diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 43e57ca3..2de2f079 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3212,7 +3212,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kinode"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.4"
 dependencies = [
  "aes-gcm",
  "alloy",
@@ -3233,14 +3233,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "hmac",
  "http 1.1.0",
  "jwt",
- "kit",
+ "kit 0.6.7",
  "lazy_static",
  "lib",
  "nohash-hasher",
  "open",
  "public-ip",
  "rand 0.8.5",
- "rayon",
  "reqwest 0.12.5",
  "ring",
  "rmp-serde",
@@ -3269,7 +3268,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kinode_lib"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.4"
 dependencies = [
  "lib",
 ]
@@ -3355,6 +3354,38 @@ dependencies = [
  "zip 0.6.6",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "kit"
+version = "0.6.7"
+source = "git+https://github.com/kinode-dao/kit?rev=4a8999f#4a8999f90b69381e94d11fb5aa1b62215a9db95b"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "base64 0.21.7",
+ "clap",
+ "color-eyre",
+ "dirs 5.0.1",
+ "fs-err",
+ "git2",
+ "hex",
+ "kinode_process_lib 0.8.0 (git+https://github.com/kinode-dao/process_lib.git?rev=7eb3a04)",
+ "nix",
+ "regex",
+ "reqwest 0.11.27",
+ "semver 1.0.23",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "sha2",
+ "tokio",
+ "toml",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-appender",
+ "tracing-error",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
+ "walkdir",
+ "wit-bindgen",
+ "zip 0.6.6",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "kns_indexer"
 version = "0.3.0"
@@ -3391,10 +3422,10 @@ checksum = "884e2677b40cc8c339eaefcb701c32ef1fd2493d71118dc0ca4b6a736c93bd67"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lib"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.4"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy",
- "kit",
+ "kit 0.6.2",
  "lazy_static",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "ring",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 15c40cb9..3e6c45fa 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "kinode_lib"
 authors = ["KinodeDAO"]
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.4"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "A general-purpose sovereign cloud computing platform"
 homepage = "https://kinode.org"
diff --git a/kinode/Cargo.toml b/kinode/Cargo.toml
index 3158632f..9db52e9e 100644
--- a/kinode/Cargo.toml
+++ b/kinode/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "kinode"
 authors = ["KinodeDAO"]
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.4"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "A general-purpose sovereign cloud computing platform"
 homepage = "https://kinode.org"
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ path = "src/main.rs"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.71"
-kit = { git = "https://github.com/kinode-dao/kit", tag = "v0.6.2" }
-rayon = "1.8.1"
+kit = { git = "https://github.com/kinode-dao/kit", rev = "4a8999f" }
 tokio = "1.28"
 walkdir = "2.4"
 zip = "0.6"
diff --git a/kinode/build.rs b/kinode/build.rs
index 72c43ce3..427b0ff2 100644
--- a/kinode/build.rs
+++ b/kinode/build.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use rayon::iter::{IntoParallelRefIterator, ParallelIterator};
 use std::{
     collections::HashSet,
     fs::{self, File},
@@ -16,37 +15,30 @@ fn get_features() -> String {
                 .to_lowercase()
                 .replace("_", "-");
             features.push_str(&feature);
-            //println!("cargo:rustc-cfg=feature=\"{}\"", feature);
-            //println!("- {}", feature);
         }
     }
     features
 }
 
