diff --git a/flight/engine/data/proxy.py b/flight/engine/data/proxy.py
index 03e47ba..f19787a 100644
--- a/flight/engine/data/proxy.py
+++ b/flight/engine/data/proxy.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import cloudpickle
 from proxystore.connectors.endpoint import EndpointConnector
-from proxystore.store import Store
+from proxystore.store import Store, get_or_create_store, get_store
 
 from ...federation.topologies import Topology
 from .base import AbstractTransfer
@@ -13,9 +13,16 @@
 if t.TYPE_CHECKING:
     from proxystore.proxy import Proxy
 
+T = t.TypeVar("T")
+
 
 class ProxystoreTransfer(AbstractTransfer):
-    def __init__(self, topo: Topology, name: str = "default") -> None:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        topo: Topology,
+        evict: bool = False,
+        name: str = "default",
+    ) -> None:
         if not topo.proxystore_ready:
             raise ValueError(
                 "Flock is not ready to use ProxyStore (i.e., "
@@ -30,15 +37,30 @@ def __init__(self, topo: Topology, name: str = "default") -> None:
             else:
                 endpoints.append(node.proxystore_id)
 
-        self.name = name
-        self.connector = EndpointConnector(endpoints=endpoints)
-        store = Store(
-            name=name,
-            connector=self.connector,
-            serializer=cloudpickle.dumps,
-            deserializer=cloudpickle.loads,
-        )
-        self.config = store.config()
-
-    def __call__(self, data: t.Any) -> Proxy[t.Any]:
-        return Store.from_config(self.config).proxy(data)
+        store = get_store(name)
+        if store is None:
+            store = Store(
+                name=name,
+                connector=EndpointConnector(endpoints=endpoints),
+                # In the future, these could be customized (de)serializers
+                # that are optimized for Flight/PyTorch models.
+                serializer=cloudpickle.dumps,
+                deserializer=cloudpickle.loads,
+                register=True,
+            )
+        self.evict = evict
+        self.store = store
+
+    def __call__(self, data: T) -> Proxy[T]:
+        # evict=True is only safe when it is guarenteed that the proxy will
+        # only be used by a single consumer.
+        return self.store.proxy(data, evict=self.evict)
+
+    def __getstate__(self) -> dict[str, t.Any]:
+        # Customize pickle behavior so that stateful objects are not pickled.
+        return {"config": self.store.config(), "evict": self.evict}
+
+    def __setstate__(self, state: dict[str, t.Any]) -> None:
+        # Initialized an object from its pickled state.
+        self.evict = state["evict"]
+        self.store = get_or_create_store(state["config"], register=True)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c1aca6b..47cd36c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ dependencies = [
     "matplotlib",
     "numpy",
     "pandas",
-    "proxystore",
+    "parsl",
+    "proxystore>=0.7.1",
     "scipy",
     "scikit-learn",
     "tqdm",
@@ -73,16 +74,31 @@ docs = [
     "mkdocstrings-python",
 ]
 
-[tool.mypy]
-plugins = [
-    "numpy.typing.mypy_plugin"
-]
+[tool.coverage.run]
+omit = ["*/_remote_module_non_scriptable.py"]
 
-[tool.pytest.ini_options]
-addopts = [
-    "--import-mode=importlib",
+[tool.coverage.report]
+show_missing = true
+skip_covered = true
+exclude_also = [
+    # a more strict default pragma
+    "\\# pragma: no cover\\b",
+    # allow defensive code
+    "^\\s*raise AssertionError\\b",
+    "^\\s*raise NotImplementedError\\b",
+    "^\\s*return NotImplemented\\b",
+    "^\\s*raise$",
+    # typing-related code
+    "^\\s*if (False|TYPE_CHECKING):",
+    ": \\.\\.\\.(\\s*#.*)?$",
+    "^ +\\.\\.\\.$",
 ]
 
+[tool.mypy]
+plugins = [
+    "numpy.typing.mypy_plugin",
+    "proxystore.mypy_plugin",
+]
 
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 include = ["flight*"]
diff --git a/tests/engine/control/__init__.py b/tests/engine/control/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index fa22b7b..3639291 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ allowlist_externals = coverage
 commands =
     coverage erase
     coverage run -m pytest tests {posargs}
-    coverage report
+    coverage report --ignore-errors
 
 [testenv:pre-commit]
 skip_install = true