diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/handlers.py b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/handlers.py
index 2d722fd..f472197 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/handlers.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/handlers.py
@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
+"""Tornado handlers for the notebook."""
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Imports
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 import datetime
 import json
 import logging
 import os
 import urllib
-import uuid
-from Queue import Queue
 
 from tornado import web
 from tornado import websocket
 
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Handlers
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-_kernel_id_regex = r"(?P<kernel_id>\w+-\w+-\w+-\w+-\w+)"
-_kernel_action_regex = r"(?P<action>restart|interrupt)"
 
 class MainHandler(web.RequestHandler):
     def get(self):
@@ -39,58 +44,6 @@ class KernelActionHandler(web.RequestHandler):
             self.write(json.dumps(new_kernel_id))
 
 
-class ZMQStreamRouter(object):
-
-    def __init__(self, zmq_stream):
-        self.zmq_stream = zmq_stream
-        self._clients = {}
-        self.zmq_stream.on_recv(self._on_zmq_reply)
-
-    def register_client(self, client):
-        client_id = uuid.uuid4()
-        self._clients[client_id] = client
-        return client_id
-
-    def unregister_client(self, client_id):
-        del self._clients[client_id]
-
-    def copy_clients(self, router):
-        # Copy the clients of another router.
-        for client_id, client in router._clients.items():
-            client.router = self
-            self._clients[client_id] = client
-
-
-class IOPubStreamRouter(ZMQStreamRouter):
-
-    def _on_zmq_reply(self, msg_list):
-        for client_id, client in self._clients.items():
-            for msg in msg_list:
-                client.write_message(msg)
-
-    def forward_unicode(self, client_id, msg):
-        # This is a SUB stream that we should never write to.
-        pass
-
-
-class ShellStreamRouter(ZMQStreamRouter):
-
-    def __init__(self, zmq_stream):
-        ZMQStreamRouter.__init__(self, zmq_stream)
-        self._request_queue = Queue()
-
-    def _on_zmq_reply(self, msg_list):
-        client_id = self._request_queue.get(block=False)
-        client = self._clients.get(client_id)
-        if client is not None:
-            for msg in msg_list:
-                client.write_message(msg)
-
-    def forward_unicode(self, client_id, msg):
-        self._request_queue.put(client_id)
-        self.zmq_stream.send_unicode(msg)
-
-
 class ZMQStreamHandler(websocket.WebSocketHandler):
 
     def initialize(self, stream_name):
diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/kernelmanager.py b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/kernelmanager.py
index 58b29e1..6afc6bd 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/kernelmanager.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/kernelmanager.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-import logging
 import signal
 import sys
 import uuid
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ import zmq
 
 from IPython.config.configurable import LoggingConfigurable
 from IPython.zmq.ipkernel import launch_kernel
-from IPython.utils.traitlets import Instance, Dict, Unicode
+from IPython.utils.traitlets import Instance, Dict
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Classes
diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/notebookapp.py b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/notebookapp.py
index cf419fc..7bc7ed6 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/notebookapp.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/notebookapp.py
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ class NotebookWebApplication(web.Application):
         self._session_dict[kernel_id] = sm
         iopub_stream = sm.get_iopub_stream()
         shell_stream = sm.get_shell_stream()
-        iopub_router = IOPubStreamRouter(iopub_stream)
-        shell_router = ShellStreamRouter(shell_stream)
+        iopub_router = IOPubStreamRouter(iopub_stream, sm.session)
+        shell_router = ShellStreamRouter(shell_stream, sm.session)
         self._routers[(kernel_id, 'iopub')] = iopub_router
         self._routers[(kernel_id, 'shell')] = shell_router
 
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ class NotebookWebApplication(web.Application):
         router = self._routers[(kernel_id, stream_name)]
         return router
 
+    
+
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Aliases and Flags
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/routers.py b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/routers.py
index 2e5dd47..6bfaa89 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/routers.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/routers.py
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import uuid
 from Queue import Queue
-
+import json
 
 class ZMQStreamRouter(object):
 
-    def __init__(self, zmq_stream):
+    def __init__(self, zmq_stream, session):
         self.zmq_stream = zmq_stream
+        self.session = session
         self._clients = {}
         self.zmq_stream.on_recv(self._on_zmq_reply)
 
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ class IOPubStreamRouter(ZMQStreamRouter):
     def _on_zmq_reply(self, msg_list):
         for client_id, client in self._clients.items():
             for msg in msg_list:
+                print "Got message: ", msg
                 client.write_message(msg)
 
     def forward_unicode(self, client_id, msg):
@@ -38,8 +40,8 @@ class IOPubStreamRouter(ZMQStreamRouter):
 
 class ShellStreamRouter(ZMQStreamRouter):
 
-    def __init__(self, zmq_stream):
-        ZMQStreamRouter.__init__(self, zmq_stream)
+    def __init__(self, zmq_stream, session):
+        ZMQStreamRouter.__init__(self, zmq_stream, session)
         self._request_queue = Queue()
 
     def _on_zmq_reply(self, msg_list):
@@ -50,8 +52,7 @@ class ShellStreamRouter(ZMQStreamRouter):
                 client.write_message(msg)
 
     def forward_unicode(self, client_id, msg):
-        self._request_queue.put(client_id)
-        self.zmq_stream.send_unicode(msg)
-
-
+        print "Inbound message: ", msg
+        self._request_queue.put(client_id)        
+        self.session.send(self.zmq_stream, msg)