diff --git a/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/QueryableNode.java b/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/QueryableNode.java
index 1971bc5158e..f45b473fdfa 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/QueryableNode.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/QueryableNode.java
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ import com.metamx.druid.client.ServerView;
 import com.metamx.druid.client.SingleServerInventoryView;
 import com.metamx.druid.concurrent.Execs;
 import com.metamx.druid.coordination.AbstractDataSegmentAnnouncer;
-import com.metamx.druid.coordination.BatchingCuratorDataSegmentAnnouncer;
-import com.metamx.druid.coordination.CuratorDataSegmentAnnouncer;
+import com.metamx.druid.coordination.BatchDataSegmentAnnouncer;
 import com.metamx.druid.coordination.DataSegmentAnnouncer;
 import com.metamx.druid.coordination.DruidServerMetadata;
 import com.metamx.druid.coordination.MultipleDataSegmentAnnouncerDataSegmentAnnouncer;
+import com.metamx.druid.coordination.SingleDataSegmentAnnouncer;
 import com.metamx.druid.curator.announcement.Announcer;
 import com.metamx.druid.http.NoopRequestLogger;
 import com.metamx.druid.http.RequestLogger;
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ public abstract class QueryableNode<T extends QueryableNode> extends Registering
 
       final DataSegmentAnnouncer dataSegmentAnnouncer;
       if ("batch".equalsIgnoreCase(announcerType)) {
-        dataSegmentAnnouncer = new BatchingCuratorDataSegmentAnnouncer(
+        dataSegmentAnnouncer = new BatchDataSegmentAnnouncer(
             getDruidServerMetadata(),
             config,
             announcer,
@@ -465,13 +465,13 @@ public abstract class QueryableNode<T extends QueryableNode> extends Registering
       } else if ("legacy".equalsIgnoreCase(announcerType)) {
         dataSegmentAnnouncer = new MultipleDataSegmentAnnouncerDataSegmentAnnouncer(
             Arrays.<AbstractDataSegmentAnnouncer>asList(
-                new BatchingCuratorDataSegmentAnnouncer(
+                new BatchDataSegmentAnnouncer(
                     getDruidServerMetadata(),
                     config,
                     announcer,
                     getJsonMapper()
                 ),
-                new CuratorDataSegmentAnnouncer(
+                new SingleDataSegmentAnnouncer(
                     getDruidServerMetadata(),
                     getZkPaths(),
                     announcer,
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/client/BatchServerInventoryView.java b/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/client/BatchServerInventoryView.java
index cc178862928..301c4ebb16e 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/client/BatchServerInventoryView.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/client/BatchServerInventoryView.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.google.common.collect.MapMaker;
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 import com.metamx.common.ISE;
+import com.metamx.druid.curator.inventory.InventoryManagerConfig;
 import com.metamx.druid.initialization.ZkPathsConfig;
 import com.metamx.emitter.EmittingLogger;
 import org.apache.curator.framework.CuratorFramework;
@@ -49,9 +50,27 @@ public class BatchServerInventoryView extends ServerInventoryView<Set<DataSegmen
   )
   {
     super(
-        config, zkPaths, curator, exec, jsonMapper, new TypeReference<Set<DataSegment>>()
-    {
-    }
+        config,
+        new InventoryManagerConfig()
+        {
+          @Override
+          public String getContainerPath()
+          {
+            return zkPaths.getAnnouncementsPath();
+          }
+
+          @Override
+          public String getInventoryPath()
+          {
+            return zkPaths.getLiveSegmentsPath();
+          }
+        },
+        curator,
+        exec,
+        jsonMapper,
+        new TypeReference<Set<DataSegment>>()
+        {
+        }
     );
   }
 