 fn output_reruns(dir: &Path, rerun_files: &HashSet<String>) {
-    if rerun_files.contains(dir.to_str().unwrap()) {
-        // Output for all files in the directory if the directory itself is specified in rerun_files
-        if let Ok(entries) = fs::read_dir(dir) {
-            for entry in entries.filter_map(|e| e.ok()) {
-                let path = entry.path();
-                println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed={}", path.display());
-            }
-        }
-    } else {
-        // Check files individually
-        if let Ok(entries) = fs::read_dir(dir) {
-            for entry in entries.filter_map(|e| e.ok()) {
-                let path = entry.path();
-                if path.is_dir() {
-                    // If the entry is a directory, recursively walk it
-                    output_reruns(&path, rerun_files);
-                } else if let Some(filename) = path.file_name().and_then(|n| n.to_str()) {
-                    // Check if the current file is in our list of interesting files
-                    if rerun_files.contains(filename) {
-                        // If so, print a `cargo:rerun-if-changed=PATH` line for it
-                        println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed={}", path.display());
-                    }
+    // Check files individually
+    if let Ok(entries) = fs::read_dir(dir) {
+        for entry in entries.filter_map(|e| e.ok()) {
+            let path = entry.path();
+            if let Some(filename) = path.file_name().and_then(|n| n.to_str()) {
+                // Check if the current file is in our list of interesting files
+                if filename == "ui" {
+                    continue;
                 }
+                if rerun_files.contains(filename) {
+                    // If so, print a `cargo:rerun-if-changed=PATH` line for it
+                    println!("cargo::rerun-if-changed={}", path.display());
+                    continue;
+                }
+            }
+            if path.is_dir() {
+                // If the entry is a directory not in rerun_files, recursively walk it
+                output_reruns(&path, rerun_files);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -59,13 +51,23 @@ fn build_and_zip_package(
 ) -> anyhow::Result<(String, String, Vec<u8>)> {
     let rt = tokio::runtime::Runtime::new().unwrap();
     rt.block_on(async {
-        kit::build::execute(&entry_path, true, false, true, features, None, None, true)
-            .await
-            .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("{:?}", e))?;
+        kit::build::execute(
+            &entry_path,
+            true,
+            false,
+            true,
+            features,
+            None,
+            None,
+            None,
+            true,
+        )
+        .await
+        .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("{:?}", e))?;
 
         let mut writer = Cursor::new(Vec::new());
         let options = FileOptions::default()
-            .compression_method(zip::CompressionMethod::Stored)
+            .compression_method(zip::CompressionMethod::Deflated)
             .unix_permissions(0o755);
         {
             let mut zip = zip::ZipWriter::new(&mut writer);
@@ -111,14 +113,14 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let rerun_files: HashSet<String> = HashSet::from([
         "Cargo.lock".to_string(),
         "Cargo.toml".to_string(),
-        "src/".to_string(),
+        "src".to_string(),
     ]);
     output_reruns(&parent_dir, &rerun_files);
 
     let features = get_features();
 
     let results: Vec<anyhow::Result<(String, String, Vec<u8>)>> = entries
-        .par_iter()
+        .iter()
         .filter_map(|entry_path| {
             let parent_pkg_path = entry_path.join("pkg");
             if !parent_pkg_path.exists() {
@@ -160,7 +162,11 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     }
 
     writeln!(bootstrapped_processes, "];")?;
-    let bootstrapped_processes_path = pwd.join("src/bootstrapped_processes.rs");
+    let target_dir = pwd.join("../target");
+    if !target_dir.exists() {
+        fs::create_dir_all(&target_dir)?;
+    }
+    let bootstrapped_processes_path = target_dir.join("bootstrapped_processes.rs");
     fs::write(&bootstrapped_processes_path, bootstrapped_processes)?;
 
     Ok(())
diff --git a/kinode/packages/app_store/app_store/src/utils.rs b/kinode/packages/app_store/app_store/src/utils.rs
index c7dfcfba..dc6d5d08 100644
--- a/kinode/packages/app_store/app_store/src/utils.rs
+++ b/kinode/packages/app_store/app_store/src/utils.rs
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ pub fn fetch_state(our: Address, provider: eth::Provider) -> State {
 pub fn app_store_filter(state: &State) -> eth::Filter {
     eth::Filter::new()
         .address(eth::Address::from_str(&state.contract_address).unwrap())
-        .from_block(state.last_saved_block)
         .events(EVENTS)
 }
 
