diff --git a/packages/nitro-node/src/node/engine/chainservice/eth-chainservice.ts b/packages/nitro-node/src/node/engine/chainservice/eth-chainservice.ts
index 86bd8ef4..5010c8fb 100644
--- a/packages/nitro-node/src/node/engine/chainservice/eth-chainservice.ts
+++ b/packages/nitro-node/src/node/engine/chainservice/eth-chainservice.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ import { WaitGroup } from '@jpwilliams/waitgroup';
 import type { ReadChannel, ReadWriteChannel } from '@cerc-io/ts-channel';
 import type { Log } from '@ethersproject/abstract-provider';
 import Channel from '@cerc-io/ts-channel';
-import { EthClient, go, hex2Bytes } from '@cerc-io/nitro-util';
+import {
+  EthClient, go, hex2Bytes, Context,
+} from '@cerc-io/nitro-util';
 
 import {
   ChainService, ChainEvent, DepositedEvent, ConcludedEvent, AllocationUpdatedEvent,
@@ -68,9 +70,9 @@ export class EthChainService implements ChainService {
 
   private logger: debug.Debugger;
 
-  private ctx: AbortController;
+  private ctx: Context;
 
-  private cancel: (reason ?: any) => void;
+  private cancel: () => void;
 
   private wg?: WaitGroup;
 
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ export class EthChainService implements ChainService {
     txSigner: ethers.Signer,
     out: ReadWriteChannel<ChainEvent>,
     logger: debug.Debugger,
-    ctx: AbortController,
+    ctx: Context,
     cancel: () => void,
     wg: WaitGroup,
   ) {
@@ -150,8 +152,8 @@ export class EthChainService implements ChainService {
     txSigner: ethers.Signer,
     logDestination?: WritableStream,
   ): EthChainService {
-    const ctx = new AbortController();
-    const cancelCtx = ctx.abort.bind(ctx);
+    const ctx = new Context();
+    const cancelCtx = ctx.withCancel();
 
     const out = Channel<ChainEvent>(10);
 
@@ -182,21 +184,15 @@ export class EthChainService implements ChainService {
 
   // listenForErrors listens for errors on the error channel and attempts to handle them if they occur.
   // TODO: Currently "handle" is panicking
-  private async listenForErrors(ctx: AbortController, errChan: ReadChannel<Error>): Promise<void> {
-    // Channel to implement ctx.Done()
-    const ctxDone = Channel();
-    this.ctx.signal.addEventListener('abort', (event) => {
-      ctxDone.close();
-    });
-
+  private async listenForErrors(ctx: Context, errChan: ReadChannel<Error>): Promise<void> {
     /* eslint-disable no-await-in-loop */
     /* eslint-disable default-case */
     while (true) {
       switch (await Channel.select([
-        ctxDone.shift(),
+        this.ctx.done.shift(),
         errChan.shift(),
       ])) {
-        case ctxDone: {
+        case this.ctx.done: {
           this.wg!.done();
           return;
         }
@@ -361,12 +357,6 @@ export class EthChainService implements ChainService {
     query: ethers.providers.EventType,
     listener: (eventLog: Log) => void,
   ) {
-    // Channel to implement ctx.Done()
-    const ctxDone = Channel();
-    this.ctx.signal.addEventListener('abort', (event) => {
-      ctxDone.close();
-    });
-
     /* eslint-disable no-restricted-syntax */
     /* eslint-disable no-labels */
     out:
@@ -374,11 +364,11 @@ export class EthChainService implements ChainService {
       /* eslint-disable no-await-in-loop */
       /* eslint-disable default-case */
       switch (await Channel.select([
-        ctxDone.shift(),
+        this.ctx.done.shift(),
         subErr.shift(),
         logs.shift(),
       ])) {
-        case ctxDone: {
+        case this.ctx.done: {
           subUnsubscribe();
           this.wg!.done();
           return;
diff --git a/packages/nitro-node/src/node/engine/engine.ts b/packages/nitro-node/src/node/engine/engine.ts
index 40664930..66e02e6a 100644
--- a/packages/nitro-node/src/node/engine/engine.ts
+++ b/packages/nitro-node/src/node/engine/engine.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { WaitGroup } from '@jpwilliams/waitgroup';
 
 import Channel from '@cerc-io/ts-channel';
 import type { ReadChannel, ReadWriteChannel } from '@cerc-io/ts-channel';
-import { JSONbigNative, go } from '@cerc-io/nitro-util';
+import { JSONbigNative, go, Context } from '@cerc-io/nitro-util';
 
 import { MessageService } from './messageservice/messageservice';
 import { ChainService, ChainEvent, ChainEventHandler } from './chainservice/chainservice';
@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ export class Engine {
 
     e.wg = new WaitGroup();
 
-    const ctx = new AbortController();
-    e.cancel = ctx.abort.bind(ctx);
+    const ctx = new Context();
+    e.cancel = ctx.withCancel();
 
     e.wg.add(1);
     go(e.run.bind(e), ctx);
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ export class Engine {
 
