diff --git a/metropolis/node/core/network/hostsfile/hostsfile.go b/metropolis/node/core/network/hostsfile/hostsfile.go
index 48f4f18..b82ecbe 100644
--- a/metropolis/node/core/network/hostsfile/hostsfile.go
+++ b/metropolis/node/core/network/hostsfile/hostsfile.go
@@ -38,9 +38,8 @@
 )
 
 type Config struct {
-	// Network is a handle to the Network service, used to update the hostsfile
-	// service with information about the local node's external IP address.
-	Network *network.Service
+	// Network will be read to retrieve the current status of the Network service.
+	Network event.Value[*network.Status]
 	// Ephemeral is the root of the ephemeral storage of the node, into which the
 	// service will write its managed files.
 	Ephemeral *localstorage.EphemeralDirectory
@@ -149,8 +148,7 @@
 	localC := make(chan *network.Status)
 	s.clusterC = make(chan nodeMap)
 
-	st := &s.Network.Status
-	if err := supervisor.Run(ctx, "local", event.Pipe(st, localC)); err != nil {
+	if err := supervisor.Run(ctx, "local", event.Pipe(s.Network, localC)); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	if err := supervisor.Run(ctx, "cluster", s.runCluster); err != nil {
diff --git a/metropolis/node/core/roleserve/worker_hostsfile.go b/metropolis/node/core/roleserve/worker_hostsfile.go
index c454ff2..8574235 100644
--- a/metropolis/node/core/roleserve/worker_hostsfile.go
+++ b/metropolis/node/core/roleserve/worker_hostsfile.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
 	svc := hostsfile.Service{
 		Config: hostsfile.Config{
-			Network:               s.network,
+			Network:               &s.network.Status,
 			Ephemeral:             &s.storageRoot.Ephemeral,
 			ESP:                   &s.storageRoot.ESP,
 			NodeID:                cc.nodeID(),