@@ -85,6 +104,7 @@ public class BatchServerInventoryView extends ServerInventoryView<Set<DataSegmen
     for (DataSegment segment : Sets.difference(existing, inventory)) {
       removeSingleInventory(container, segment.getIdentifier());
     }
+    zNodes.put(inventoryKey, inventory);
 
     return container;
   }
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/client/ServerInventoryView.java b/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/client/ServerInventoryView.java
index b6639a2cb2a..77c003b7369 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/client/ServerInventoryView.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/client/ServerInventoryView.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import com.metamx.common.lifecycle.LifecycleStop;
 import com.metamx.druid.curator.inventory.CuratorInventoryManager;
 import com.metamx.druid.curator.inventory.CuratorInventoryManagerStrategy;
 import com.metamx.druid.curator.inventory.InventoryManagerConfig;
-import com.metamx.druid.initialization.ZkPathsConfig;
 import com.metamx.emitter.EmittingLogger;
 import org.apache.curator.framework.CuratorFramework;
 
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ public abstract class ServerInventoryView<InventoryType> implements ServerView,
 
   public ServerInventoryView(
       final ServerInventoryViewConfig config,
-      final ZkPathsConfig zkPaths,
+      final InventoryManagerConfig inventoryManagerConfig,
       final CuratorFramework curator,
       final ExecutorService exec,
       final ObjectMapper jsonMapper,
@@ -69,20 +68,7 @@ public abstract class ServerInventoryView<InventoryType> implements ServerView,
     this.config = config;
     this.inventoryManager = new CuratorInventoryManager<DruidServer, InventoryType>(
         curator,
-        new InventoryManagerConfig()
-        {
-          @Override
-          public String getContainerPath()
-          {
-            return zkPaths.getAnnouncementsPath();
-          }
-
-          @Override
-          public String getInventoryPath()
-          {
-            return zkPaths.getServedSegmentsPath();
-          }
-        },
+        inventoryManagerConfig,
         exec,
         new CuratorInventoryManagerStrategy<DruidServer, InventoryType>()
         {
@@ -246,6 +232,11 @@ public abstract class ServerInventoryView<InventoryType> implements ServerView,
     segmentCallbacks.put(callback, exec);
   }
 
+  public InventoryManagerConfig getInventoryManagerConfig()
+  {
+    return inventoryManager.getConfig();
+  }
+
   protected void runSegmentCallbacks(
       final Function<SegmentCallback, CallbackAction> fn
   )
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/client/SingleServerInventoryView.java b/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/client/SingleServerInventoryView.java
index 30bdc30e46e..f858fe7a3dc 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/client/SingleServerInventoryView.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/client/SingleServerInventoryView.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ package com.metamx.druid.client;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.metamx.druid.curator.inventory.InventoryManagerConfig;
 import com.metamx.druid.initialization.ZkPathsConfig;
 import org.apache.curator.framework.CuratorFramework;
 
@@ -39,9 +40,27 @@ public class SingleServerInventoryView extends ServerInventoryView<DataSegment>
   )
   {
     super(
-        config, zkPaths, curator, exec, jsonMapper, new TypeReference<DataSegment>()
-    {
-    }
+        config,
+        new InventoryManagerConfig()
+        {
+          @Override
+          public String getContainerPath()
+          {
+            return zkPaths.getAnnouncementsPath();
+          }
+
+          @Override
+          public String getInventoryPath()
+          {
+            return zkPaths.getServedSegmentsPath();
+          }
+        },
+        curator,
+        exec,
+        jsonMapper,
+        new TypeReference<DataSegment>()
+        {
+        }
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/coordination/AbstractDataSegmentAnnouncer.java b/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/coordination/AbstractDataSegmentAnnouncer.java
index 583910e3dac..1bb0b8114ee 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/coordination/AbstractDataSegmentAnnouncer.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/coordination/AbstractDataSegmentAnnouncer.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDataSegmentAnnouncer implements DataSegmentAnnounc
         return;
       }
 