   // run kicks of an infinite loop that waits for communications on the supplied channels, and handles them accordingly
   // The loop exits when the context is cancelled.
-  async run(ctx: AbortController): Promise<void> {
+  async run(ctx: Context): Promise<void> {
     assert(this.objectiveRequestsFromAPI);
     assert(this.paymentRequestsFromAPI);
     assert(this.fromChain);
@@ -263,12 +263,6 @@ export class Engine {
     assert(this.fromLedger);
     assert(this._toApi);
 
-    // Channel to implement ctx.Done()
-    const ctxDone = Channel();
-    ctx.signal.addEventListener('abort', (event) => {
-      ctxDone.close();
-    });
-
     while (true) {
       let res = new EngineEvent();
       let err: Error | null = null;
@@ -287,7 +281,7 @@ export class Engine {
         this.fromChain.shift(),
         this.fromMsg.shift(),
         this.fromLedger.shift(),
-        ctxDone.shift(),
+        ctx.done.shift(),
       ])) {
         case this.objectiveRequestsFromAPI:
           [res, err] = await this.handleObjectiveRequest(this.objectiveRequestsFromAPI.value());
@@ -309,7 +303,7 @@ export class Engine {
           [res, err] = await this.handleProposal(this.fromLedger.value());
           break;
 
-        case ctxDone: {
+        case ctx.done: {
           this.wg!.done();
           return;
         }
diff --git a/packages/nitro-node/src/node/node.ts b/packages/nitro-node/src/node/node.ts
index 11e93582..46f263f1 100644
--- a/packages/nitro-node/src/node/node.ts
+++ b/packages/nitro-node/src/node/node.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { WaitGroup } from '@jpwilliams/waitgroup';
 
 import type { ReadChannel, ReadWriteChannel } from '@cerc-io/ts-channel';
 import Channel from '@cerc-io/ts-channel';
-import { go, randUint64 } from '@cerc-io/nitro-util';
+import { go, randUint64, Context } from '@cerc-io/nitro-util';
 
 import { MessageService } from './engine/messageservice/messageservice';
 import { ChainService } from './engine/chainservice/chainservice';
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ export class Node {
 
     c.channelNotifier = ChannelNotifier.newChannelNotifier(store, c.vm);
 
-    const ctx = new AbortController();
-    c.cancelEventHandler = ctx.abort.bind(ctx);
+    const ctx = new Context();
+    c.cancelEventHandler = ctx.withCancel();
 
     c.wg = new WaitGroup();
     c.wg.add(1);
@@ -204,20 +204,16 @@ export class Node {
   }
 
   // handleEngineEvents is responsible for monitoring the ToApi channel on the engine.
-  // It parses events from the ToApi chan and then dispatches events to the necessary node chan.
-  private async handleEngineEvents(ctx: AbortController) {
-    // Channel to implement ctx.Done()
-    const ctxDone = Channel();
-    ctx.signal.onabort = () => { ctxDone.close(); };
-
+  // It parses events from the ToApi chan and then dispatches events to the necessary client chan.
+  private async handleEngineEvents(ctx: Context) {
     /* eslint-disable no-await-in-loop */
     /* eslint-disable default-case */
     while (true) {
       switch (await Channel.select([
-        ctxDone.shift(),
+        ctx.done.shift(),
         this.engine.toApi.shift(),
       ])) {
-        case ctxDone: {
+        case ctx.done: {
           this.wg!.done();
           return;
         }
diff --git a/packages/nitro-util/package.json b/packages/nitro-util/package.json
index d37f0059..1b07ea40 100644
--- a/packages/nitro-util/package.json
+++ b/packages/nitro-util/package.json
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@statechannels/nitro-protocol": "^2.0.0-alpha.4",
+    "@cerc-io/ts-channel": "1.0.3-ts-nitro-0.1.1",
     "assert": "^2.0.0",
     "debug": "^4.3.4",
     "ethers": "^5.7.2",
diff --git a/packages/nitro-util/src/context.ts b/packages/nitro-util/src/context.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae5a6ee2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nitro-util/src/context.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import type { ReadWriteChannel } from '@cerc-io/ts-channel';
+import Channel from '@cerc-io/ts-channel';
+
+export class Context {
+  ctx: AbortController;
+
+  done: ReadWriteChannel<unknown>;
+
+  constructor() {
+    this.ctx = new AbortController();
+    this.done = Channel();
+
+    this.ctx.signal.addEventListener('abort', () => {
+      this.done.close();
+    });
+  }
+
+  withCancel(): () => void {
+    return () => {
+      this.ctx.abort();
+    };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/nitro-util/src/index.ts b/packages/nitro-util/src/index.ts
index 531e9231..b705d202 100644
--- a/packages/nitro-util/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/nitro-util/src/index.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export * from './contract-bindings';
 export * from './types';
 export * from './constants';
 export * from './deploy-contracts';
+export * from './context';
 
 export {
   INitroTypes, ExitFormat, DepositedEventObject, AllocationUpdatedEventObject, ConcludedEventObject,