@@ -84,7 +83,10 @@ pub fn app_store_filter(state: &State) -> eth::Filter {
 pub fn fetch_and_subscribe_logs(state: &mut State) {
     let filter = app_store_filter(state);
     // get past logs, subscribe to new ones.
-    for log in fetch_logs(&state.provider, &filter) {
+    for log in fetch_logs(
+        &state.provider,
+        &filter.clone().from_block(state.last_saved_block),
+    ) {
         if let Err(e) = state.ingest_contract_event(log, false) {
             println!("error ingesting log: {e:?}");
         };
diff --git a/kinode/packages/kino_updates/widget/src/lib.rs b/kinode/packages/kino_updates/widget/src/lib.rs
index 4e22ccb6..31a15601 100644
--- a/kinode/packages/kino_updates/widget/src/lib.rs
+++ b/kinode/packages/kino_updates/widget/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ wit_bindgen::generate!({
     world: "process-v0",
 });
 
-/// 20 minutes
-const REFRESH_INTERVAL: u64 = 20 * 60 * 1000;
+/// 2 hours
+const REFRESH_INTERVAL: u64 = 120 * 60 * 1000;
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
 struct KinodeBlogPost {
diff --git a/kinode/packages/kns_indexer/kns_indexer/src/lib.rs b/kinode/packages/kns_indexer/kns_indexer/src/lib.rs
index 6a2ca140..ec286660 100644
--- a/kinode/packages/kns_indexer/kns_indexer/src/lib.rs
+++ b/kinode/packages/kns_indexer/kns_indexer/src/lib.rs
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ sol! {
     event RoutingUpdate(bytes32 indexed node, bytes32[] routers);
 }
 
-fn subscribe_to_logs(eth_provider: &eth::Provider, from_block: u64, filter: eth::Filter) {
+fn subscribe_to_logs(eth_provider: &eth::Provider, filter: eth::Filter) {
     loop {
-        match eth_provider.subscribe(1, filter.clone().from_block(from_block)) {
+        match eth_provider.subscribe(1, filter.clone()) {
             Ok(()) => break,
             Err(_) => {
                 println!("failed to subscribe to chain! trying again in 5s...");
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ fn init(our: Address) {
 fn main(our: Address, mut state: State) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let filter = eth::Filter::new()
         .address(state.contract_address.parse::<eth::Address>().unwrap())
-        .from_block(state.block - 1)
         .to_block(eth::BlockNumberOrTag::Latest)
         .events(vec![
             "NodeRegistered(bytes32,bytes)",
@@ -147,11 +146,11 @@ fn main(our: Address, mut state: State) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         state.chain_id
     );
 
-    subscribe_to_logs(&eth_provider, state.block - 1, filter.clone());
+    subscribe_to_logs(&eth_provider, filter.clone());
 
     // if block in state is < current_block, get logs from that part.
     loop {
-        match eth_provider.get_logs(&filter) {
+        match eth_provider.get_logs(&filter.clone().from_block(state.block - 1)) {
             Ok(logs) => {
                 for log in logs {
                     match handle_log(&our, &mut state, &log) {
@@ -277,7 +276,7 @@ fn handle_eth_message(
         }
         Err(_e) => {
             println!("got eth subscription error");
-            subscribe_to_logs(&eth_provider, state.block - 1, filter.clone());
+            subscribe_to_logs(&eth_provider, filter.clone());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/kinode/src/state.rs b/kinode/src/state.rs
index 8643852f..a86c3e35 100644
--- a/kinode/src/state.rs
+++ b/kinode/src/state.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use std::{
 };
 use tokio::{fs, io::AsyncWriteExt, sync::Mutex};
 
-include!("bootstrapped_processes.rs");
+include!("../../target/bootstrapped_processes.rs");
 
 pub async fn load_state(
     our_name: String,
diff --git a/lib/Cargo.toml b/lib/Cargo.toml
index 9d8147d0..e6685e04 100644
--- a/lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "lib"
 authors = ["KinodeDAO"]
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.4"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "A general-purpose sovereign cloud computing platform"
 homepage = "https://kinode.org"