diff --git a/cpp/mrc/src/public/segment/builder.cpp b/cpp/mrc/src/public/segment/builder.cpp
index 68dd0530f..f8a063e20 100644
--- a/cpp/mrc/src/public/segment/builder.cpp
+++ b/cpp/mrc/src/public/segment/builder.cpp
@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ void Builder::init_module(std::shared_ptr<mrc::modules::SegmentModule> smodule)
     VLOG(2) << "Initializing module: " << m_namespace_prefix;
     smodule->m_module_instance_registered_namespace = m_namespace_prefix;
     smodule->initialize(*this);
-    ns_pop();
 
     // TODO(Devin): Maybe a better way to do this with compile time type ledger.
     if (std::dynamic_pointer_cast<modules::PersistentModule>(smodule) != nullptr)
     {
-        VLOG(2) << "Registering persistent module -> '" << smodule->component_prefix() << "'";
+        VLOG(2) << "Registering persistent module -> '" << m_namespace_prefix << "'";
         m_backend.add_module(m_namespace_prefix, smodule);
     }
+    ns_pop();
 }
 
 std::shared_ptr<ObjectProperties> Builder::get_ingress(std::string name, std::type_index type_index)
diff --git a/external/utilities b/external/utilities
index 429ae1840..ad81faac9 160000
--- a/external/utilities
+++ b/external/utilities
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 429ae1840d02cf4cd2d4f1bbbac85a61f7ee8907
+Subproject commit ad81faac968919678988dc33cc89c85ddd52a643
diff --git a/python/tests/test_segment_modules.py b/python/tests/test_segment_modules.py
index 08c78fc36..8b6b96908 100644
--- a/python/tests/test_segment_modules.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_segment_modules.py
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ def on_complete():
 
 
 def test_py_constructor():
-
     config = {"config_key_1": True}
 
     registry = mrc.ModuleRegistry
@@ -312,11 +311,41 @@ def on_complete():
 
 def test_py_module_nesting():
 
-    def gen_data():
-        for i in range(0, 43):
-            yield True
+    def init_wrapper(builder: mrc.Builder):
+        global packet_count
+        packet_count = 0
+
+        def on_next(input):
             global packet_count
             packet_count += 1
+            logging.info("Sinking {}".format(input))
+
+        def on_error():
+            pass
+
+        def on_complete():
+            pass
+
+        nested_mod = builder.load_module("NestedModule", "mrc_unittest", "ModuleNestingTest_mod1", {})
+        nested_sink = builder.make_sink("nested_sink", on_next, on_error, on_complete)
+
+        builder.make_edge(nested_mod.output_port("nested_module_output"), nested_sink)
+
+    pipeline = mrc.Pipeline()
+    pipeline.make_segment("ModuleNesting_Segment", init_wrapper)
+
+    options = mrc.Options()
+    options.topology.user_cpuset = "0-1"
+
+    executor = mrc.Executor(options)
+    executor.register_pipeline(pipeline)
+    executor.start()
+    executor.join()
+
+    assert packet_count == 4
+
+
+def test_py_modules_dont_overwrite():
 
     def init_wrapper(builder: mrc.Builder):
         global packet_count
@@ -334,9 +363,18 @@ def on_complete():
             pass
 
         nested_mod = builder.load_module("NestedModule", "mrc_unittest", "ModuleNestingTest_mod1", {})
+
+        # Make sure we can't re-register the same name
+        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
+            this_should_fail = builder.load_module(  # noqa
+                "NestedModule", "mrc_unittest", "ModuleNestingTest_mod1", {})
+
+        nested_mod2 = builder.load_module("NestedModule", "mrc_unittest", "ModuleNestingTest_mod2", {})
         nested_sink = builder.make_sink("nested_sink", on_next, on_error, on_complete)
+        nested_sink2 = builder.make_sink("nested_sink2", on_next, on_error, on_complete)
 
         builder.make_edge(nested_mod.output_port("nested_module_output"), nested_sink)
+        builder.make_edge(nested_mod2.output_port("nested_module_output"), nested_sink2)
 
     pipeline = mrc.Pipeline()
     pipeline.make_segment("ModuleNesting_Segment", init_wrapper)
@@ -349,7 +387,7 @@ def on_complete():
     executor.start()
     executor.join()
 
-    assert packet_count == 4
+    assert packet_count == 8
 
 
 if (__name__ in ("__main__", )):
@@ -358,5 +396,6 @@ def on_complete():
     test_py_module_as_sink()
     test_py_module_chaining()
     test_py_module_nesting()
+    test_py_modules_dont_overwrite()
     test_py_constructor()
     test_py_module_initialization()