diff --git a/tractor/_broadcast.py b/tractor/_broadcast.py
index c5f517c..bfd70ce 100644
--- a/tractor/_broadcast.py
+++ b/tractor/_broadcast.py
@@ -29,18 +29,26 @@ class BroadcastReceiver(ReceiveChannel):
     with ``.subscribe()`` and receiving from thew new instance it delivers.
 
     '''
-    # map of underlying clones to receiver wrappers
-    _subs: dict[trio.ReceiveChannel, BroadcastReceiver] = {}
-
     def __init__(
         self,
 
         rx_chan: ReceiveChannel,
         queue: deque,
+        _subs: dict[trio.ReceiveChannel, BroadcastReceiver],
 
     ) -> None:
 
+        # map of underlying clones to receiver wrappers
+        # which must be provided as a singleton per broadcaster
+        # clone-subscription set.
+        self._subs = _subs
+
+        # underlying for this receiver
         self._rx = rx_chan
+
+        # register the original underlying (clone)
+        self._subs[rx_chan] = -1
+
         self._queue = queue
         self._value_received: Optional[trio.Event] = None
 
@@ -137,18 +145,21 @@ class BroadcastReceiver(ReceiveChannel):
 
         '''
         clone = self._rx.clone()
-        self._subs[clone] = -1
+        br = BroadcastReceiver(
+            clone,
+            self._queue,
+            _subs=self._subs,
+        )
+        assert clone in self._subs
+
         try:
-            yield BroadcastReceiver(
-                clone,
-                self._queue,
-            )
+            yield br
         finally:
-            # drop from subscribers and close
-            self._subs.pop(clone)
             # XXX: this is the reason this function is async: the
             # ``AsyncResource`` api.
             await clone.aclose()
+            # drop from subscribers and close
+            self._subs.pop(clone)
 
     # TODO:
     # - should there be some ._closed flag that causes
@@ -176,6 +187,7 @@ def broadcast_receiver(
     return BroadcastReceiver(
         recv_chan,
         queue=deque(maxlen=max_buffer_size),
+        _subs={},  # this is singleton over all subscriptions
     )