diff --git a/tests/test_streaming.py b/tests/test_streaming.py
index 172bb7f..1ada466 100644
--- a/tests/test_streaming.py
+++ b/tests/test_streaming.py
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ def test_stream_from_single_subactor(arb_addr, start_method):
 async def stream_data(seed):
     for i in range(seed):
         yield i
-        await trio.sleep(0)  # trigger scheduler
+        # trigger scheduler to simulate practical usage
+        await trio.sleep(0)
 
 
 # this is the third actor; the aggregator
@@ -97,30 +98,32 @@ async def aggregate(seed):
 
         send_chan, recv_chan = trio.open_memory_channel(500)
 
-        async def push_to_chan(portal):
-            async for value in await portal.run(
-                __name__, 'stream_data', seed=seed
-            ):
-                # leverage trio's built-in backpressure
-                await send_chan.send(value)
+        async def push_to_chan(portal, send_chan):
+            async with send_chan:
+                async for value in await portal.run(
+                    __name__, 'stream_data', seed=seed
+                ):
+                    # leverage trio's built-in backpressure
+                    await send_chan.send(value)
 
-            await send_chan.send(None)
             print(f"FINISHED ITERATING {portal.channel.uid}")
 
         # spawn 2 trio tasks to collect streams and push to a local queue
         async with trio.open_nursery() as n:
+
             for portal in portals:
-                n.start_soon(push_to_chan, portal)
+                n.start_soon(push_to_chan, portal, send_chan.clone())
+
+            # close this local task's reference to send side
+            await send_chan.aclose()
 
             unique_vals = set()
-            async for value in recv_chan:
-                if value not in unique_vals:
-                    unique_vals.add(value)
-                    # yield upwards to the spawning parent actor
-                    yield value
-
-                    if value is None:
-                        break
+            async with recv_chan:
+                async for value in recv_chan:
+                    if value not in unique_vals:
+                        unique_vals.add(value)
+                        # yield upwards to the spawning parent actor
+                        yield value
 
                 assert value in unique_vals
 
@@ -154,7 +157,7 @@ async def a_quadruple_example():
 
         print(f"STREAM TIME = {time.time() - start}")
         print(f"STREAM + SPAWN TIME = {time.time() - pre_start}")
-        assert result_stream == list(range(seed)) + [None]
+        assert result_stream == list(range(seed))
         return result_stream