diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8a50b6b..9fe1889 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "distant"
-version = "0.15.0-alpha.1"
+version = "0.15.0-alpha.2"
 dependencies = [
  "assert_cmd",
  "assert_fs",
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "distant-core"
-version = "0.15.0-alpha.1"
+version = "0.15.0-alpha.2"
 dependencies = [
  "assert_fs",
  "bytes",
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "distant-ssh2"
-version = "0.15.0-alpha.1"
+version = "0.15.0-alpha.2"
 dependencies = [
  "assert_cmd",
  "assert_fs",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2df5aa5..74e0858 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "distant"
 description = "Operate on a remote computer through file and process manipulation"
 categories = ["command-line-utilities"]
 keywords = ["cli"]
-version = "0.15.0-alpha.1"
+version = "0.15.0-alpha.2"
 authors = ["Chip Senkbeil <chip@senkbeil.org>"]
 edition = "2018"
 homepage = "https://github.com/chipsenkbeil/distant"
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ ssh2 = ["distant-ssh2"]
 
 [dependencies]
 derive_more = { version = "0.99.16", default-features = false, features = ["display", "from", "error", "is_variant"] }
-distant-core = { version = "=0.15.0-alpha.1", path = "distant-core", features = ["structopt"] }
+distant-core = { version = "=0.15.0-alpha.2", path = "distant-core", features = ["structopt"] }
 flexi_logger = "0.18.0"
 fork = "0.1.18"
 log = "0.4.14"
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ strum = { version = "0.21.0", features = ["derive"] }
 whoami = "1.1.2"
 
 # Optional native SSH functionality
-distant-ssh2 = { version = "=0.15.0-alpha.1", path = "distant-ssh2", optional = true }
+distant-ssh2 = { version = "=0.15.0-alpha.2", path = "distant-ssh2", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 assert_cmd = "2.0.0"
diff --git a/distant-core/Cargo.toml b/distant-core/Cargo.toml
index 2ce47a9..a37bbdf 100644
--- a/distant-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/distant-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "distant-core"
 description = "Core library for distant, enabling operation on a remote computer through file and process manipulation"
 categories = ["network-programming"]
-version = "0.15.0-alpha.1"
+version = "0.15.0-alpha.2"
 authors = ["Chip Senkbeil <chip@senkbeil.org>"]
 edition = "2018"
 homepage = "https://github.com/chipsenkbeil/distant"
diff --git a/distant-core/src/client/lsp/mod.rs b/distant-core/src/client/lsp/mod.rs
index 62bbb89..d8e2467 100644
--- a/distant-core/src/client/lsp/mod.rs
+++ b/distant-core/src/client/lsp/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use super::{RemoteProcess, RemoteProcessError, RemoteStderr, RemoteStdin, RemoteStdout};
-use crate::client::Session;
+use crate::client::SessionChannel;
 use futures::stream::{Stream, StreamExt};
 use std::{
     fmt::Write,
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ impl RemoteLspProcess {
     /// the process like an LSP server
     pub async fn spawn(
         tenant: impl Into<String>,
-        session: &mut Session,
+        channel: SessionChannel,
         cmd: impl Into<String>,
         args: Vec<String>,
     ) -> Result<Self, RemoteProcessError> {
-        let mut inner = RemoteProcess::spawn(tenant, session, cmd, args).await?;
+        let mut inner = RemoteProcess::spawn(tenant, channel, cmd, args).await?;
         let stdin = inner.stdin.take().map(RemoteLspStdin::new);
         let stdout = inner.stdout.take().map(RemoteLspStdout::new);
         let stderr = inner.stderr.take().map(RemoteLspStderr::new);
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ fn read_lsp_messages(input: String) -> io::Result<(Option<String>, Vec<LspData>)
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use crate::{
+        client::Session,
         data::{Request, RequestData, Response, ResponseData},
         net::{InmemoryStream, PlainCodec, Transport},
     };
@@ -259,11 +260,11 @@ mod tests {
     // Configures an lsp process with a means to send & receive data from outside
     async fn spawn_lsp_process() -> (Transport<InmemoryStream, PlainCodec>, RemoteLspProcess) {
         let (mut t1, t2) = Transport::make_pair();
-        let mut session = Session::initialize(t2).unwrap();
+        let session = Session::initialize(t2).unwrap();
         let spawn_task = tokio::spawn(async move {
             RemoteLspProcess::spawn(
                 String::from("test-tenant"),
-                &mut session,
+                session.clone_channel(),
                 String::from("cmd"),
                 vec![String::from("arg")],
             )
diff --git a/distant-core/src/client/process.rs b/distant-core/src/client/process.rs
index 35405b1..38ef355 100644
--- a/distant-core/src/client/process.rs
+++ b/distant-core/src/client/process.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::{
-    client::{Mailbox, Session, SessionChannel},
+    client::{Mailbox, SessionChannel},
     constants::CLIENT_MAILBOX_CAPACITY,
     data::{Request, RequestData, ResponseData},
     net::TransportError,
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ impl RemoteProcess {
     /// Spawns the specified process on the remote machine using the given session
     pub async fn spawn(
         tenant: impl Into<String>,
-        session: &mut Session,
+        mut channel: SessionChannel,
         cmd: impl Into<String>,
         args: Vec<String>,
     ) -> Result<Self, RemoteProcessError> {
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ impl RemoteProcess {
         let cmd = cmd.into();
 
