diff --git a/revid/revid.go b/revid/revid.go
index 1345e191..063a2aeb 100644
--- a/revid/revid.go
+++ b/revid/revid.go
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ func (r *Revid) reset(config Config) error {
 		if len(mtsSenders) != 1 && len(flvSenders) != 0 {
 			retry = false
 		}
-		ms := newMultiSender(r, mtsSenders, retry)
+		ms := newMultiSender(mtsSenders, retry, r.IsRunning)
 		e := mts.NewEncoder(ms, float64(r.config.FrameRate))
 		r.encoder = append(r.encoder, e)
 	}
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ func (r *Revid) reset(config Config) error {
 	// encoder to revid's encoder slice, and give this encoder the flvSenders
 	// as a destination.
 	if len(flvSenders) != 0 {
-		ms := newMultiSender(r, flvSenders, false)
+		ms := newMultiSender(flvSenders, false, r.IsRunning)
 		e, err := flv.NewEncoder(ms, true, true, int(r.config.FrameRate))
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/revid/senders.go b/revid/senders.go
index 7c2ed9b1..ee7e5b18 100644
--- a/revid/senders.go
+++ b/revid/senders.go
@@ -55,27 +55,32 @@ type Sender interface {
 // multiSender allows for the sending through multi loadSenders using a single
 // call to multiSender.Write.
 type multiSender struct {
-	owner   *Revid
+	active  func() bool
 	senders []loadSender
 	retry   bool
 }
 
-// newMultiSender returns a pointer to a new multiSender.
-func newMultiSender(owner *Revid, senders []loadSender, retry bool) *multiSender {
-	return &multiSender{owner: owner, senders: senders, retry: retry}
+// newMultiSender returns a pointer to a new multiSender. active is a function
+// to indicate the state of the multiSenders owner i.e. whether it is running
+// or not.
+func newMultiSender(senders []loadSender, retry bool, active func() bool) *multiSender {
+	return &multiSender{
+		senders: senders,
+		retry:   retry,
+		active:  active,
+	}
 }
 
 // Write implements io.Writer. The written slice will be sent to each loadSender
-// in multiSender.senders. If s.owner.config.SendRetry is true then on failed
-// sends we notify the current sender to take any required actions and then try
-// the send again.
+// in multiSender.senders as long as s.active() is true. If a send fails, and
+// s.retry is true, the send will be tried again.
 func (s *multiSender) Write(d []byte) (int, error) {
 	for _, sender := range s.senders {
 		sender.load(d)
-		for s.owner.IsRunning() {
+		for s.active() {
 			err := sender.send()
 			if err != nil {
-				s.handleFail(sender, err)
+				sender.handleSendFail(err)
 			}
 			if err == nil || !s.retry {
 				break
@@ -90,15 +95,6 @@ func (s *multiSender) Write(d []byte) (int, error) {
 	return len(d), nil
 }
 
-// handleFail calls the passed sender's handleSendFail method and then logs
-// error if this was not successful.
-func (s *multiSender) handleFail(sender loadSender, e error) {
-	err := sender.handleSendFail(e)
-	if err != nil {
-		s.owner.config.Logger.Log(logger.Warning, "could not currenty handle send fail", "error", err)
-	}
-}
-
 // minimalHttpSender implements Sender for posting HTTP to netreceiver or vidgrind.
 type minimalHttpSender struct {
 	client *netsender.Sender