diff --git a/javascript-nodejs/src/send.js b/javascript-nodejs/src/send.js
index 3f839a5..fd3d353 100755
--- a/javascript-nodejs/src/send.js
+++ b/javascript-nodejs/src/send.js
@@ -3,17 +3,26 @@
 var amqp = require('amqplib');
 var when = require('when');
 
-amqp.connect('amqp://localhost').then(function(conn) {
-  return when(conn.createChannel().then(function(ch) {
+var conn = amqp.connect('amqp://localhost');
+var ch = conn.then(createChannel).then(null, console.warn);
 
-    var q = 'hello';
-    var ok = ch.assertQueue(q, {durable: false});
-
-    return ok.then(function(_qok) {
-      var msg = 'Hello World!';
-      ch.sendToQueue(q, new Buffer(msg));
-      console.log(" [x] Sent '%s'", msg);
-      return ch.close();
+function createChannel(conn) {
+  return when(
+    conn.createChannel().
+    then(sendMessage)).
+    ensure(function() {
+      conn.close();
     });
-  })).ensure(function() { conn.close(); });
-}).then(null, console.warn);
+}
+
+function sendMessage(ch) {
+  var q = 'hello';
+  var ok = ch.assertQueue(q, {durable: false});
+
+  return ok.then(function(_ignore) {
+    var msg = 'Hello World!';
+    ch.sendToQueue(q, new Buffer(msg));
+    console.log(" [x] Sent '%s'", msg);
+    return ch.close();
+  });
+}