diff --git a/src/runtime2/port.rs b/src/runtime2/port.rs
index df7a7d64c3d949f8f3bbd24aa610e51b9faa170b..f58c6196cffb794ad70cf508abcd8c0b099de85c 100644
--- a/src/runtime2/port.rs
+++ b/src/runtime2/port.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use super::global_store::ConnectorId;
+
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub(crate) struct PortIdLocal {
     pub index: u32,
@@ -40,8 +42,8 @@ pub struct Port {
     pub kind: PortKind,
     // But this can be changed, but only by the connector that owns it
     pub ownership: PortOwnership,
-    pub owning_connector: u32,
-    pub peer_connector: u32, // might be temporarily inconsistent while peer port is sent around in non-sync phase.
+    pub owning_connector: ConnectorId,
+    pub peer_connector: ConnectorId, // might be temporarily inconsistent while peer port is sent around in non-sync phase.
 }