         // Submit our run request and get back a mailbox for responses
-        let mut mailbox = session
+        let mut mailbox = channel
             .mail(Request::new(
                 tenant.as_str(),
                 vec![RequestData::ProcRun { cmd, args }],
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ impl RemoteProcess {
         });
 
         // Spawn a task that takes stdin from our channel and forwards it to the remote process
-        let channel = session.clone_channel();
         let req_task = tokio::spawn(async move {
             process_outgoing_requests(tenant, id, channel, stdin_rx, kill_rx).await
         });
@@ -302,6 +301,7 @@ async fn process_incoming_responses(
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use crate::{
+        client::Session,
         data::{Error, ErrorKind, Response},
         net::{InmemoryStream, PlainCodec, Transport},
     };
@@ -313,14 +313,14 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn spawn_should_return_invalid_data_if_payload_size_unexpected() {
-        let (mut transport, mut session) = make_session();
+        let (mut transport, session) = make_session();
 
         // Create a task for process spawning as we need to handle the request and a response
         // in a separate async block
         let spawn_task = tokio::spawn(async move {
             RemoteProcess::spawn(
                 String::from("test-tenant"),
-                &mut session,
+                session.clone_channel(),
                 String::from("cmd"),
                 vec![String::from("arg")],
             )
@@ -351,14 +351,14 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn spawn_should_return_invalid_data_if_did_not_get_a_indicator_that_process_started() {
-        let (mut transport, mut session) = make_session();
+        let (mut transport, session) = make_session();
 
         // Create a task for process spawning as we need to handle the request and a response
         // in a separate async block
         let spawn_task = tokio::spawn(async move {
             RemoteProcess::spawn(
                 String::from("test-tenant"),
-                &mut session,
+                session.clone_channel(),
                 String::from("cmd"),
                 vec![String::from("arg")],
             )
@@ -396,14 +396,14 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn kill_should_return_error_if_internal_tasks_already_completed() {
-        let (mut transport, mut session) = make_session();
+        let (mut transport, session) = make_session();
 
         // Create a task for process spawning as we need to handle the request and a response
         // in a separate async block
         let spawn_task = tokio::spawn(async move {
             RemoteProcess::spawn(
                 String::from("test-tenant"),
-                &mut session,
+                session.clone_channel(),
                 String::from("cmd"),
                 vec![String::from("arg")],
             )
@@ -441,14 +441,14 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn kill_should_send_proc_kill_request_and_then_cause_stdin_forwarding_to_close() {
-        let (mut transport, mut session) = make_session();
+        let (mut transport, session) = make_session();
 
