diff --git a/pkg/client/oniontypes_test.go b/pkg/client/oniontypes_test.go
index b7f1a52f..9b24c268 100644
--- a/pkg/client/oniontypes_test.go
+++ b/pkg/client/oniontypes_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/indra-labs/indra/pkg/key/prv"
 	"github.com/indra-labs/indra/pkg/nonce"
 	"github.com/indra-labs/indra/pkg/onion"
+	"github.com/indra-labs/indra/pkg/payment"
 	"github.com/indra-labs/indra/pkg/service"
 	"github.com/indra-labs/indra/pkg/sha256"
 	"github.com/indra-labs/indra/pkg/slice"
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ func TestSendKeys(t *testing.T) {
 	}()
 	cnf := nonce.NewID()
 	var sess [5]*session.OnionSkin
-	var pmt [5]*session.Payment
+	var pmt [5]*payment.Payment
 	for i := range clients[1:] {
 		// Create a new payment and drop on the payment channel.
 		sess[i] = session.New()
diff --git a/pkg/payment/payment.go b/pkg/payment/payment.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..553b6da8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/payment/payment.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package payment
+
+import (
+	"github.com/indra-labs/indra/pkg/lnd/lnwire"
+	"github.com/indra-labs/indra/pkg/nonce"
+	"github.com/indra-labs/indra/pkg/sha256"
+)
+
+type Payment struct {
+	nonce.ID
+	Preimage sha256.Hash
+	Amount   lnwire.MilliSatoshi
+}
diff --git a/pkg/traffic/session.go b/pkg/traffic/session.go
index ca3d6c85..adddce53 100644
--- a/pkg/traffic/session.go
+++ b/pkg/traffic/session.go
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/indra-labs/indra/pkg/lnd/lnwire"
 	log2 "github.com/indra-labs/indra/pkg/log"
 	"github.com/indra-labs/indra/pkg/nonce"
+	"github.com/indra-labs/indra/pkg/payment"
 	"github.com/indra-labs/indra/pkg/sha256"
-	"github.com/indra-labs/indra/pkg/wire/session"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -174,11 +174,11 @@ func (n *Payments) GetSessionByIndex(i int) (s *Session) {
 	return
 }
 
-type PaymentChan chan *session.Payment
+type PaymentChan chan *payment.Payment
 
-type PendingPayments []*session.Payment
+type PendingPayments []*payment.Payment
 
-func (p PendingPayments) Add(np *session.Payment) (pp PendingPayments) {
+func (p PendingPayments) Add(np *payment.Payment) (pp PendingPayments) {
 	return append(p, np)
 }
 
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ func (p PendingPayments) Delete(preimage sha256.Hash) (pp PendingPayments) {
 	return
 }
 
-func (p PendingPayments) Find(id nonce.ID) (pp *session.Payment) {
+func (p PendingPayments) Find(id nonce.ID) (pp *payment.Payment) {
 	for i := range p {
 		if p[i].ID == id {
 			return p[i]
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ func (p PendingPayments) Find(id nonce.ID) (pp *session.Payment) {
 	return
 }
 
-func (p PendingPayments) FindPreimage(pi sha256.Hash) (pp *session.Payment) {
+func (p PendingPayments) FindPreimage(pi sha256.Hash) (pp *payment.Payment) {
 	for i := range p {
 		if p[i].Preimage == pi {
 			return p[i]
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ func (p PendingPayments) FindPreimage(pi sha256.Hash) (pp *session.Payment) {
 // payments need to be accessed only with the node's mutex locked.
 
 func (n *Payments) AddPendingPayment(
-	np *session.Payment) {
+	np *payment.Payment) {
 
 	n.Lock()
 	defer n.Unlock()
@@ -232,14 +232,14 @@ func (n *Payments) DeletePendingPayment(
 	n.pendingPayments = n.pendingPayments.Delete(preimage)
 }
 func (n *Payments) FindPendingPayment(
-	id nonce.ID) (pp *session.Payment) {
+	id nonce.ID) (pp *payment.Payment) {
 
 	n.Lock()
 	defer n.Unlock()
 	return n.pendingPayments.Find(id)
 }
 func (n *Payments) FindPendingPreimage(
-	pi sha256.Hash) (pp *session.Payment) {
+	pi sha256.Hash) (pp *payment.Payment) {
 
 	log.T.F("searching preimage %x", pi)
 	n.Lock()
diff --git a/pkg/wire/session/session.go b/pkg/wire/session/session.go
index bc06ad75..e73243e8 100644
--- a/pkg/wire/session/session.go
+++ b/pkg/wire/session/session.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/indra-labs/indra/pkg/lnd/lnwire"
 	log2 "github.com/indra-labs/indra/pkg/log"
 	"github.com/indra-labs/indra/pkg/nonce"
+	"github.com/indra-labs/indra/pkg/payment"
 	"github.com/indra-labs/indra/pkg/sha256"
 	"github.com/indra-labs/indra/pkg/slice"
 	"github.com/indra-labs/indra/pkg/types"
@@ -50,12 +51,6 @@ type OnionSkin struct {
 	types.Onion
 }
 
-type Payment struct {
-	nonce.ID
-	Preimage sha256.Hash
-	Amount   lnwire.MilliSatoshi
-}
-
 func New() (x *OnionSkin) {
 	var e error
 	var hdrPrv, pldPrv *prv.Key
@@ -79,9 +74,9 @@ func (x *OnionSkin) PreimageHash() sha256.Hash {
 }
 
 func (x *OnionSkin) ToPayment(amount lnwire.
-	MilliSatoshi) (p *Payment) {
+	MilliSatoshi) (p *payment.Payment) {
 
-	p = &Payment{
+	p = &payment.Payment{
 		ID:       nonce.NewID(),
 		Preimage: x.PreimageHash(),
 		Amount:   amount,