-      log.info("Stopping CuratorDataSegmentAnnouncer with config[%s]", config);
+      log.info("Stopping %s with config[%s]", getClass(), config);
       announcer.unannounce(makeAnnouncementPath());
 
       started = false;
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/coordination/BatchingCuratorDataSegmentAnnouncer.java b/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/coordination/BatchDataSegmentAnnouncer.java
similarity index 94%
rename from client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/coordination/BatchingCuratorDataSegmentAnnouncer.java
rename to client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/coordination/BatchDataSegmentAnnouncer.java
index e8070e71ff7..5911ec2a642 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/coordination/BatchingCuratorDataSegmentAnnouncer.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/coordination/BatchDataSegmentAnnouncer.java
@@ -22,33 +22,26 @@ package com.metamx.druid.coordination;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.google.common.base.Throwables;
-import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
-import com.google.common.collect.MinMaxPriorityQueue;
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
-import com.google.common.primitives.Ints;
 import com.metamx.common.ISE;
 import com.metamx.common.logger.Logger;
 import com.metamx.druid.client.DataSegment;
 import com.metamx.druid.curator.announcement.Announcer;
 import com.metamx.druid.initialization.ZkDataSegmentAnnouncerConfig;
-import com.metamx.druid.initialization.ZkPathsConfig;
 import org.apache.curator.utils.ZKPaths;
 import org.joda.time.DateTime;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
 /**
  */
-public class BatchingCuratorDataSegmentAnnouncer extends AbstractDataSegmentAnnouncer
+public class BatchDataSegmentAnnouncer extends AbstractDataSegmentAnnouncer
 {
-  private static final Logger log = new Logger(BatchingCuratorDataSegmentAnnouncer.class);
+  private static final Logger log = new Logger(BatchDataSegmentAnnouncer.class);
 
   private final ZkDataSegmentAnnouncerConfig config;
   private final Announcer announcer;
@@ -58,7 +51,7 @@ public class BatchingCuratorDataSegmentAnnouncer extends AbstractDataSegmentAnno
   private final Set<SegmentZNode> availableZNodes = Sets.newHashSet();
   private final Map<DataSegment, SegmentZNode> segmentLookup = Maps.newHashMap();
 
-  public BatchingCuratorDataSegmentAnnouncer(
+  public BatchDataSegmentAnnouncer(
       DruidServerMetadata server,
       ZkDataSegmentAnnouncerConfig config,
       Announcer announcer,
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/coordination/CuratorDataSegmentAnnouncer.java b/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/coordination/SingleDataSegmentAnnouncer.java
similarity index 93%
rename from client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/coordination/CuratorDataSegmentAnnouncer.java
rename to client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/coordination/SingleDataSegmentAnnouncer.java
index f9286d1a239..1757ccbe6af 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/coordination/CuratorDataSegmentAnnouncer.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/coordination/SingleDataSegmentAnnouncer.java
@@ -28,15 +28,15 @@ import org.apache.curator.utils.ZKPaths;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-public class CuratorDataSegmentAnnouncer extends AbstractDataSegmentAnnouncer
+public class SingleDataSegmentAnnouncer extends AbstractDataSegmentAnnouncer
 {
-  private static final Logger log = new Logger(CuratorDataSegmentAnnouncer.class);
+  private static final Logger log = new Logger(SingleDataSegmentAnnouncer.class);
 
   private final Announcer announcer;
   private final ObjectMapper jsonMapper;
   private final String servedSegmentsLocation;
 
-  public CuratorDataSegmentAnnouncer(
+  public SingleDataSegmentAnnouncer(
       DruidServerMetadata server,
       ZkPathsConfig config,
       Announcer announcer,
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/curator/announcement/Announcer.java b/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/curator/announcement/Announcer.java
index 57981f91785..727f7704771 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/curator/announcement/Announcer.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/curator/announcement/Announcer.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ public class Announcer
   private final List<Pair<String, byte[]>> toAnnounce = Lists.newArrayList();
   private final ConcurrentMap<String, PathChildrenCache> listeners = new MapMaker().makeMap();
   private final ConcurrentMap<String, ConcurrentMap<String, byte[]>> announcements = new MapMaker().makeMap();
+  private final List<String> parentsIBuilt = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<String>();
 
   private boolean started = false;
 
@@ -114,6 +116,15 @@ public class Announcer
           unannounce(ZKPaths.makePath(basePath, announcementPath));
         }
       }
+
+      for (String parent : parentsIBuilt) {
+        try {
+          curator.delete().forPath(parent);
+        }
+        catch (Exception e) {
+          log.info(e, "Unable to delete parent[%s], boooo.", parent);
+        }
+      }
     }
   }
 