         // Create a task for process spawning as we need to handle the request and a response
         // in a separate async block
         let spawn_task = tokio::spawn(async move {
             RemoteProcess::spawn(
                 String::from("test-tenant"),
-                &mut session,
+                session.clone_channel(),
                 String::from("cmd"),
                 vec![String::from("arg")],
             )
@@ -497,14 +497,14 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn stdin_should_be_forwarded_from_receiver_field() {
-        let (mut transport, mut session) = make_session();
+        let (mut transport, session) = make_session();
 
         // Create a task for process spawning as we need to handle the request and a response
         // in a separate async block
         let spawn_task = tokio::spawn(async move {
             RemoteProcess::spawn(
                 String::from("test-tenant"),
-                &mut session,
+                session.clone_channel(),
                 String::from("cmd"),
                 vec![String::from("arg")],
             )
@@ -552,14 +552,14 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn stdout_should_be_forwarded_to_receiver_field() {
-        let (mut transport, mut session) = make_session();
+        let (mut transport, session) = make_session();
 
         // Create a task for process spawning as we need to handle the request and a response
         // in a separate async block
         let spawn_task = tokio::spawn(async move {
             RemoteProcess::spawn(
                 String::from("test-tenant"),
-                &mut session,
+                session.clone_channel(),
                 String::from("cmd"),
                 vec![String::from("arg")],
             )
@@ -601,14 +601,14 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn stderr_should_be_forwarded_to_receiver_field() {
-        let (mut transport, mut session) = make_session();
+        let (mut transport, session) = make_session();
 
         // Create a task for process spawning as we need to handle the request and a response
         // in a separate async block
         let spawn_task = tokio::spawn(async move {
             RemoteProcess::spawn(
                 String::from("test-tenant"),
-                &mut session,
+                session.clone_channel(),
                 String::from("cmd"),
                 vec![String::from("arg")],
             )
@@ -650,14 +650,14 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn wait_should_return_error_if_internal_tasks_fail() {
-        let (mut transport, mut session) = make_session();
+        let (mut transport, session) = make_session();
 
         // Create a task for process spawning as we need to handle the request and a response
         // in a separate async block
         let spawn_task = tokio::spawn(async move {
             RemoteProcess::spawn(
                 String::from("test-tenant"),
-                &mut session,
+                session.clone_channel(),
                 String::from("cmd"),
                 vec![String::from("arg")],
             )
@@ -692,14 +692,14 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn wait_should_return_error_if_connection_terminates_before_receiving_done_response() {
-        let (mut transport, mut session) = make_session();
+        let (mut transport, session) = make_session();
 
         // Create a task for process spawning as we need to handle the request and a response
         // in a separate async block
         let spawn_task = tokio::spawn(async move {
             RemoteProcess::spawn(
                 String::from("test-tenant"),
-                &mut session,
+                session.clone_channel(),
                 String::from("cmd"),
                 vec![String::from("arg")],
             )
@@ -741,14 +741,14 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn receiving_done_response_should_result_in_wait_returning_exit_information() {
-        let (mut transport, mut session) = make_session();
+        let (mut transport, session) = make_session();
 
         // Create a task for process spawning as we need to handle the request and a response
         // in a separate async block
         let spawn_task = tokio::spawn(async move {
             RemoteProcess::spawn(
                 String::from("test-tenant"),
-                &mut session,
+                session.clone_channel(),
                 String::from("cmd"),
                 vec![String::from("arg")],
             )
diff --git a/distant-core/src/client/session/ext.rs b/distant-core/src/client/session/ext.rs
index 7e89381..191cbc2 100644
--- a/distant-core/src/client/session/ext.rs
+++ b/distant-core/src/client/session/ext.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 use crate::{
-    client::{RemoteLspProcess, RemoteProcess, RemoteProcessError, Session},
+    client::{RemoteLspProcess, RemoteProcess, RemoteProcessError, SessionChannel},
     data::{DirEntry, Error as Failure, FileType, Request, RequestData, ResponseData},
     net::TransportError,
 };
 use derive_more::{Display, Error, From};
 use std::{future::Future, path::PathBuf, pin::Pin};
 
