diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/logic/api/graph.ts b/pkg/interface/src/logic/api/graph.ts
index 28387e34e1..4881d113b3 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/logic/api/graph.ts
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/logic/api/graph.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { Patp, Path, PatpNoSig } from '~/types/noun';
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import {makeResource, resourceFromPath} from '../lib/group';
 import {GroupPolicy, Enc, Post, NodeMap, Content} from '~/types';
-import { numToUd, unixToDa } from '~/logic/lib/util';
+import { numToUd, unixToDa, decToUd } from '~/logic/lib/util';
 
 export const createBlankNodeWithChildPost = (
   parentIndex: string = '',
@@ -263,6 +263,28 @@ export default class GraphApi extends BaseApi<StoreState> {
       });
   }
 
+  async getNewest(ship: string, resource: string, count: number, index = '') {
+    const data = await this.scry<any>('graph-store', `/newest/${ship}/${resource}/${count}${index}`);
+    this.store.handleEvent({ data });
+  }
+
+  async getOlderSiblings(ship: string, resource: string, count: number, index = '') {
+    const idx = index.split('/').map(decToUd).join('/');
+    const data = await this.scry<any>('graph-store',
+       `/node-siblings/older/${ship}/${resource}/${count}${idx}`
+     );
+    this.store.handleEvent({ data });
+  }
+
+  async getYoungerSiblings(ship: string, resource: string, count: number, index = '') {
+    const idx = index.split('/').map(decToUd).join('/');
+    const data = await this.scry<any>('graph-store',
+       `/node-siblings/younger/${ship}/${resource}/${count}${idx}`
+     );
+    this.store.handleEvent({ data });
+  }
+
+
   getGraphSubset(ship: string, resource: string, start: string, end: string) {
     return this.scry<any>(
       'graph-store',
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/logic/reducers/graph-update.js b/pkg/interface/src/logic/reducers/graph-update.js
index d5884b4fef..2cfd48f4d8 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/logic/reducers/graph-update.js
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/logic/reducers/graph-update.js
@@ -123,7 +123,9 @@ const addNodes = (json, state) => {
     if (!('graphs' in state)) { return; }
 
     let resource = data.resource.ship + '/' + data.resource.name;
-    if (!(resource in state.graphs)) { return; }
+    if (!(resource in state.graphs)) { 
+      state.graphs[resource] = new BigIntOrderedMap();
+    }
 
     for (let i in data.nodes) {
       let item = data.nodes[i];
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/chat/ChatResource.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/chat/ChatResource.tsx
index 18d4762165..f9364f27f6 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/chat/ChatResource.tsx
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/chat/ChatResource.tsx
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export function ChatResource(props: ChatResourceProps) {
   const chatInput = useRef<ChatInput>();
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    props.api.graph.getGraph(owner,name);
+    props.api.graph.getNewest(owner, name, 10);
   }, [station]);
 
   const onFileDrag = useCallback(
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/chat/components/ChatInput.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/chat/components/ChatInput.tsx
index 8a0cf316f3..a9b70a66b4 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/chat/components/ChatInput.tsx
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/chat/components/ChatInput.tsx
@@ -58,29 +58,6 @@ export default class ChatInput extends Component<ChatInputProps, ChatInputState>
     });
   }
 
-  getLetterType(letter) {
-    if (letter.startsWith('/me ')) {
-      letter = letter.slice(4);
-      // remove insignificant leading whitespace.
-      // aces might be relevant to style.
-      while (letter[0] === '\n') {
-        letter = letter.slice(1);
-      }
-
-      return {
-        me: letter
-      };
-    } else if (isUrl(letter)) {
-      return {
-        url: letter
-      };
-    } else {
-      return {
-        text: letter
-      };
-    }
-  }
-
   submit(text) {
     const { props, state } = this;
     const [,,ship,name] = props.station.split('/');
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/chat/components/ChatWindow.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/chat/components/ChatWindow.tsx
index c364383517..dacab1d660 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/chat/components/ChatWindow.tsx
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/chat/components/ChatWindow.tsx
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ export default class ChatWindow extends Component<ChatWindowProps, ChatWindowSta
   private virtualList: VirtualScroller | null;
   private unreadMarkerRef: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement>;
   private prevSize = 0;
+  private loadedNewest = false;
+  private loadedOldest = false;
 