@@ -136,10 +147,19 @@ public class Announcer
     final ZKPaths.PathAndNode pathAndNode = ZKPaths.getPathAndNode(path);
 
     final String parentPath = pathAndNode.getPath();
+    boolean buildParentPath = false;
 
     ConcurrentMap<String, byte[]> subPaths = announcements.get(parentPath);
 
     if (subPaths == null) {
+      try {
+        if (curator.checkExists().forPath(parentPath) == null) {
+          buildParentPath = true;
+        }
+      }
+      catch (Exception e) {
+        log.debug(e, "Problem checking if the parent existed, ignoring.");
+      }
 
       // I don't have a watcher on this path yet, create a Map and start watching.
       announcements.putIfAbsent(parentPath, new MapMaker().<String, byte[]>makeMap());
@@ -208,17 +228,15 @@ public class Announcer
               }
           );
 
-          try {
-            synchronized (toAnnounce) {
-              if (started) {
-                cache.start();
-                listeners.put(parentPath, cache);
+          synchronized (toAnnounce) {
+            if (started) {
+              if (buildParentPath) {
+                createPath(parentPath);
               }
+              startCache(cache);
+              listeners.put(parentPath, cache);
             }
           }
-          catch (Exception e) {
-            throw Throwables.propagate(e);
-          }
         }
       }
 
@@ -261,7 +279,7 @@ public class Announcer
       throw new ISE("Cannot update a path[%s] that hasn't been announced!", path);
     }
 
-    synchronized (subPaths) {
+    synchronized (toAnnounce) {
       try {
         byte[] oldBytes = subPaths.get(nodePath);
 
@@ -320,4 +338,26 @@ public class Announcer
       throw Throwables.propagate(e);
     }
   }
+
+  private void startCache(PathChildrenCache cache)
+  {
+    try {
+      cache.start();
+    }
+    catch (Exception e) {
+      Closeables.closeQuietly(cache);
+      throw Throwables.propagate(e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void createPath(String parentPath)
+  {
+    try {
+      curator.create().creatingParentsIfNeeded().forPath(parentPath);
+      parentsIBuilt.add(parentPath);
+    }
+    catch (Exception e) {
+      log.info(e, "Problem creating parentPath[%s], someone else created it first?", parentPath);
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/curator/inventory/CuratorInventoryManager.java b/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/curator/inventory/CuratorInventoryManager.java
index 2f713f87554..7c35ad12618 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/curator/inventory/CuratorInventoryManager.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/curator/inventory/CuratorInventoryManager.java
@@ -135,6 +135,11 @@ public class CuratorInventoryManager<ContainerClass, InventoryClass>
     }
   }
 
+  public InventoryManagerConfig getConfig()
+  {
+    return config;
+  }
+
   public ContainerClass getInventoryValue(String containerKey)
   {
     final ContainerHolder containerHolder = containers.get(containerKey);
diff --git a/client/src/test/java/com/metamx/druid/coordination/BatchingCuratorDataSegmentAnnouncerTest.java b/client/src/test/java/com/metamx/druid/coordination/BatchDataSegmentAnnouncerTest.java
similarity index 97%
rename from client/src/test/java/com/metamx/druid/coordination/BatchingCuratorDataSegmentAnnouncerTest.java
rename to client/src/test/java/com/metamx/druid/coordination/BatchDataSegmentAnnouncerTest.java
index dc093e53cfb..608fe850a74 100644
--- a/client/src/test/java/com/metamx/druid/coordination/BatchingCuratorDataSegmentAnnouncerTest.java
+++ b/client/src/test/java/com/metamx/druid/coordination/BatchDataSegmentAnnouncerTest.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ import java.util.Set;
 
 /**
  */
-public class BatchingCuratorDataSegmentAnnouncerTest
+public class BatchDataSegmentAnnouncerTest
 {
   private static final String testBasePath = "/test";
   private static final String testSegmentsPath = "/test/segments/id";
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class BatchingCuratorDataSegmentAnnouncerTest
   private ObjectMapper jsonMapper;
   private Announcer announcer;
   private SegmentReader segmentReader;
-  private BatchingCuratorDataSegmentAnnouncer segmentAnnouncer;
+  private BatchDataSegmentAnnouncer segmentAnnouncer;
   private Set<DataSegment> testSegments;
 
   @Before
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public class BatchingCuratorDataSegmentAnnouncerTest
     announcer.start();
 
     segmentReader = new SegmentReader(cf, jsonMapper);
-    segmentAnnouncer = new BatchingCuratorDataSegmentAnnouncer(
+    segmentAnnouncer = new BatchDataSegmentAnnouncer(
         new DruidServerMetadata(
             "id",
             "host",
diff --git a/client/src/test/java/com/metamx/druid/curator/announcement/AnnouncerTest.java b/client/src/test/java/com/metamx/druid/curator/announcement/AnnouncerTest.java
index 21c9ae2eee0..9f4276e164a 100644
--- a/client/src/test/java/com/metamx/druid/curator/announcement/AnnouncerTest.java
+++ b/client/src/test/java/com/metamx/druid/curator/announcement/AnnouncerTest.java
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ import org.apache.curator.framework.api.CuratorEvent;
 import org.apache.curator.framework.api.CuratorEventType;
 import org.apache.curator.framework.api.CuratorListener;
 import org.apache.curator.test.KillSession;
+import org.apache.curator.utils.ZKPaths;
+import org.apache.zookeeper.data.Stat;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -60,7 +62,6 @@ public class AnnouncerTest extends CuratorTestBase
   public void testSanity() throws Exception
   {
     curator.start();
-    curator.create().forPath("/somewhere");
     Announcer announcer = new Announcer(curator, exec);
 
     final byte[] billy = "billy".getBytes();
@@ -163,4 +164,54 @@ public class AnnouncerTest extends CuratorTestBase
       announcer.stop();
     }
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCleansUpItsLittleTurdlings() throws Exception
+  {
+    curator.start();
+    Announcer announcer = new Announcer(curator, exec);
+
+    final byte[] billy = "billy".getBytes();
+    final String testPath = "/somewhere/test2";
+    final String parent = ZKPaths.getPathAndNode(testPath).getPath();
+
+    announcer.start();
+
+    Assert.assertNull(curator.checkExists().forPath(parent));
+
+    announcer.announce(testPath, billy);
+
+    Assert.assertNotNull(curator.checkExists().forPath(parent));
+
+    announcer.stop();
+
+    Assert.assertNull(curator.checkExists().forPath(parent));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testLeavesBehindTurdlingsThatAlreadyExisted() throws Exception
+  {
+    curator.start();
+    Announcer announcer = new Announcer(curator, exec);
+
+    final byte[] billy = "billy".getBytes();
+    final String testPath = "/somewhere/test2";
+    final String parent = ZKPaths.getPathAndNode(testPath).getPath();
+
+    curator.create().forPath(parent);
+    final Stat initialStat = curator.checkExists().forPath(parent);
+
+    announcer.start();
+
+    Assert.assertEquals(initialStat.getMzxid(), curator.checkExists().forPath(parent).getMzxid());
+
+    announcer.announce(testPath, billy);
+
+    Assert.assertEquals(initialStat.getMzxid(), curator.checkExists().forPath(parent).getMzxid());
+
+    announcer.stop();
+
+    Assert.assertEquals(initialStat.getMzxid(), curator.checkExists().forPath(parent).getMzxid());
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/coordination/ZkCoordinator.java b/server/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/coordination/ZkCoordinator.java
index 0146af28dd4..cb5c32730ca 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/coordination/ZkCoordinator.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/coordination/ZkCoordinator.java
@@ -50,14 +50,12 @@ public class ZkCoordinator implements DataSegmentChangeHandler
 
   private final ObjectMapper jsonMapper;
   private final ZkCoordinatorConfig config;
+  private final ZkPathsConfig zkPaths;
   private final DruidServerMetadata me;
   private final DataSegmentAnnouncer announcer;
   private final CuratorFramework curator;
   private final ServerManager serverManager;
 
-  private final String loadQueueLocation;
-  private final String servedSegmentsLocation;
-
   private volatile PathChildrenCache loadQueueCache;
   private volatile boolean started;
 
@@ -73,13 +71,11 @@ public class ZkCoordinator implements DataSegmentChangeHandler
   {
     this.jsonMapper = jsonMapper;
     this.config = config;
+    this.zkPaths = zkPaths;
     this.me = me;
     this.announcer = announcer;
     this.curator = curator;
     this.serverManager = serverManager;
-
-    this.loadQueueLocation = ZKPaths.makePath(zkPaths.getLoadQueuePath(), me.getName());
-    this.servedSegmentsLocation = ZKPaths.makePath(zkPaths.getServedSegmentsPath(), me.getName());
   }
 
   @LifecycleStart
@@ -91,6 +87,10 @@ public class ZkCoordinator implements DataSegmentChangeHandler
         return;
       }
 
+      final String loadQueueLocation = ZKPaths.makePath(zkPaths.getLoadQueuePath(), me.getName());
+      final String servedSegmentsLocation = ZKPaths.makePath(zkPaths.getServedSegmentsPath(), me.getName());
+      final String liveSegmentsLocation = ZKPaths.makePath(zkPaths.getLiveSegmentsPath(), me.getName());
+
       loadQueueCache = new PathChildrenCache(
           curator,
           loadQueueLocation,
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ public class ZkCoordinator implements DataSegmentChangeHandler
 
         curator.newNamespaceAwareEnsurePath(loadQueueLocation).ensure(curator.getZookeeperClient());
         curator.newNamespaceAwareEnsurePath(servedSegmentsLocation).ensure(curator.getZookeeperClient());
+        curator.newNamespaceAwareEnsurePath(liveSegmentsLocation).ensure(curator.getZookeeperClient());
 
         if (config.isLoadFromSegmentCacheEnabled()) {
           loadCache();
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/master/DruidMaster.java b/server/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/master/DruidMaster.java
index e14c3b5a7b8..592e76f0d06 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/master/DruidMaster.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/master/DruidMaster.java
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ public class DruidMaster
 
       final String toLoadQueueSegPath = ZKPaths.makePath(ZKPaths.makePath(zkPaths.getLoadQueuePath(), to), segmentName);
       final String toServedSegPath = ZKPaths.makePath(
-          ZKPaths.makePath(zkPaths.getServedSegmentsPath(), to), segmentName
+          ZKPaths.makePath(serverInventoryView.getInventoryManagerConfig().getInventoryPath(), to), segmentName
       );
 
       loadPeon.loadSegment(
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/utils/DruidSetup.java b/server/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/utils/DruidSetup.java
index 88f26351991..ef5185ac703 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/utils/DruidSetup.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/utils/DruidSetup.java
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ public class DruidSetup
     createPath(curator, zkPaths.getMasterPath(), out);
     createPath(curator, zkPaths.getLoadQueuePath(), out);
     createPath(curator, zkPaths.getServedSegmentsPath(), out);
+    createPath(curator, zkPaths.getLiveSegmentsPath(), out);
     createPath(curator, zkPaths.getPropertiesPath(), out);
   }
 
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/com/metamx/druid/coordination/ZkCoordinatorTest.java b/server/src/test/java/com/metamx/druid/coordination/ZkCoordinatorTest.java
index 1a34c75cdbc..746e7035cbb 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/com/metamx/druid/coordination/ZkCoordinatorTest.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/com/metamx/druid/coordination/ZkCoordinatorTest.java
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public class ZkCoordinatorTest extends CuratorTestBase
       }
     };
 
-    announcer = new CuratorDataSegmentAnnouncer(
+    announcer = new SingleDataSegmentAnnouncer(
         me, zkPaths, new Announcer(curator, Execs.singleThreaded("blah")), jsonMapper
     );