-/// Represents an error that can occur related to convenience functions tied to a [`Session`]
+/// Represents an error that can occur related to convenience functions tied to a
+/// [`SessionChannel`] through [`SessionChannelExt`]
 #[derive(Debug, Display, Error, From)]
-pub enum SessionExtError {
+pub enum SessionChannelExtError {
     /// Occurs when the remote action fails
     Failure(#[error(not(source))] Failure),
 
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ pub enum SessionExtError {
     MismatchedResponse,
 }
 
-pub type AsyncReturn<'a, T, E = SessionExtError> =
+pub type AsyncReturn<'a, T, E = SessionChannelExtError> =
     Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Result<T, E>> + Send + 'a>>;
 
 /// Represents metadata about some path on a remote machine
@@ -35,8 +36,8 @@ pub struct Metadata {
     pub modified: Option<u128>,
 }
 
-/// Provides convenience functions on top of a [`Session`]
-pub trait SessionExt {
+/// Provides convenience functions on top of a [`SessionChannel`]
+pub trait SessionChannelExt {
     /// Appends to a remote file using the data from a collection of bytes
     fn append_file(
         &mut self,
@@ -166,7 +167,7 @@ macro_rules! make_body {
             if data.is_ok() {
                 Ok(())
             } else {
-                Err(SessionExtError::MismatchedResponse)
+                Err(SessionChannelExtError::MismatchedResponse)
             }
         })
     };
@@ -177,12 +178,12 @@ macro_rules! make_body {
             $self
                 .send(req)
                 .await
-                .map_err(SessionExtError::from)
+                .map_err(SessionChannelExtError::from)
                 .and_then(|res| {
                     if res.payload.len() == 1 {
                         Ok(res.payload.into_iter().next().unwrap())
                     } else {
-                        Err(SessionExtError::MismatchedResponse)
+                        Err(SessionChannelExtError::MismatchedResponse)
                     }
                 })
                 .and_then($and_then)
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ macro_rules! make_body {
     }};
 }
 
-impl SessionExt for Session {
+impl SessionChannelExt for SessionChannel {
     fn append_file(
         &mut self,
         tenant: impl Into<String>,
@@ -258,7 +259,7 @@ impl SessionExt for Session {
             RequestData::Exists { path: path.into() },
             |data| match data {
                 ResponseData::Exists(x) => Ok(x),
-                _ => Err(SessionExtError::MismatchedResponse),
+                _ => Err(SessionChannelExtError::MismatchedResponse),
             }
         )
     }
@@ -296,7 +297,7 @@ impl SessionExt for Session {
                     created,
                     modified,
                 }),
-                _ => Err(SessionExtError::MismatchedResponse),
+                _ => Err(SessionChannelExtError::MismatchedResponse),
             }
         )
     }
@@ -322,7 +323,7 @@ impl SessionExt for Session {
             },
             |data| match data {
                 ResponseData::DirEntries { entries, errors } => Ok((entries, errors)),
-                _ => Err(SessionExtError::MismatchedResponse),
+                _ => Err(SessionChannelExtError::MismatchedResponse),
             }
         )
     }
@@ -338,7 +339,7 @@ impl SessionExt for Session {
             RequestData::FileRead { path: path.into() },
             |data| match data {
                 ResponseData::Blob { data } => Ok(data),
-                _ => Err(SessionExtError::MismatchedResponse),
+                _ => Err(SessionChannelExtError::MismatchedResponse),
             }
         )
     }
@@ -354,7 +355,7 @@ impl SessionExt for Session {
             RequestData::FileReadText { path: path.into() },
             |data| match data {
                 ResponseData::Text { data } => Ok(data),
-                _ => Err(SessionExtError::MismatchedResponse),
+                _ => Err(SessionChannelExtError::MismatchedResponse),
             }
         )
     }
@@ -395,7 +396,7 @@ impl SessionExt for Session {
     ) -> AsyncReturn<'_, RemoteProcess, RemoteProcessError> {
         let tenant = tenant.into();
         let cmd = cmd.into();
-        Box::pin(async move { RemoteProcess::spawn(tenant, self, cmd, args).await })
+        Box::pin(async move { RemoteProcess::spawn(tenant, self.clone(), cmd, args).await })
     }
 
