diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1b31ee96..030e1b98 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3084,7 +3084,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hmac",
  "http 1.1.0",
  "jwt",
- "kit",
+ "kit 0.3.1 (git+https://github.com/kinode-dao/kit?rev=25b474a)",
  "lazy_static",
  "lib",
  "log",
@@ -3215,6 +3215,40 @@ dependencies = [
  "wit-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "kit"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/kinode-dao/kit?rev=25b474a#25b474abec180f6ae63b3f2c13f459a180b5be73"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "base64 0.21.7",
+ "clap",
+ "color-eyre",
+ "dirs 5.0.1",
+ "fs-err",
+ "futures-util",
+ "git2",
+ "hex",
+ "kinode_process_lib 0.6.0",
+ "nix",
+ "regex",
+ "reqwest 0.11.27",
+ "rmp-serde",
+ "semver 1.0.22",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-tungstenite 0.20.1",
+ "toml",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-appender",
+ "tracing-error",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
+ "walkdir",
+ "zip 0.6.6",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "kit"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -3289,7 +3323,7 @@ version = "0.7.2"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy-rpc-types 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy?rev=6f8ebb4)",
  "anyhow",
- "kit",
+ "kit 0.3.1 (git+https://github.com/kinode-dao/kit?rev=659f59e)",
  "lazy_static",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "reqwest 0.12.4",
diff --git a/kinode/packages/app_store/app_store/src/lib.rs b/kinode/packages/app_store/app_store/src/lib.rs
index a8b71908..717c7332 100644
--- a/kinode/packages/app_store/app_store/src/lib.rs
+++ b/kinode/packages/app_store/app_store/src/lib.rs
@@ -218,9 +218,20 @@ fn init(our: Address) {
         .send()
         .unwrap();
 
-    // load in our saved state or initalize a new one if none exists
-    let mut state = get_typed_state(|bytes| Ok(bincode::deserialize(bytes)?))
-        .unwrap_or(State::new(CONTRACT_ADDRESS.to_string()).unwrap());
+    let mut state: State = match get_typed_state(|bytes| Ok(bincode::deserialize::<State>(bytes)?))
+    {
+        Some(state) => {
+            println!("loaded saved state");
+            state
+        }
+        _ => {
+            println!("failed to load state, initializing");
+            State::new(CONTRACT_ADDRESS.to_string()).unwrap()
+        }
+    };
+    // // load in our saved state or initalize a new one if none exists
+    // let mut state = get_typed_state(|bytes| Ok(bincode::deserialize(bytes)?))
+    //     .unwrap_or(State::new(CONTRACT_ADDRESS.to_string()).unwrap());
 
     if state.contract_address != CONTRACT_ADDRESS {
         println!("warning: contract address mismatch--overwriting saved state");
@@ -532,12 +543,14 @@ pub fn rebuild_index(
         .from_block(state.last_saved_block - 1)
         .events(EVENTS);
 
+    subscribe_to_logs(&eth_provider, filter.clone());
+
     for log in fetch_logs(&eth_provider, &filter) {
         if let Err(e) = state.ingest_listings_contract_event(our, log) {
             println!("error ingesting log: {e:?}");
         };
     }
-    subscribe_to_logs(&eth_provider, filter);
+
     LocalResponse::RebuiltIndex
 }
 
diff --git a/kinode/packages/app_store/app_store/src/types.rs b/kinode/packages/app_store/app_store/src/types.rs
index 5f561779..21d1bb7c 100644
--- a/kinode/packages/app_store/app_store/src/types.rs
+++ b/kinode/packages/app_store/app_store/src/types.rs
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ pub struct PackageState {
     pub installed: bool,
     pub verified: bool,
     pub caps_approved: bool,
+    /// the hash of the manifest file, which is used to determine whether package
+    /// capabilities have changed. if they have changed, auto-install must fail
+    /// and the user must approve the new capabilities.
     pub manifest_hash: Option<String>,
     /// are we serving this package to others?
     pub mirroring: bool,
@@ -360,7 +363,7 @@ impl State {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    /// only saves state if last_saved_block is more than 1000 blocks behind
+    /// saves state
     pub fn ingest_listings_contract_event(
         &mut self,
         our: &Address,
@@ -518,10 +521,8 @@ impl State {
             }
             _ => {}
         }
-        if block_number > self.last_saved_block + 1000 {
-            self.last_saved_block = block_number;
-            crate::set_state(&bincode::serialize(self)?);
-        }
+        self.last_saved_block = block_number;
+        crate::set_state(&bincode::serialize(self)?);
         Ok(())
     }
 }
diff --git a/kinode/src/eth/default_providers_mainnet.json b/kinode/src/eth/default_providers_mainnet.json
index 9eeae49e..dc964f61 100644
--- a/kinode/src/eth/default_providers_mainnet.json
+++ b/kinode/src/eth/default_providers_mainnet.json
@@ -1,18 +1,4 @@
 [
-    {
-        "chain_id": 1,
-        "trusted": false,
-        "provider": {
-            "RpcUrl": "wss://ethereum.publicnode.com"
-        }
-    },
-    {
-        "chain_id": 10,
-        "trusted": false,
-        "provider": {
-            "RpcUrl": "wss://optimism-rpc.publicnode.com"
-        }
-    },
     {
         "chain_id": 1,
         "trusted": false,
diff --git a/kinode/src/eth/mod.rs b/kinode/src/eth/mod.rs
index 73db0c47..7925388e 100644
--- a/kinode/src/eth/mod.rs
+++ b/kinode/src/eth/mod.rs
@@ -391,7 +391,10 @@ async fn handle_message(
                     }
                     verbose_print(
                         &state.print_tx,
-                        "eth: got sub_keepalive but no matching sub found",
+                        &format!(
+                            "eth: got sub_keepalive from {} but no matching sub found",
+                            km.source
+                        ),
                     )
                     .await;
                     // send a response with an EthSubError