diff --git a/PFERD/conductor.py b/PFERD/conductor.py
index 76d0e2a..4648e77 100644
--- a/PFERD/conductor.py
+++ b/PFERD/conductor.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class ProgressBar:
     def advance(self, amount: float = 1) -> None:
         self._progress.advance(self._taskid, advance=amount)
 
-    def set_total(self, total) -> None:
+    def set_total(self, total: float) -> None:
         self._progress.update(self._taskid, total=total)
 
 
diff --git a/PFERD/config.py b/PFERD/config.py
index f2abe8d..f63922b 100644
--- a/PFERD/config.py
+++ b/PFERD/config.py
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ class ConfigFormatException(Exception):
 
 
 class Section:
+    """
+    Base class for the crawler and auth section classes.
+    """
+
     def __init__(self, section: SectionProxy):
         self.s = section
 
diff --git a/PFERD/crawler.py b/PFERD/crawler.py
index b8e9d7c..4bcfe65 100644
--- a/PFERD/crawler.py
+++ b/PFERD/crawler.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from datetime import datetime
 from pathlib import Path, PurePath
 # TODO In Python 3.9 and above, AsyncContextManager is deprecated
 from typing import (Any, AsyncContextManager, AsyncIterator, Awaitable,
-                    Callable, Optional, Protocol, TypeVar)
+                    Callable, Optional, TypeVar)
 
 from rich.markup import escape
 
@@ -141,8 +141,9 @@ class Crawler(ABC):
     def __init__(
             self,
             name: str,
-            config: Config,
             section: CrawlerSection,
+            config: Config,
+            conductor: TerminalConductor,
     ) -> None:
         """
         Initialize a crawler from its name and its section in the config file.
@@ -154,9 +155,9 @@ class Crawler(ABC):
         """
 
         self.name = name
-
-        self._conductor = TerminalConductor()
+        self._conductor = conductor
         self._limiter = Limiter()
+        self.error_free = True
 
         try:
             self._transformer = Transformer(section.transform())
@@ -171,8 +172,6 @@ class Crawler(ABC):
             self._conductor,
         )
 
-        self.error_free = False
-
     def print(self, text: str) -> None:
         """
         Print rich markup to the terminal. Crawlers *must* use this function to
diff --git a/PFERD/crawlers/__init__.py b/PFERD/crawlers/__init__.py
index bf88a2a..aa049b9 100644
--- a/PFERD/crawlers/__init__.py
+++ b/PFERD/crawlers/__init__.py
@@ -1,10 +1,19 @@
 from configparser import SectionProxy
 from typing import Callable, Dict
 
+from ..conductor import TerminalConductor
 from ..config import Config
-from ..crawler import Crawler, CrawlerSection
+from ..crawler import Crawler
 from .local import LocalCrawler, LocalCrawlerSection
 
-CRAWLERS: Dict[str, Callable[[str, Config, SectionProxy], Crawler]] = {
-    "local": lambda n, c, s: LocalCrawler(n, c, LocalCrawlerSection(s)),
+CrawlerConstructor = Callable[[
+    str,                # Name (without the "crawl:" prefix)
+    SectionProxy,       # Crawler's section of global config
+    Config,             # Global config
+    TerminalConductor,  # Global conductor instance
+], Crawler]
+
+CRAWLERS: Dict[str, CrawlerConstructor] = {
+    "local": lambda n, s, c, t:
+        LocalCrawler(n, LocalCrawlerSection(s), c, t),
 }
diff --git a/PFERD/crawlers/local.py b/PFERD/crawlers/local.py
index 40cc233..8501877 100644
--- a/PFERD/crawlers/local.py
+++ b/PFERD/crawlers/local.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import asyncio
 from pathlib import Path, PurePath
 
+from ..conductor import TerminalConductor
 from ..config import Config
 from ..crawler import Crawler, CrawlerSection, anoncritical
 
@@ -17,10 +18,11 @@ class LocalCrawler(Crawler):
     def __init__(
             self,
             name: str,
-            config: Config,
             section: LocalCrawlerSection,
+            config: Config,
+            conductor: TerminalConductor,
     ):
-        super().__init__(name, config, section)
+        super().__init__(name, section, config, conductor)
 
         self._path = config.working_dir / section.path()
 
diff --git a/PFERD/pferd.py b/PFERD/pferd.py
index 7cdbfa0..c7cd695 100644
--- a/PFERD/pferd.py
+++ b/PFERD/pferd.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from typing import Dict
 from rich import print
 from rich.markup import escape
 
+from .conductor import TerminalConductor
 from .config import Config
 from .crawler import Crawler
 from .crawlers import CRAWLERS
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ class PferdLoadException(Exception):
 class Pferd:
     def __init__(self, config: Config):
         self._config = config
+        self._conductor = TerminalConductor()
         self._crawlers: Dict[str, Crawler] = {}
 
     def _load_crawlers(self) -> None:
@@ -29,7 +31,12 @@ class Pferd:
                 print(f"[red]Error: Unknown crawler type {t}")
                 continue
 
-            crawler = crawler_constructor(name, self._config, section)
+            crawler = crawler_constructor(
+                name,
+                section,
+                self._config,
+                self._conductor,
+            )
             self._crawlers[name] = crawler
 
         if abort: