webseed-peer.go   | 11 +++++------
 webseed/client.go | 13 ++++++++-----

diff --git a/webseed-peer.go b/webseed-peer.go
index a8f3d2eab225c4e150d3edbc33adc78c6c6ef92f..d602be49d7b6e51656291229cc6986b26e1bc4fa 100644
--- a/webseed-peer.go
+++ b/webseed-peer.go
@@ -168,11 +168,7 @@ 		"begin", begin,
 		"end", end,
 		"len", end-begin,
 	)
-	go func() {
-		// Detach cost association from webseed update requests routine.
-		pprof.SetGoroutineLabels(context.Background())
-		ws.runRequest(&wsReq)
-	}()
+	go ws.sliceProcessor(&wsReq)
 }
 
 func (me *webseedPeer) getRequestKey(wr *webseedRequest) webseedUniqueRequestKey {
@@ -214,7 +210,10 @@ 	// Error if we aren't also using and/or have peers...?
 	return slog.LevelWarn
 }
 
-func (ws *webseedPeer) runRequest(webseedRequest *webseedRequest) {
+// Reads chunks from the responses for the webseed slice.
+func (ws *webseedPeer) sliceProcessor(webseedRequest *webseedRequest) {
+	// Detach cost association from webseed update requests routine.
+	pprof.SetGoroutineLabels(context.Background())
 	locker := ws.locker
 	err := ws.readChunks(webseedRequest)
 	if webseed.PrintDebug && webseedRequest.next < webseedRequest.end {
diff --git a/webseed/client.go b/webseed/client.go
index acbad8f20448d99e308c96d5b6e6bb2312f3cafa..28b49b58e9b571ba308ddfac21f40c115f0d31f3 100644
--- a/webseed/client.go
+++ b/webseed/client.go
@@ -149,12 +149,15 @@ 		cancel:   cancel,
 		Body:     body,
 		bodyPipe: body,
 	}
-	go func() {
-		pprof.SetGoroutineLabels(context.Background())
-		err := ws.readRequestPartResponses(ctx, w, requestParts)
-		panicif.Err(w.CloseWithError(err))
-	}()
+	go ws.requestPartResponsesReader(ctx, w, requestParts)
 	return req
+}
+
+// Concatenates request part responses and sends them over the pipe.
+func (ws *Client) requestPartResponsesReader(ctx context.Context, w *io.PipeWriter, requestParts []requestPart) {
+	pprof.SetGoroutineLabels(context.Background())
+	err := ws.readRequestPartResponses(ctx, w, requestParts)
+	panicif.Err(w.CloseWithError(err))
 }
 
 type ErrBadResponse struct {