diff --git a/hydroflow_plus/src/stream.rs b/hydroflow_plus/src/stream.rs
index c127cdde8d3c..b1fae1be60a8 100644
--- a/hydroflow_plus/src/stream.rs
+++ b/hydroflow_plus/src/stream.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 use std::hash::Hash;
+use std::io;
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 
+use hydroflow::bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
 use hydroflow::futures::Sink;
+use hydroflow::util::cli::HydroCLI;
 use proc_macro2::Span;
-use stageleft::{IntoQuotedMut, Quoted};
+use quote::quote;
+use stageleft::{IntoQuotedMut, Quoted, RuntimeData};
 use syn::parse_quote;
 
 use crate::HfBuilder;
@@ -351,6 +355,79 @@ impl<'a, T> HfStream<'a, T> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<'a> HfStream<'a, Bytes> {
+    pub fn send_to(
+        &self,
+        other: usize,
+        port_name: &str,
+        cli: RuntimeData<&'a HydroCLI>,
+    ) -> HfStream<'a, Result<BytesMut, io::Error>> {
+        let self_ident = &self.ident;
+
+        let cli_splice = cli.splice();
+
+        let hydroflow_crate = proc_macro_crate::crate_name("hydroflow_plus")
+            .expect("hydroflow_plus should be present in `Cargo.toml`");
+        let root = match hydroflow_crate {
+            proc_macro_crate::FoundCrate::Itself => quote! { hydroflow_plus },
+            proc_macro_crate::FoundCrate::Name(name) => {
+                let ident = syn::Ident::new(&name, Span::call_site());
+                quote! { #ident }
+            }
+        };
+
+        self.graph
+            .builders
+            .borrow_mut()
+            .as_mut()
+            .unwrap()
+            .entry(self.node_id)
+            .or_default()
+            .add_statement(parse_quote! {
+                #self_ident -> dest_sink({
+                    use #root::util::cli::ConnectedSink;
+                    #cli_splice
+                        .port(#port_name)
+                        .connect_local_blocking::<#root::util::cli::ConnectedDirect>()
+                        .into_sink()
+                });
+            });
+
+        let recipient_next_id = {
+            let mut next_id = self.graph.next_id.borrow_mut();
+            let id = *next_id;
+            *next_id += 1;
+            id
+        };
+
+        let ident = syn::Ident::new(&format!("stream_{}", recipient_next_id), Span::call_site());
+
+        self.graph
+            .builders
+            .borrow_mut()
+            .as_mut()
+            .unwrap()
+            .entry(other)
+            .or_default()
+            .add_statement(parse_quote! {
+                #ident = source_stream({
+                    use #root::util::cli::ConnectedSource;
+                    #cli_splice
+                        .port(#port_name)
+                        .connect_local_blocking::<#root::util::cli::ConnectedDirect>()
+                        .into_source()
+                }) -> tee();
+            });
+
+        HfStream {
+            ident,
+            node_id: other,
+            graph: self.graph,
+            _phantom: PhantomData,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl<'a, K, V1> HfStream<'a, (K, V1)> {
     pub fn join<V2>(&self, n: &HfStream<(K, V2)>) -> HfStream<'a, (K, (V1, V2))>
     where
diff --git a/hydroflow_plus_test/python_tests/basic.py b/hydroflow_plus_test/python_tests/basic.py
index 56f01eef7501..2061a37516ab 100644
--- a/hydroflow_plus_test/python_tests/basic.py
+++ b/hydroflow_plus_test/python_tests/basic.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ async def test_networked_basic():
     sender_port = sender.client_port()
     sender_port.send_to(program_zero.ports.node_zero_input)
 
-    program_zero.ports.node_zero_output.send_to(program_one.ports.node_one_input)
+    program_zero.ports.zero_to_one.send_to(program_one.ports.zero_to_one)
 
     await deployment.deploy()
 
diff --git a/hydroflow_plus_test/src/networked.rs b/hydroflow_plus_test/src/networked.rs
index dc425af49406..454a2f2b7398 100644
--- a/hydroflow_plus_test/src/networked.rs
+++ b/hydroflow_plus_test/src/networked.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use hydroflow::bytes::BytesMut;
-use hydroflow::util::cli::{ConnectedDirect, ConnectedSink, ConnectedSource, HydroCLI};
+use hydroflow::util::cli::{ConnectedDirect, ConnectedSource, HydroCLI};
 use hydroflow_plus::scheduled::graph::Hydroflow;
 use hydroflow_plus::HfBuilder;
 use stageleft::{q, Quoted, RuntimeData};
@@ -20,28 +20,14 @@ pub fn networked_basic<'a>(
     );
 
     source_zero
-        .map(q!(|v: Result<BytesMut, _>| v.unwrap().freeze()))
-        .dest_sink(q!({
-            cli.port("node_zero_output")
-                .connect_local_blocking::<ConnectedDirect>()
-                .into_sink()
+        .map(q!(|v| v.unwrap().freeze()))
+        .send_to(1, "zero_to_one", cli)
+        .for_each(q!(|v: Result<BytesMut, _>| {
+            println!(
+                "node one received: {:?}",
+                std::str::from_utf8(&v.unwrap()).unwrap()
+            );
         }));
 
-    let source_one = graph.source_stream(
-        1,
-        q!({
-            cli.port("node_one_input")
-                .connect_local_blocking::<ConnectedDirect>()
-                .into_source()
-        }),
-    );
-
-    source_one.for_each(q!(|v: Result<BytesMut, _>| {
-        println!(
-            "node one received: {:?}",
-            std::str::from_utf8(&v.unwrap()).unwrap()
-        );
-    }));
-
     graph.build(node_id)
 }