diff --git a/src/main/java/teetime/framework/test/StageTester.java b/src/main/java/teetime/framework/test/StageTester.java
index 4ece770476f6db94c3b217c611445600b1d4ddc4..2c3ac5232f885cba988919a38143978426a1e688 100644
--- a/src/main/java/teetime/framework/test/StageTester.java
+++ b/src/main/java/teetime/framework/test/StageTester.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public final class StageTester {
 		public Configuration(final List<InputHolder<?>> inputHolders, final Stage stage, final List<OutputHolder<?>> outputHolders) {
 			for (InputHolder<?> inputHolder : inputHolders) {
 				final InitialElementProducer<Object> producer = new InitialElementProducer<Object>(inputHolder.getInput());
-				connectBoundedInterThreads(producer.getOutputPort(), inputHolder.getPort());
+				connectStages(producer.getOutputPort(), inputHolder.getPort());
 				addThreadableStage(producer);
 			}
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public final class StageTester {
 
 			for (OutputHolder<?> outputHolder : outputHolders) {
 				final CollectorSink<Object> sink = new CollectorSink<Object>(outputHolder.getOutputElements());
-				connectIntraThreads(outputHolder.getPort(), sink.getInputPort());
+				connectStages(outputHolder.getPort(), sink.getInputPort());
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/test/java/teetime/examples/cipher/CipherConfiguration.java b/src/test/java/teetime/examples/cipher/CipherConfiguration.java
index fca97df2eca0b734b77004a5927bb8738f4dfff9..8cef45c58212952d46d3c99c68472c0a85591cc9 100644
--- a/src/test/java/teetime/examples/cipher/CipherConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/test/java/teetime/examples/cipher/CipherConfiguration.java
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ public class CipherConfiguration extends AnalysisConfiguration {
 		final CipherStage decrypt = new CipherStage(password, CipherMode.DECRYPT);
 		final ByteArrayFileWriter writer = new ByteArrayFileWriter(output);
 
-		connectIntraThreads(init.getOutputPort(), f2b.getInputPort());
-		connectIntraThreads(f2b.getOutputPort(), enc.getInputPort());
-		connectIntraThreads(enc.getOutputPort(), comp.getInputPort());
-		connectIntraThreads(comp.getOutputPort(), decomp.getInputPort());
-		connectIntraThreads(decomp.getOutputPort(), decrypt.getInputPort());
-		connectIntraThreads(decrypt.getOutputPort(), writer.getInputPort());
+		connectStages(init.getOutputPort(), f2b.getInputPort());
+		connectStages(f2b.getOutputPort(), enc.getInputPort());
+		connectStages(enc.getOutputPort(), comp.getInputPort());
+		connectStages(comp.getOutputPort(), decomp.getInputPort());
+		connectStages(decomp.getOutputPort(), decrypt.getInputPort());
+		connectStages(decrypt.getOutputPort(), writer.getInputPort());
 
 		// this.getFiniteProducerStages().add(init);
 		this.addThreadableStage(init);
diff --git a/src/test/java/teetime/framework/AnalysisTest.java b/src/test/java/teetime/framework/AnalysisTest.java
index f9905c60a8fac7d41cb99320757d98a05dc6f8fa..0ebf719eda3f5148e746d5a2e514a14dea1da04b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/teetime/framework/AnalysisTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/teetime/framework/AnalysisTest.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public class AnalysisTest {
 		public TestConfig() {
 			final InitialElementProducer<String> init = new InitialElementProducer<String>("Hello");
 			delay = new DelayAndTerminate(DELAY_IN_MS);
-			connectIntraThreads(init.getOutputPort(), delay.getInputPort());
+			connectStages(init.getOutputPort(), delay.getInputPort());
 			addThreadableStage(init);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/test/java/teetime/framework/RunnableConsumerStageTestConfiguration.java b/src/test/java/teetime/framework/RunnableConsumerStageTestConfiguration.java
index 892c3cd0de01cd336d150f66e418535b2d439ed1..6e3be7ba565f796258a4d498cc331952fe4a4ca1 100644
--- a/src/test/java/teetime/framework/RunnableConsumerStageTestConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/test/java/teetime/framework/RunnableConsumerStageTestConfiguration.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class RunnableConsumerStageTestConfiguration extends AnalysisConfiguratio
 		CollectorSink<Integer> collectorSink = new CollectorSink<Integer>(collectedElements);
 		addThreadableStage(collectorSink);
 
