diff --git a/lib/flame/local_backend_another_peer.ex b/lib/flame/local_backend_another_peer.ex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..833b396
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/flame/local_backend_another_peer.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+defmodule FLAME.LocalBackendAnotherPeer do
+  @behaviour FLAME.Backend
+
+  alias FLAME.LocalBackendAnotherPeer
+  require Logger
+
+  defstruct host_node_name: nil,
+            host_pid: nil,
+            remote_terminator_pid: nil,
+            parent_ref: nil,
+            boot_timeout: nil,
+            runner_node_name: nil,
+            runner_node_pid: nil,
+            log: nil,
+            terminator_sup: nil
+
+  # @valid_opts []
+
+  @spec gen_random(integer()) :: bitstring()
+  def gen_random(length \\ 10), do: for(_ <- 1..length, into: "", do: <<Enum.random(?a..?z)>>)
+
+  @impl true
+  @spec init(keyword()) :: {:ok, any()}
+  def init(opts) do
+    System.cmd("epmd", ["-daemon"])
+    Logger.debug("started epmd")
+
+    with %{started: started?} <- :net_kernel.get_state() do
+      case started? do
+        :no ->
+          Logger.debug("distribution check: no case")
+          {:ok, _pid} = :net_kernel.start([String.to_atom("primary_#{gen_random()}"), :longnames])
+          Logger.debug("turning the parent into a distributed node")
+          IO.inspect(:net_kernel.get_state())
+
+        :dynamic ->
+          Logger.debug("the host node is using a dynamic hostname")
+      end
+    end
+
+    Logger.debug("checked distribution mode")
+    conf = Application.get_env(:flame, __MODULE__) || []
+
+    default = %LocalBackendAnotherPeer{
+      host_node_name: Node.self(),
+      host_pid: self(),
+      boot_timeout: 1_000,
+      log: Keyword.get(conf, :log, :debug),
+      terminator_sup: Keyword.fetch!(opts, :terminator_sup)
+    }
+
+    provided_opts =
+      conf
+      |> Keyword.merge(opts)
+
+    # |> Keyword.validate!(@valid_opts)
+
+    %LocalBackendAnotherPeer{} = state = Map.merge(default, Map.new(provided_opts))
+    Logger.debug("about to exit Anotherbackend.init/1")
+    {:ok, state}
+  end
+
+  @doc """
+  This is largely the same as the orignal, but we switch spawn_monitor/3 for Node.spawn_monitor/4 and refer to the state object for information on the remove runner
+
+  make sure that the runner name, pid, and monitor pid are getting added to the state object
+  """
+  @impl true
+  def remote_spawn_monitor(state, term) do
+    case term do
+      func when is_function(func, 0) ->
+        {pid, ref} = Node.spawn_monitor(state.runner_node_name, func)
+        {:ok, {pid, ref}}
+
+      {mod, fun, args} when is_atom(mod) and is_atom(fun) and is_list(args) ->
+        {pid, ref} = Node.spawn_monitor(state.runner_node_name, mod, fun, args)
+        {:ok, {pid, ref}}
+
+      other ->
+        raise ArgumentError,
+              "expected a null arity function or {mod, func, args}. Got: #{inspect(other)}"
+    end
+  end
+
+  @impl true
+  def system_shutdown do
+    System.stop()
+  end
+
+  def remote_node_information(caller_id, caller_ref) do
+    available_modules = :code.all_loaded() |> Enum.map(fn {x, _y} -> x end)
+    resp = %{available_modules: available_modules}
+    send(caller_id, {caller_ref, resp})
+  end
+
+  @impl true
+  def remote_boot(%LocalBackendAnotherPeer{host_pid: _parent_ref} = state) do
+    {:ok, remote_node_pid, remote_node_name} = create_peer_with_applications()
+    {parent_ref, parent_id} = {make_ref(), self()}
+
+    terminator_supervisor_name = state.terminator_sup
+
+    term_sup_name =
+      Module.concat(terminator_supervisor_name, to_string(System.unique_integer([:positive])))
+
+    terminator_options =
+      %{
