diff --git a/worker/worker.go b/worker/worker.go
index 37363c845716cba803308278399d39712d20d5eb..5175a9b5ac154b53155ea488afe4c6fb659cded4 100644
--- a/worker/worker.go
+++ b/worker/worker.go
@@ -83,32 +83,31 @@ func ProcessTaskOverNetwork(qu []byte) (result []byte, rerr error) {
 
 	if runHere {
 		return ProcessTask(qu)
-	} else { // Send the request to instance 0 which has uidstore
-		pool := pools[idx]
-		addr := addrs[idx]
-		query := new(conn.Query)
-		query.Data = qu
-		reply := new(conn.Reply)
-		if err := pool.Call("Worker.ServeTask", query, reply); err != nil {
-			glog.WithField("call", "Worker.ServeTask").Fatal(err)
-		}
-		glog.WithField("reply", string(reply.Data)).WithField("addr", addr).
-			Info("Got reply from server")
-		return reply.Data, nil
 	}
+
+	pool := pools[idx]
+	addr := addrs[idx]
+	query := new(conn.Query)
+	query.Data = qu
+	reply := new(conn.Reply)
+	if err := pool.Call("Worker.ServeTask", query, reply); err != nil {
+		glog.WithField("call", "Worker.ServeTask").Fatal(err)
+	}
+	glog.WithField("reply", string(reply.Data)).WithField("addr", addr).
+		Info("Got reply from server")
+	return reply.Data, nil
 }
 
 func ProcessTask(query []byte) (result []byte, rerr error) {
 	uo := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(query)
 	q := new(task.Query)
 	q.Init(query, uo)
+	attr := string(q.Attr())
 
 	b := flatbuffers.NewBuilder(0)
 	voffsets := make([]flatbuffers.UOffsetT, q.UidsLength())
 	uoffsets := make([]flatbuffers.UOffsetT, q.UidsLength())
 
-	attr := string(q.Attr())
-
 	for i := 0; i < q.UidsLength(); i++ {
 		uid := q.Uids(i)
 		key := posting.Key(uid, attr)
@@ -180,8 +179,8 @@ func (w *Worker) ServeTask(query *conn.Query, reply *conn.Reply) (rerr error) {
 	uo := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(query.Data)
 	q := new(task.Query)
 	q.Init(query.Data, uo)
-
 	attr := string(q.Attr())
+
 	if farm.Fingerprint64([]byte(attr))%numInstances == instanceIdx {
 		reply.Data, rerr = ProcessTask(query.Data)
 	} else {