     fn spawn_lsp(
@@ -406,7 +407,7 @@ impl SessionExt for Session {
     ) -> AsyncReturn<'_, RemoteLspProcess, RemoteProcessError> {
         let tenant = tenant.into();
         let cmd = cmd.into();
-        Box::pin(async move { RemoteLspProcess::spawn(tenant, self, cmd, args).await })
+        Box::pin(async move { RemoteLspProcess::spawn(tenant, self.clone(), cmd, args).await })
     }
 
     fn write_file(
diff --git a/distant-core/src/client/session/mod.rs b/distant-core/src/client/session/mod.rs
index cdc27b4..d332c78 100644
--- a/distant-core/src/client/session/mod.rs
+++ b/distant-core/src/client/session/mod.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use tokio::{
 };
 
 mod ext;
-pub use ext::{Metadata, SessionExt, SessionExtError};
+pub use ext::{Metadata, SessionChannelExt, SessionChannelExtError};
 
 mod info;
 pub use info::{SessionInfo, SessionInfoFile, SessionInfoParseError};
diff --git a/distant-ssh2/Cargo.toml b/distant-ssh2/Cargo.toml
index b2ce429..b28d22d 100644
--- a/distant-ssh2/Cargo.toml
+++ b/distant-ssh2/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "distant-ssh2"
 description = "Library to enable native ssh-2 protocol for use with distant sessions"
 categories = ["network-programming"]
-version = "0.15.0-alpha.1"
+version = "0.15.0-alpha.2"
 authors = ["Chip Senkbeil <chip@senkbeil.org>"]
 edition = "2018"
 homepage = "https://github.com/chipsenkbeil/distant"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 
 [dependencies]
 async-compat = "0.2.1"
-distant-core = { version = "=0.15.0-alpha.1", path = "../distant-core" }
+distant-core = { version = "=0.15.0-alpha.2", path = "../distant-core" }
 futures = "0.3.16"
 log = "0.4.14"
 rand = { version = "0.8.4", features = ["getrandom"] }
diff --git a/src/subcommand/action.rs b/src/subcommand/action.rs
index 31207bf..a22d9c9 100644
--- a/src/subcommand/action.rs
+++ b/src/subcommand/action.rs
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ async fn start(
         // the stdin will be used for sending ProcStdin to remote process
         (_, Some(RequestData::ProcRun { cmd, args })) if is_shell_format => {
             let mut proc =
-                RemoteProcess::spawn(utils::new_tenant(), &mut session, cmd, args).await?;
+                RemoteProcess::spawn(utils::new_tenant(), session.clone_channel(), cmd, args)
+                    .await?;
 
             // If we also parsed an LSP's initialize request for its session, we want to forward
             // it along in the case of a process call
diff --git a/src/subcommand/lsp.rs b/src/subcommand/lsp.rs
index f33b371..37a46d9 100644
--- a/src/subcommand/lsp.rs
+++ b/src/subcommand/lsp.rs
@@ -65,11 +65,16 @@ async fn run_async(cmd: LspSubcommand, opt: CommonOpt) -> Result<(), Error> {
 
 async fn start(
     cmd: LspSubcommand,
-    mut session: Session,
+    session: Session,
     lsp_data: Option<LspData>,
 ) -> Result<(), Error> {
-    let mut proc =
-        RemoteLspProcess::spawn(utils::new_tenant(), &mut session, cmd.cmd, cmd.args).await?;
+    let mut proc = RemoteLspProcess::spawn(
+        utils::new_tenant(),
+        session.clone_channel(),
+        cmd.cmd,
+        cmd.args,
+    )
+    .await?;
 
     // If we also parsed an LSP's initialize request for its session, we want to forward
     // it along in the case of a process call