diff --git a/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/QueryableNode.java b/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/QueryableNode.java
index 31d15ee4cfd..0cc348fc2fc 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/QueryableNode.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/QueryableNode.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import com.metamx.common.lifecycle.LifecycleStart;
 import com.metamx.common.lifecycle.LifecycleStop;
 import com.metamx.common.logger.Logger;
 import com.metamx.druid.http.RequestLogger;
-import com.metamx.druid.index.v1.serde.Registererer;
 import com.metamx.druid.initialization.Initialization;
 import com.metamx.druid.initialization.ServerConfig;
 import com.metamx.druid.initialization.ZkClientConfig;
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 
 /**
  */
-public abstract class QueryableNode<T extends QueryableNode> implements RegisteringNode
+public abstract class QueryableNode<T extends QueryableNode> extends RegisteringNode
 {
   private final Logger log;
 
@@ -91,6 +90,8 @@ public abstract class QueryableNode<T extends QueryableNode> implements Register
       ConfigurationObjectFactory configFactory
   )
   {
+    super(jsonMapper, smileMapper);
+
     this.log = log;
     this.configFactory = configFactory;
     this.props = props;
@@ -156,7 +157,6 @@ public abstract class QueryableNode<T extends QueryableNode> implements Register
     return (T) this;
   }
 
-
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   public T registerJacksonSubtype(Class<?>... clazzes)
   {
@@ -173,16 +173,6 @@ public abstract class QueryableNode<T extends QueryableNode> implements Register
     return (T) this;
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public void registerHandlers(Registererer... registererers)
-  {
-    for (Registererer registererer : registererers) {
-      registererer.register();
-      registererer.registerSubType(jsonMapper);
-      registererer.registerSubType(smileMapper);
-    }
-  }
-
   public Lifecycle getLifecycle()
   {
     return lifecycle;
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/RegisteringNode.java b/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/RegisteringNode.java
index 60e7292870d..0ac5940c812 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/RegisteringNode.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/RegisteringNode.java
@@ -20,10 +20,39 @@
 package com.metamx.druid;
 
 import com.metamx.druid.index.v1.serde.Registererer;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
 
 /**
  */
-public interface RegisteringNode
+public class RegisteringNode
 {
-  public void registerHandlers(Registererer... registererers);
+  public static void registerHandlers(Iterable<Registererer> registererers, Iterable<ObjectMapper> mappers)
+  {
+    for (Registererer registererer : registererers) {
+      if (!doneRegister) {
+        registererer.register();
+      }
+      for (ObjectMapper mapper : mappers) {
+        registererer.registerSubType(mapper);
+      }
+    }
+    doneRegister = true;
+  }
+
+  private static boolean doneRegister = false;
+
+  private final ObjectMapper[] mappers;
+
+  public RegisteringNode(ObjectMapper... mappers)
+  {
+    this.mappers = mappers;
+  }
+
+  public RegisteringNode registerHandlers(Registererer... registererers)
+  {
+    registerHandlers(Arrays.asList(registererers), Arrays.asList(mappers));
+    return this;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/indexer/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerConfig.java b/indexer/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerConfig.java
index c246600e8a8..51244685f77 100644
--- a/indexer/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerConfig.java
+++ b/indexer/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerConfig.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import com.metamx.common.ISE;
 import com.metamx.common.MapUtils;
 import com.metamx.common.guava.FunctionalIterable;
 import com.metamx.common.logger.Logger;
+import com.metamx.druid.RegisteringNode;
 import com.metamx.druid.index.v1.serde.Registererer;
 import com.metamx.druid.indexer.data.DataSpec;
 import com.metamx.druid.indexer.granularity.GranularitySpec;
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -104,10 +106,8 @@ public class HadoopDruidIndexerConfig
             }
           }
       );
-      for (Registererer registererer : registererers) {
-        registererer.register();
-        registererer.registerSubType(jsonMapper);
-      }
+
+      RegisteringNode.registerHandlers(registererers, Arrays.asList(jsonMapper));
     }
 
     final HadoopDruidIndexerConfig retVal = jsonMapper.convertValue(argSpec, HadoopDruidIndexerConfig.class);
diff --git a/indexer/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerNode.java b/indexer/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerNode.java
index 9236adcf454..5d7c281aef9 100644
--- a/indexer/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerNode.java
+++ b/indexer/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerNode.java
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.metamx.common.lifecycle.LifecycleStart;
 import com.metamx.common.lifecycle.LifecycleStop;
-import com.metamx.druid.RegisteringNode;
-import com.metamx.druid.index.v1.serde.Registererer;
 import org.codehaus.jackson.map.jsontype.NamedType;
 import org.joda.time.Interval;
 