   INITIALIZATION_MAX_TIME = 1500;
 
@@ -80,12 +82,12 @@ export default class ChatWindow extends Component<ChatWindowProps, ChatWindowSta
 
     this.virtualList = null;
     this.unreadMarkerRef = React.createRef();
+    this.prevSize = props.graph.size;
   }
 
   componentDidMount() {
     window.addEventListener('blur', this.handleWindowBlur);
     window.addEventListener('focus', this.handleWindowFocus);
-    this.initialFetch();
     setTimeout(() => {
       if(this.props.scrollTo) {
         this.scrollToUnread();
@@ -111,26 +113,6 @@ export default class ChatWindow extends Component<ChatWindowProps, ChatWindowSta
     }
   }
 
-  initialFetch() {
-    /*
-    const { envelopes, mailboxSize, unreadCount } = this.props;
-    if (envelopes.length > 0) {
-      const start = Math.min(mailboxSize - unreadCount, mailboxSize - DEFAULT_BACKLOG_SIZE);
-      this.stayLockedIfActive();
-      this.fetchMessages(start, start + DEFAULT_BACKLOG_SIZE, true).then(() => {
-        if (!this.virtualList) return;
-        this.setState({ idle: false });
-        this.setState({ initialized: true });
-        this.dismissIfLineVisible();
-      });
-    } else {
-      setTimeout(() => {
-        this.initialFetch();
-      }, 2000);
-    }
-     */
-  }
-
   componentDidUpdate(prevProps: ChatWindowProps, prevState) {
     const { isChatMissing, history, graph, unreadCount, station } = this.props;
 
@@ -151,9 +133,6 @@ export default class ChatWindow extends Component<ChatWindowProps, ChatWindowSta
       });
     }*/
 
-    console.log(graph.size);
-    console.log(prevProps.graph.size);
-
     if(this.prevSize !== graph.size) {
       this.prevSize = graph.size;
       this.virtualList?.calculateVisibleItems();
@@ -199,29 +178,34 @@ export default class ChatWindow extends Component<ChatWindowProps, ChatWindowSta
     //this.props.api.hark.readIndex({ chat: { chat: this.props.station, mention: false }});
   }
 
-  fetchMessages(start, end, force = false): Promise<void> {
-    start = Math.max(start, 0);
-    end = Math.max(end, 0);
-    const { api, mailboxSize, station } = this.props;
+  async fetchMessages(newer: boolean, force = false): Promise<void> {
+    const { api, station, graph } = this.props;
 
-    if (
-      (this.state.fetchPending ||
-      mailboxSize <= 0)
-      && !force
-    ) {
-      return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {});
+    if ( this.state.fetchPending && !force) {
+     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {});
     }
 
     this.setState({ fetchPending: true });
 
-    start = Math.min(mailboxSize - start, mailboxSize);
-    end = Math.max(mailboxSize - end, 0, start - MAX_BACKLOG_SIZE);
+    const [,, ship, name] = station.split('/');
+    const currSize = graph.size;
+    if(newer && !this.loadedNewest) {
+      const [index] = graph.peekLargest()!;
+      await api.graph.getYoungerSiblings(ship,name, 5, `/${index.toString()}`)
+      if(currSize === graph.size) {
+        console.log('loaded all newest');
+        this.loadedNewest = true;
+      }
+    } else if(!newer && !this.loadedOldest) {
+      const [index] = graph.peekSmallest()!;
+      await api.graph.getOlderSiblings(ship,name, 5, `/${index.toString()}`)
+      if(currSize === graph.size) {
+        console.log('loaded all oldest');
+        this.loadedOldest = true;
+      }
+    }
+    this.setState({ fetchPending: false });
 
