
 				fallthrough
@@ -114,10 +115,7 @@ func (nc *networkCheck) Shutdown() {
 }
 
 func (nc *networkCheck) selfTest() {
-	nc.onionsToCheck.Range(func(key, val interface{}) bool {
-		go nc.checkConnection(key.(string))
-		return true
-	})
+	go nc.checkConnection(nc.onion)
 }
 
 //
diff --git a/app/plugins/plugin.go b/app/plugins/plugin.go
index be8252b..f5a9915 100644
--- a/app/plugins/plugin.go
+++ b/app/plugins/plugin.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func Get(id PluginID, bus event.Manager, acn connectivity.ACN, onion string) (Pl
 	case CONNECTIONRETRY:
 		return NewConnectionRetry(bus, onion), nil
 	case NETWORKCHECK:
-		return NewNetworkCheck(bus, acn), nil
+		return NewNetworkCheck(onion, bus, acn), nil
 	}
 
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("plugin not defined %v", id)