@@ -15,7 +13,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 /**
  */
-public class HadoopDruidIndexerNode implements RegisteringNode
+public class HadoopDruidIndexerNode
 {
   public static Builder builder()
   {
@@ -61,15 +59,6 @@ public class HadoopDruidIndexerNode implements RegisteringNode
     return this;
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public void registerHandlers(Registererer... registererers)
-  {
-    for (Registererer registererer : registererers) {
-      registererer.register();
-      registererer.registerSubType(HadoopDruidIndexerConfig.jsonMapper);
-    }
-  }
-
   @LifecycleStart
   public void start() throws Exception
   {
diff --git a/merger/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/merger/coordinator/http/IndexerCoordinatorNode.java b/merger/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/merger/coordinator/http/IndexerCoordinatorNode.java
index a4c33bf5090..85ca8d2a13b 100644
--- a/merger/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/merger/coordinator/http/IndexerCoordinatorNode.java
+++ b/merger/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/merger/coordinator/http/IndexerCoordinatorNode.java
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ import com.metamx.druid.http.GuiceServletConfig;
 import com.metamx.druid.http.RedirectFilter;
 import com.metamx.druid.http.RedirectInfo;
 import com.metamx.druid.http.StatusServlet;
-import com.metamx.druid.index.v1.serde.Registererer;
 import com.metamx.druid.initialization.Initialization;
 import com.metamx.druid.initialization.ServerConfig;
 import com.metamx.druid.initialization.ServiceDiscoveryConfig;
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 
 /**
  */
-public class IndexerCoordinatorNode implements RegisteringNode
+public class IndexerCoordinatorNode extends RegisteringNode
 {
   private static final Logger log = new Logger(IndexerCoordinatorNode.class);
 
@@ -146,6 +145,8 @@ public class IndexerCoordinatorNode implements RegisteringNode
       ConfigurationObjectFactory configFactory
   )
   {
+    super(jsonMapper);
+
     this.jsonMapper = jsonMapper;
     this.lifecycle = lifecycle;
     this.props = props;
@@ -185,15 +186,6 @@ public class IndexerCoordinatorNode implements RegisteringNode
     this.taskRunnerFactory = taskRunnerFactory;
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public void registerHandlers(Registererer... registererers)
-  {
-    for (Registererer registererer : registererers) {
-      registererer.register();
-      registererer.registerSubType(jsonMapper);
-    }
-  }
-
   public void init() throws Exception
   {
     scheduledExecutorFactory = ScheduledExecutors.createFactory(lifecycle);
diff --git a/merger/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/merger/worker/http/WorkerNode.java b/merger/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/merger/worker/http/WorkerNode.java
index a32fcbbd676..e69b1e9724c 100644
--- a/merger/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/merger/worker/http/WorkerNode.java
+++ b/merger/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/merger/worker/http/WorkerNode.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 
 /**
  */
-public class WorkerNode implements RegisteringNode
+public class WorkerNode extends RegisteringNode
 {
   private static final Logger log = new Logger(WorkerNode.class);
 
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ public class WorkerNode implements RegisteringNode
       ConfigurationObjectFactory configFactory
   )
   {
+    super(jsonMapper);
+
     this.jsonMapper = jsonMapper;
     this.lifecycle = lifecycle;
     this.props = props;
@@ -149,15 +151,6 @@ public class WorkerNode implements RegisteringNode
     return this;
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public void registerHandlers(Registererer... registererers)
-  {
-    for (Registererer registererer : registererers) {
-      registererer.register();
-      registererer.registerSubType(jsonMapper);
-    }
-  }
-
   public void init() throws Exception
   {
     initializeEmitter();