diff --git a/src/majordomo/include/majordomo/Broker.hpp b/src/majordomo/include/majordomo/Broker.hpp
index 4b6e9596..a1f6ba35 100644
--- a/src/majordomo/include/majordomo/Broker.hpp
+++ b/src/majordomo/include/majordomo/Broker.hpp
@@ -514,8 +514,7 @@ class Broker {
         auto [it, inserted] = _subscribedTopics.try_emplace(topic, 0);
         it->second++;
         if (it->second == 1) {
-            // auto topicStr = topic.serialized();
-            auto topicStr = topic.path();
+            const auto topicStr = topic.serialized();
             zmq::invoke(zmq_setsockopt, _subSocket, ZMQ_SUBSCRIBE, topicStr.data(), topicStr.size()).assertSuccess();
         }
     }
@@ -525,7 +524,7 @@ class Broker {
         if (it != _subscribedTopics.end()) {
             it->second--;
             if (it->second == 0) {
-                auto topicStr = topic.serialized();
+                const auto topicStr = topic.serialized();
                 zmq::invoke(zmq_setsockopt, _subSocket, ZMQ_UNSUBSCRIBE, topicStr.data(), topicStr.size()).assertSuccess();
                 _subscribedTopics.erase(it);
             }
@@ -581,7 +580,7 @@ class Broker {
                 return true;
             }
             case mdp::Command::Subscribe: {
-                SubscriptionData subscription(message.serviceName, message.endpoint.str(), {});
+                const auto subscription = SubscriptionData::fromURIAndServiceName(message.endpoint, message.serviceName);
 
                 subscribe(subscription);
 
@@ -590,7 +589,7 @@ class Broker {
                 return true;
             }
             case mdp::Command::Unsubscribe: {
-                SubscriptionData subscription(message.serviceName, message.endpoint.str(), {});
+                const auto subscription = SubscriptionData::fromURIAndServiceName(message.endpoint, message.serviceName);
 
                 unsubscribe(subscription);
 
@@ -678,7 +677,7 @@ class Broker {
     }
 
     void dispatchMessageToMatchingSubscribers(BrokerMessage &&message) {
-        SubscriptionData subscription(message.serviceName, message.endpoint.str(), {});
+        const auto subscription = SubscriptionData::fromURIAndServiceName(message.endpoint, message.serviceName);
 
         // TODO avoid clone() for last message sent out
         for (const auto &[topic, _] : _subscribedTopics) {
diff --git a/src/majordomo/include/majordomo/SubscriptionMatcher.hpp b/src/majordomo/include/majordomo/SubscriptionMatcher.hpp
index 243f9089..54edc674 100644
--- a/src/majordomo/include/majordomo/SubscriptionMatcher.hpp
+++ b/src/majordomo/include/majordomo/SubscriptionMatcher.hpp
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ struct SubscriptionData {
         return SubscriptionData(""s, uri.path().value_or(""s), uri.queryParamMap());
     }
 
+    template<typename TURI>
+    static SubscriptionData fromURIAndServiceName(const TURI &uri, std::string_view serviceName) {
+       return SubscriptionData(serviceName, uri.path().value_or(""s), uri.queryParamMap());
+    }
+
     std::string serialized() const {
         return URI<RELAXED>::factory().path(std::string(_path)).setQuery(_params).build().str();
     }
diff --git a/src/majordomo/include/majordomo/Worker.hpp b/src/majordomo/include/majordomo/Worker.hpp
index 970feea5..6f81a7df 100644
--- a/src/majordomo/include/majordomo/Worker.hpp
+++ b/src/majordomo/include/majordomo/Worker.hpp
@@ -255,9 +255,9 @@ class BasicWorker {
             return true;
         }
 
-        const auto topicString = data.substr(1);
-        // const auto topic       = URI<RELAXED>(std::string(topicString));
-        const SubscriptionData subscription(serviceName.data(), topicString, {});
+        const auto topicString  = data.substr(1);
+        const auto topicUrl     = URI<RELAXED>(std::string(topicString));
+        const auto subscription = SubscriptionData::fromURIAndServiceName(topicUrl, serviceName.data());
 
         // this assumes that the broker does the subscribe/unsubscribe counting
         // for multiple clients and sends us a single sub/unsub for each topic
@@ -274,9 +274,8 @@ class BasicWorker {
 
     bool receiveNotificationMessage() {
         if (auto message = zmq::receive<mdp::MessageFormat::WithoutSourceId>(_notifyListenerSocket)) {
-            // const auto topic                    = URI<RELAXED>(std::string(message->topic()));
-            const SubscriptionData currentSubscription(message->serviceName, message->endpoint.str(), {});
-            const auto             matchesNotificationTopic = [this, &currentSubscription](const auto &activeSubscription) {
+            const auto currentSubscription      = SubscriptionData::fromURIAndServiceName(message->endpoint, message->serviceName);
+            const auto matchesNotificationTopic = [this, &currentSubscription](const auto &activeSubscription) {
                 return _subscriptionMatcher(currentSubscription, activeSubscription);
             };
 
diff --git a/src/majordomo/test/majordomoworker_tests.cpp b/src/majordomo/test/majordomoworker_tests.cpp
index a217b57a..1beb2060 100644
--- a/src/majordomo/test/majordomoworker_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/majordomo/test/majordomoworker_tests.cpp
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ TEST_CASE("MajordomoWorker test using raw messages", "[majordomo][majordomoworke
     BrokerMessageNode subClient(broker.context, ZMQ_SUB);
     REQUIRE(client.connect(opencmw::majordomo::INTERNAL_ADDRESS_BROKER));
     REQUIRE(subClient.connect(opencmw::majordomo::INTERNAL_ADDRESS_PUBLISHER));
-    const char *testSubscription = "/newAddress?ctx=FAIR.SELECTOR.C%3D1";
+    constexpr auto testSubscription = std::string_view("/newAddress?ctx=FAIR.SELECTOR.C%3D1");
     REQUIRE(subClient.subscribe(testSubscription));
 
     {
@@ -311,7 +311,9 @@ TEST_CASE("MajordomoWorker test using raw messages", "[majordomo][majordomoworke
         };
         REQUIRE(worker.notify("/newAddress", TestContext{ .ctx = opencmw::TimingCtx(1), .contentType = opencmw::MIME::JSON }, entry));
         REQUIRE(worker.activeSubscriptions().size() == 1);
-        REQUIRE(std::string_view(testSubscription).starts_with(worker.activeSubscriptions().begin()->serialized()));
+        REQUIRE(worker.activeSubscriptions().begin()->service() == "addressbook");
+        REQUIRE(worker.activeSubscriptions().begin()->path() == "/newAddress");
+        REQUIRE(worker.activeSubscriptions().begin()->params() == SubscriptionData::map{{"ctx", "FAIR.SELECTOR.C=1"}});
     }
 
     {