+        parent: FLAME.Parent.new(parent_ref, parent_id, __MODULE__, remote_node_name, nil),
+        log: :debug,
+        name: term_sup_name
+      }
+      |> Enum.to_list()
+
+    terminator_spec =
+      Supervisor.child_spec({FLAME.Terminator, terminator_options},
+        restart: :temporary,
+        id: term_sup_name
+      )
+
+    {:ok, _term_sup_pid} =
+      :erpc.call(remote_node_name, DynamicSupervisor, :start_child, [
+        terminator_supervisor_name,
+        terminator_spec
+      ])
+
+    remote_terminator_pid =
+      case :erpc.call(remote_node_name, Process, :whereis, [term_sup_name]) do
+        terminator_pid when is_pid(terminator_pid) ->
+          terminator_pid
+
+        all ->
+          Logger.debug("printing the catchall response to Process.whereis(term_sup_name)")
+          IO.inspect(all)
+      end
+
+    new_state = %LocalBackendAnotherPeer{
+      state
+      | runner_node_name: remote_node_name,
+        runner_node_pid: remote_node_pid,
+        remote_terminator_pid: remote_terminator_pid
+    }
+
+    Logger.debug("exiting the remote boot")
+    {:ok, remote_terminator_pid, new_state}
+  end
+
+  def create_peer_with_applications() do
+    {:ok, pid, name} = :peer.start_link(%{name: ~s"#{gen_random()}"})
+
+    add_code_paths(name)
+    load_apps_and_transfer_configuration(name, %{})
+    ensure_apps_started(name)
+
+    {:ok, pid, name}
+  end
+
+  def rpc(node, module, function, args) do
+    :rpc.block_call(node, module, function, args)
+  end
+
+  defp add_code_paths(node) do
+    rpc(node, :code, :add_paths, [:code.get_path()])
+  end
+
+  defp load_apps_and_transfer_configuration(node, override_configs) do
+    Enum.each(Application.loaded_applications(), fn {app_name, _, _} ->
+      app_name
+      |> Application.get_all_env()
+      |> Enum.each(fn {key, primary_config} ->
+        rpc(node, Application, :put_env, [app_name, key, primary_config, [persistent: true]])
+      end)
+    end)
+
+    Enum.each(override_configs, fn {app_name, key, val} ->
+      rpc(node, Application, :put_env, [app_name, key, val, [persistent: true]])
+    end)
+  end
+
+  defp ensure_apps_started(node) do
+    loaded_names = Enum.map(Application.loaded_applications(), fn {name, _, _} -> name end)
+
+    rpc(node, Application, :ensure_all_started, [:mix])
+    rpc(node, Mix, :env, [Mix.env()])
+
+    Logger.info("on node #{node} starting applications")
+
+    Enum.reduce(loaded_names, MapSet.new(), fn app, loaded ->
+      if Enum.member?(loaded, app) do
+        loaded
+      else
+        {:ok, started} = rpc(node, Application, :ensure_all_started, [app])
+        MapSet.union(loaded, MapSet.new(started))
+      end
+    end)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/flame/runner.ex b/lib/flame/runner.ex
index d67e17d..6c96a49 100644
--- a/lib/flame/runner.ex
+++ b/lib/flame/runner.ex
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ defmodule FLAME.Runner do
              :id,
              :backend,
              :terminator,
+             :terminator_sup,
              :instance_id,
              :private_ip,
              :node_name,
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ defmodule FLAME.Runner do
             instance_id: nil,
             private_ip: nil,
             backend: nil,
+            terminator_sup: nil,
             terminator: nil,
             backend_init: nil,
             node_name: nil,
@@ -380,6 +382,7 @@ defmodule FLAME.Runner do
         shutdown_timeout: opts[:shutdown_timeout] || 30_000,
         idle_shutdown_after: idle_shutdown_after_ms,
         idle_shutdown_check: idle_check,
+        terminator_sup: opts[:terminator_sup],
         terminator: nil,
         code_sync_opts: Keyword.get(opts, :code_sync, false)
       }