-		connectBoundedInterThreads(producer.getOutputPort(), collectorSink.getInputPort());
+		connectStages(producer.getOutputPort(), collectorSink.getInputPort());
 
 		this.collectorSink = collectorSink;
 	}
diff --git a/src/test/java/teetime/framework/StageTest.java b/src/test/java/teetime/framework/StageTest.java
index 5fcc1dfee8718ee9335dab311cb93bb363a3cc84..4df2995e8abc27adfa1fd79f9e11d1a16d821158 100644
--- a/src/test/java/teetime/framework/StageTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/teetime/framework/StageTest.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class StageTest {
 		public TestConfig() {
 			init = new InitialElementProducer<String>("Hello");
 			delay = new DelayAndTerminate(0);
-			connectIntraThreads(init.getOutputPort(), delay.getInputPort());
+			connectStages(init.getOutputPort(), delay.getInputPort());
 			addThreadableStage(init);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/test/java/teetime/framework/TraversorTest.java b/src/test/java/teetime/framework/TraversorTest.java
index 35a7826b5800186a72416d97e18a58f8662292b9..eaf4be71872531692654ccd7a4295b6232a823c5 100644
--- a/src/test/java/teetime/framework/TraversorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/teetime/framework/TraversorTest.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-import teetime.framework.pipe.IPipe;
 import teetime.stage.CountingMapMerger;
 import teetime.stage.InitialElementProducer;
 import teetime.stage.basic.distributor.Distributor;
@@ -67,8 +66,8 @@ public class TraversorTest {
 			// CountingMapMerger (already as field)
 
 			// Connecting the stages of the first part of the config
-			connectIntraThreads(init.getOutputPort(), f2b.getInputPort());
-			connectIntraThreads(f2b.getOutputPort(), distributor.getInputPort());
+			connectStages(init.getOutputPort(), f2b.getInputPort());
+			connectStages(f2b.getOutputPort(), distributor.getInputPort());
 
 			// Middle part... multiple instances of WordCounter are created and connected to the merger and distrubuter stages
 			for (int i = 0; i < threads; i++) {
@@ -76,15 +75,15 @@ public class TraversorTest {
 				final WordCounter wc = new WordCounter();
 				// intraFact.create(inputPortSizePrinter.getOutputPort(), wc.getInputPort());
 
-				final IPipe distributorPipe = connectBoundedInterThreads(distributor.getNewOutputPort(), wc.getInputPort(), 10000);
-				final IPipe mergerPipe = connectBoundedInterThreads(wc.getOutputPort(), merger.getNewInputPort());
+				connectStages(distributor.getNewOutputPort(), wc.getInputPort());
+				connectStages(wc.getOutputPort(), merger.getNewInputPort());
 				// Add WordCounter as a threadable stage, so it runs in its own thread
 				addThreadableStage(wc);
 
 			}
 
 			// Connect the stages of the last part
-			connectIntraThreads(merger.getOutputPort(), result.getInputPort());
+			connectStages(merger.getOutputPort(), result.getInputPort());
 
 			// Add the first and last part to the threadable stages
 			addThreadableStage(init);
diff --git a/src/test/java/teetime/framework/WaitStrategyConfiguration.java b/src/test/java/teetime/framework/WaitStrategyConfiguration.java
index 4d4dff162c62b5b719effb511beceff0148f32a1..785aafd74220d69413bc7dbeefcdc219824455cd 100644
--- a/src/test/java/teetime/framework/WaitStrategyConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/test/java/teetime/framework/WaitStrategyConfiguration.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class WaitStrategyConfiguration extends AnalysisConfiguration {
 		Clock clock = new Clock();
 		clock.setInitialDelayInMs(initialDelayInMs);
 
-		connectBoundedInterThreads(clock.getOutputPort(), delay.getTimestampTriggerInputPort());
+		connectStages(clock.getOutputPort(), delay.getTimestampTriggerInputPort());
 
 		return clock;
 	}
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class WaitStrategyConfiguration extends AnalysisConfiguration {
 		InitialElementProducer<Object> initialElementProducer = new InitialElementProducer<Object>(elements);
 		delay = new Delay<Object>();
 
