diff --git a/lotuspond/api.go b/lotuspond/api.go
index 6b547e7a4..3e3b75c4f 100644
--- a/lotuspond/api.go
+++ b/lotuspond/api.go
@@ -204,6 +204,27 @@ func (api *api) SpawnStorage(fullNodeRepo string) (nodeInfo, error) {
 	return info, nil
 }
 
+func (api *api) FullID(id int32) (int32, error) {
+	api.runningLk.Lock()
+	defer api.runningLk.Unlock()
+
+	stor, ok := api.running[id]
+	if !ok {
+		return 0, xerrors.New("storage node not found")
+	}
+
+	if !stor.meta.Storage {
+		return 0, xerrors.New("node is not a storage node")
+	}
+
+	for id, n := range api.running {
+		if n.meta.Repo == stor.meta.FullNode {
+			return id, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return 0, xerrors.New("node not found")
+}
+
 func (api *api) CreateRandomFile(size int64) (string, error) {
 	tf, err := ioutil.TempFile(os.TempDir(), "pond-random-")
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/lotuspond/front/src/FullNode.js b/lotuspond/front/src/FullNode.js
index fcdc6c5be..59b23ff08 100644
--- a/lotuspond/front/src/FullNode.js
+++ b/lotuspond/front/src/FullNode.js
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ class FullNode extends React.Component {
     this.loadInfo()
   }
 
-  async startStorageMiner() {
-    this.props.mountWindow((onClose) => <StorageNodeInit fullRepo={this.props.node.Repo} fullConn={this.props.client} pondClient={this.props.pondClient} onClose={onClose} mountWindow={this.props.mountWindow}/>)
+  startStorageMiner() {
+    this.props.spawnStorageNode(this.props.node.Repo, this.props.client)
   }
 
   async add1k(to) {
diff --git a/lotuspond/front/src/NodeList.js b/lotuspond/front/src/NodeList.js
index 97b1aac4d..7399530aa 100644
--- a/lotuspond/front/src/NodeList.js
+++ b/lotuspond/front/src/NodeList.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import StorageNode from "./StorageNode";
 import {Client} from "rpc-websockets";
 import pushMessage from "./chain/send";
 import Logs from "./Logs";
+import StorageNodeInit from "./StorageNodeInit";
 
 class NodeList extends React.Component {
   constructor(props) {
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ class NodeList extends React.Component {
 
     // This binding is necessary to make `this` work in the callback
     this.spawnNode = this.spawnNode.bind(this)
+    this.spawnStorageNode = this.spawnStorageNode.bind(this)
     this.connMgr = this.connMgr.bind(this)
     this.consensus = this.consensus.bind(this)
     this.transfer1kFrom1 = this.transfer1kFrom1.bind(this)
@@ -49,12 +51,18 @@ class NodeList extends React.Component {
                       client={client}
                       pondClient={this.props.client}
                       give1k={this.transfer1kFrom1}
-                      mountWindow={this.props.mountWindow}/>)
+                      mountWindow={this.props.mountWindow}
+                      spawnStorageNode={this.spawnStorageNode}
+            />)
       } else {
+        const fullId = await this.props.client.call('Pond.FullID', [node.ID])
+
         this.props.mountWindow((onClose) =>
             <StorageNode node={{...node}}
                          pondClient={this.props.client}
-                         mountWindow={this.props.mountWindow}/>)
+                         fullConn={this.state.nodes[fullId].conn}
+                         mountWindow={this.props.mountWindow}
+            />)
       }
     })
   }
@@ -96,6 +104,16 @@ class NodeList extends React.Component {
     this.setState(state => ({nodes: {...state.nodes, [node.ID]: node}}))
   }
 
+  async spawnStorageNode(fullRepo, fullConn) {
+    let nodePromise = this.props.client.call('Pond.SpawnStorage', [fullRepo])
+
+    this.props.mountWindow((onClose) => <StorageNodeInit node={nodePromise} fullRepo={fullRepo} fullConn={fullConn} pondClient={this.props.client} onClose={onClose} mountWindow={this.props.mountWindow}/>)
+    let node = await nodePromise
+    await this.mountNode(node)
+
+    //this.setState(state => ({nodes: {...state.nodes, [node.ID]: node}}))
+  }
+
   connMgr() {
     this.setState({showConnMgr: true})
   }
diff --git a/lotuspond/front/src/StorageNodeInit.js b/lotuspond/front/src/StorageNodeInit.js
index 674e8c601..45e802ec3 100644
--- a/lotuspond/front/src/StorageNodeInit.js
+++ b/lotuspond/front/src/StorageNodeInit.js
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ import StorageNode from "./StorageNode";
 
 class StorageNodeInit extends React.Component {
   async componentDidMount() {
-    const info = await this.props.pondClient.call('Pond.SpawnStorage', [this.props.fullRepo])
+    const info = await this.props.node
 
     this.props.onClose()
-    this.props.mountWindow((onClose) => <StorageNode node={info} fullRepo={this.props.fullRepo} fullConn={this.props.fullConn} pondClient={this.props.pondClient} onClose={onClose} mountWindow={this.props.mountWindow}/>)
+    //this.props.mountWindow((onClose) => <StorageNode node={info} fullRepo={this.props.fullRepo} fullConn={this.props.fullConn} pondClient={this.props.pondClient} onClose={onClose} mountWindow={this.props.mountWindow}/>)
   }
 
   render() {