diff --git a/komrade/backend/komrades.py b/komrade/backend/komrades.py
index 0bfb11d..4bb25d5 100644
--- a/komrade/backend/komrades.py
+++ b/komrade/backend/komrades.py
@@ -288,11 +288,15 @@ def test_register():
     marxbot.register(passphrase='spectre')
 
 
+
 def test_msg():
-    z = locate_an_operator('zuck')
+    z = comlink('zuck')
     z.login(passphrase='eee')
-    s = locate_an_operator('sergey')
-    z.send_msg_to('you ssssssuck',s)
+    
+    s = comlink('sergey')
+    
+    z.send_msg_to('you ssssssuck')
+
 
 if __name__=='__main__':
     test_msg()
diff --git a/komrade/backend/operators.py b/komrade/backend/operators.py
index 1d39200..a0ffe9c 100644
--- a/komrade/backend/operators.py
+++ b/komrade/backend/operators.py
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ from komrade.backend import *
         
 def locate_an_operator_somehow(str_or_byte_or_obj):
     if issubclass(type(str_or_byte_or_obj),Operator): return str_or_byte_or_obj
-    if type(str_or_byte_or_obj)==bytes: return locate_an_operator(name=str_or_byte_or_obj)
+    if type(str_or_byte_or_obj)==str: return locate_an_operator(name=str_or_byte_or_obj)
     if type(str_or_byte_or_obj)==bytes: return locate_an_operator(pubkey=str_or_byte_or_obj)
     raise KomradeException(type(str_or_byte_or_obj),'???')
 
+def comlink(name_or_pubkey): return locate_an_operator_somehow(x)
 
 PHONEBOOK = {}