-		connectIntraThreads(initialElementProducer.getOutputPort(), delay.getInputPort());
+		connectStages(initialElementProducer.getOutputPort(), delay.getInputPort());
 
 		return initialElementProducer;
 	}
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ class WaitStrategyConfiguration extends AnalysisConfiguration {
 
 		// relay.setIdleStrategy(new WaitStrategy(relay));
 
-		connectBoundedInterThreads(delay.getOutputPort(), relay.getInputPort());
-		connectIntraThreads(relay.getOutputPort(), collectorSink.getInputPort());
+		connectStages(delay.getOutputPort(), relay.getInputPort());
+		connectStages(relay.getOutputPort(), collectorSink.getInputPort());
 
 		this.collectorSink = collectorSink;
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/teetime/framework/YieldStrategyConfiguration.java b/src/test/java/teetime/framework/YieldStrategyConfiguration.java
index f3e48a4d32c21c1e8bf1c01087657593e4d54099..8c784d11414e01b398d946d8522fb2e5af8a9b88 100644
--- a/src/test/java/teetime/framework/YieldStrategyConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/test/java/teetime/framework/YieldStrategyConfiguration.java
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ class YieldStrategyConfiguration extends AnalysisConfiguration {
 
 		// relay.setIdleStrategy(new YieldStrategy());
 
-		connectBoundedInterThreads(producer.getOutputPort(), relay.getInputPort());
-		connectIntraThreads(relay.getOutputPort(), collectorSink.getInputPort());
+		connectStages(producer.getOutputPort(), relay.getInputPort());
+		connectStages(relay.getOutputPort(), collectorSink.getInputPort());
 
 		this.collectorSink = collectorSink;
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/teetime/framework/exceptionHandling/ExceptionTestConfiguration.java b/src/test/java/teetime/framework/exceptionHandling/ExceptionTestConfiguration.java
index a9a1d1dfbbea2638d1c5886566426c250f2f1a0e..ab1d2e2728f7a06cfdbf471e2961d8013afaf6b9 100644
--- a/src/test/java/teetime/framework/exceptionHandling/ExceptionTestConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/test/java/teetime/framework/exceptionHandling/ExceptionTestConfiguration.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public class ExceptionTestConfiguration extends AnalysisConfiguration {
 		second = new ExceptionTestConsumerStage();
 		third = new ExceptionTestProducerStage();
 
-		connectBoundedInterThreads(first.getOutputPort(), second.getInputPort());
+		connectStages(first.getOutputPort(), second.getInputPort());
 		// this.addThreadableStage(new ExceptionTestStage());
 
 		this.addThreadableStage(first);
diff --git a/src/test/java/teetime/stage/InstanceOfFilterTest.java b/src/test/java/teetime/stage/InstanceOfFilterTest.java
index 8abd3018b5122f409e023e936f30dd6a1377892a..03e13bfc04fc8c890f9aaf418aad46e73b89bd9a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/teetime/stage/InstanceOfFilterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/teetime/stage/InstanceOfFilterTest.java
@@ -130,9 +130,9 @@ public class InstanceOfFilterTest {
 			CollectorSink<Clazz> clazzCollector = new CollectorSink<Clazz>();
 			CollectorSink<Object> mismatchedCollector = new CollectorSink<Object>();
 
-			connectIntraThreads(elementProducer.getOutputPort(), instanceOfFilter.getInputPort());
-			connectIntraThreads(instanceOfFilter.getMatchedOutputPort(), clazzCollector.getInputPort());
-			connectIntraThreads(instanceOfFilter.getMismatchedOutputPort(), mismatchedCollector.getInputPort());
+			connectStages(elementProducer.getOutputPort(), instanceOfFilter.getInputPort());
+			connectStages(instanceOfFilter.getMatchedOutputPort(), clazzCollector.getInputPort());
+			connectStages(instanceOfFilter.getMismatchedOutputPort(), mismatchedCollector.getInputPort());
 
 			addThreadableStage(elementProducer);
 		}