diff --git a/manager/eris-mint/pipe.go b/manager/eris-mint/pipe.go
index 08e3000b5fe358596d7f94fc6254953903b4e7d1..45d5c40bbb9f6a82375874b45f9c15ba838b76e0 100644
--- a/manager/eris-mint/pipe.go
+++ b/manager/eris-mint/pipe.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
   log "github.com/eris-ltd/eris-logger"
 
   config      "github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/config"
+  definitions "github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/definitions"
   state       "github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/manager/eris-mint/state"
   state_types "github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/manager/eris-mint/state/types"
 )
@@ -35,6 +36,14 @@ type ErisMintPipe struct {
   erisMintState *state.State
   eventSwitch   *tendermint_events.EventSwitch
   erisMint      *ErisMint
+  // Pipe implementations
+  accounts      definitions.Accounts
+  blockchain    definitions.Blockchain
+  consensus     definitions.Consensus
+  events        definitions.EventEmitter
+  namereg       definitions.NameReg
+  net           definitions.Net
+  transactor    definitions.Transactor
 }
 
 func NewErisMintPipe(moduleConfig *config.ModuleConfig,
@@ -52,12 +61,15 @@ func NewErisMintPipe(moduleConfig *config.ModuleConfig,
   erisMint := NewErisMint(startedState, eventSwitch)
 
   // NOTE: [ben] Set Host opens an RPC pipe to Tendermint;  this is a remnant
-  // of the old Eris-DB / Tendermint and should be
+  // of the old Eris-DB / Tendermint and should be considered as an in-process
+  // call when possible
   tendermintHost := moduleConfig.Config.GetString("tendermint_host")
   log.Debug("Starting ErisMint RPC client to Tendermint host on %s",
     tendermintHost)
   erisMint.SetHostAddress(tendermintHost)
 
+
+
   return &ErisMintPipe {
     erisMintState: startedState,
     eventSwitch:   eventSwitch,
@@ -113,3 +125,31 @@ func startState(dataDir, backend, genesisFile, chainId string) (*state.State,
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Implement definitions.Pipe for ErisMintPipe
+
+func (pipe *ErisMintPipe) Accounts() definitions.Accounts {
+  return pipe.accounts
+}
+
+func (pipe *ErisMintPipe) Blockchain() definitions.Blockchain {
+  return pipe.blockchain
+}
+
+func (pipe *ErisMintPipe) Consensus() definitions.Consensus {
+  return pipe.consensus
+}
+
+func (pipe *ErisMintPipe) Events() definitions.EventEmitter {
+  return pipe.events
+}
+
+func (pipe *ErisMintPipe) NameReg() definitions.NameReg {
+  return pipe.namereg
+}
+
+func (pipe *ErisMintPipe) Net() definitions.Net {
+  return pipe.net
+}
+
+func (pipe *ErisMintPipe) Transactor() definitions.Transactor {
+  return pipe.transactor
+}
diff --git a/manager/manager.go b/manager/manager.go
index fa79d82784690427c420ea15e172e64edd090167..6204685d121ffb97bf39d72b05d8f3f28beb0bf3 100644
--- a/manager/manager.go
+++ b/manager/manager.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func NewApplicationPipe(moduleConfig *config.ModuleConfig,
       err != nil {
       return nil, err
     }
-    erismint.NewErisMintPipe(moduleConfig, genesisFile, evsw)
+    return erismint.NewErisMintPipe(moduleConfig, genesisFile, evsw)
     // TODO: ErisMintPipe does not yet implement definitions.Pipe
   }
   return nil, fmt.Errorf("PLACEHOLDER")