diff --git a/gossip/gossip.go b/gossip/gossip.go
index 772892926..513bd03d1 100644
--- a/gossip/gossip.go
+++ b/gossip/gossip.go
@@ -14,14 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pilosa/pilosa/internal"
 )
 
-// StateHandler specifies two methods which an object must implement to share
-// state in the cluster. These are used by the GossipNodeSet to implement the
-// LocalState and MergeRemoteState methods of memberlist.Delegate
-type StateHandler interface {
-	LocalState() (proto.Message, error)
-	HandleRemoteState(proto.Message) error
-}
-
 // GossipNodeSet represents a gossip implementation of NodeSet using memberlist
 // GossipNodeSet also represents a gossip implementation of pilosa.Broadcaster
 // GossipNodeSet also represents an implementation of memberlist.Delegate
@@ -31,7 +23,7 @@ type GossipNodeSet struct {
 
 	broadcasts *memberlist.TransmitLimitedQueue
 
-	stateHandler StateHandler
+	stateHandler pilosa.StateHandler
 	config       *GossipConfig
 
 	// The writer for any logging.
@@ -89,7 +81,7 @@ type GossipConfig struct {
 }
 
 // NewGossipNodeSet returns a new instance of GossipNodeSet.
-func NewGossipNodeSet(name string, gossipHost string, gossipPort int, gossipSeed string, sh StateHandler) *GossipNodeSet {
+func NewGossipNodeSet(name string, gossipHost string, gossipPort int, gossipSeed string, sh pilosa.StateHandler) *GossipNodeSet {
 	g := &GossipNodeSet{
 		LogOutput: os.Stderr,
 	}
diff --git a/handler.go b/handler.go
index 9b110c609..a8bea8de1 100644
--- a/handler.go
+++ b/handler.go
@@ -23,18 +23,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pilosa/pilosa/pql"
 )
 
-// ServerHandler a method to update the local node's state information
-// this is used to handle the cluster status request and append the
-// local node's state with the cluster state gathered via Gossip
-type ServerHandler interface {
-	HandleStateRequest() error
-}
-
 // Handler represents an HTTP handler.
 type Handler struct {
 	Index         *Index
 	Broadcaster   Broadcaster
-	ServerHandler ServerHandler
+	ServerHandler StateHandler
 
 	// Local hostname & cluster configuration.
 	Host    string
@@ -124,7 +117,7 @@ func (h *Handler) handleGetSchema(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 func (h *Handler) handleGetStatus(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	// Compute my local state
 	fmt.Println("Call interface")
-	h.ServerHandler.HandleStateRequest()
+	h.ServerHandler.LocalState()
 
 	if err := json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(getStatusResponse{
 		Health:   h.Cluster.NodeState,
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index f7078e4a0..b22744bae 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ const (
 	DefaultPollingInterval     = 60 * time.Second
 )
 
+// StateHandler specifies two methods which an object must implement to share
+// state in the cluster. These are used by the GossipNodeSet to implement the
+// LocalState and MergeRemoteState methods of memberlist.Delegate
+type StateHandler interface {
+	LocalState() (proto.Message, error)
+	HandleRemoteState(proto.Message) error
+}
+
 // Server represents an index wrapped by a running HTTP server.
 type Server struct {
 	ln net.Listener
@@ -242,11 +250,6 @@ func (s *Server) monitorMaxSlices() {
 	}
 }
 
-func (s *Server) HandleStateRequest() error {
-	_, err := s.LocalState()
-	return err
-}
-
 func (s *Server) ReceiveMessage(pb proto.Message) error {
 	switch obj := pb.(type) {
 	case *internal.CreateSliceMessage:
@@ -281,13 +284,13 @@ func (s *Server) ReceiveMessage(pb proto.Message) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Server implements gossip.StateHandler.
 // LocalState returns the state of the local node as well as the
 // index (dbs/frames) according to the local node.
+// Server implements gossip.StateHandler.
 // In a gossip implementation, memberlist.Delegate.LocalState() uses this.
 func (s *Server) LocalState() (proto.Message, error) {
 	if s.Index == nil {
-		return nil, errors.New("Server.Index is nil.")
+		return nil, errors.New("Server.Index is nil")
 	}
 
 	// Get Node DB Slices
@@ -406,7 +409,6 @@ func (s *Server) monitorRuntime() {
 			case <-gcn.AfterGC():
 				// GC just ran
 				s.Index.Stats.Count("garbage_collection", 1)
-				s.logger().Printf("garbage collection complete")
 			case <-ticker.C:
 			}