diff --git a/experiments/erlang/src/hop.erl b/experiments/erlang/src/hop.erl
index 18b9980..1e7cbc0 100644
--- a/experiments/erlang/src/hop.erl
+++ b/experiments/erlang/src/hop.erl
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@
 
 -module(hop).
 
--export([register_idempotent/3, class_of/1, send/2, post/4]).
+-export([name/0, register_idempotent/3, class_of/1, send/2, post/4]).
+
+name() ->
+    list_to_binary(atom_to_list(node())).
 
 register_idempotent(Name, Pid, ClassModule) ->
     case global:register_name(Name, Pid) of
diff --git a/experiments/erlang/src/hop_relay.erl b/experiments/erlang/src/hop_relay.erl
index e3ac376..b26eee9 100644
--- a/experiments/erlang/src/hop_relay.erl
+++ b/experiments/erlang/src/hop_relay.erl
@@ -85,8 +85,7 @@ handle_cast({socket_control_transferred, Sock}, State0 = #state{sock = Sock}) ->
     inet:setopts(Sock, [binary]),
     request_data(Sock),
     State1 = send([<<"hop">>], State0),
-    State2 = send([<<"subscribe">>, list_to_binary(atom_to_list(node())), <<>>, <<>>, <<>>, <<>>],
-                  State1),
+    State2 = send([<<"subscribe">>, hop:name(), <<>>, <<>>, <<>>, <<>>], State1),
     {noreply, State2};
 handle_cast(_Request, State) ->
     {stop, {bad_cast, _Request}, State}.