-    return api.chat
-      .fetchMessages(end, start, station)
-      .finally(() => {
-        this.setState({ fetchPending: false });
-      });
   }
 
   onScroll({ scrollTop, scrollHeight, windowHeight }) {
@@ -319,8 +303,8 @@ export default class ChatWindow extends Component<ChatWindowProps, ChatWindowSta
               />
             );
           }}
-          loadRows={(start, end) => {
-            this.fetchMessages(start.toJSNumber(), end.toJSNumber());
+          loadRows={(newer) => {
+            this.fetchMessages(newer);
           }}
         />
       </>
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/chat/components/content/text.js b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/chat/components/content/text.js
index f616de3a18..c7da104e0a 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/chat/components/content/text.js
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/chat/components/content/text.js
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ const renderers = {
   inlineCode: ({language, value}) => {
     return <Text mono p='1' backgroundColor='washedGray' style={{ whiteSpace: 'preWrap'}}>{value}</Text>
   },
+  paragraph: ({ children }) => {
+    return (<Text fontSize="14px">{children}</Text>);
+  },
   code: ({language, value}) => {
     return <Text
               p='1'
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/components/VirtualScroller.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/components/VirtualScroller.tsx
index 97d4ced67e..179bbcf930 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/components/VirtualScroller.tsx
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/components/VirtualScroller.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ interface RendererProps {
 
 interface VirtualScrollerProps {
   origin: 'top' | 'bottom';
-  loadRows(start: BigInteger, end: BigInteger): void;
+  loadRows(newer: boolean): void;
   data: BigIntOrderedMap<BigInteger, any>;
   renderer: (props: RendererProps) => JSX.Element | null;
   onStartReached?(): void;
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export default class VirtualScroller extends Component<VirtualScrollerProps, Vir
     this.setScrollTop = this.setScrollTop.bind(this);
     this.scrollToData = this.scrollToData.bind(this);
     this.scrollKeyMap = this.scrollKeyMap.bind(this);
-    this.loadRows = _.memoize(this.loadRows).bind(this);
+    this.loadRows = _.debounce(this.loadRows, 300, { leading: true }).bind(this);
   }
 
   componentDidMount() {
@@ -143,14 +143,9 @@ export default class VirtualScroller extends Component<VirtualScrollerProps, Vir
     const { data, size: totalSize, onCalculateVisibleItems } = this.props;
 
 
-    //console.log([...items].map(([index]) => this.heightOf(index)));
-    //const list = [...data];
-    //console.log(list[0][0].toString());
-    // console.log(list[list.length - 1][0].toString());
     [...data].forEach(([index, datum]) => {
       const height = this.heightOf(index);
       if (startgap < scrollTop && !startGapFilled) {
-        console.log(index.toString());
         startBuffer.set(index, datum);
         startgap += height;
       } else if (heightShown < windowHeight) {
@@ -164,31 +159,26 @@ export default class VirtualScroller extends Component<VirtualScrollerProps, Vir
       }
     });
 
-    console.log(startgap);
-
-
-    startBuffer = new BigIntOrderedMap([...startBuffer].reverse().slice(0, (visibleItems.size - visibleItems.size % 5)));
+    startBuffer = new BigIntOrderedMap(
+      [...startBuffer].reverse().slice(0, (visibleItems.size - visibleItems.size % 5))
+    );
 
     
     startBuffer.forEach((_datum, index) => {
       startgap -= this.heightOf(index);
     });
 
-    console.log(startBuffer.size);
-    console.log(startgap);
 
-    const firstVisibleKey = visibleItems.peekLargest()?.[0] ?? this.estimateIndexFromScrollTop(scrollTop)!;
-    const firstNeededKey = bigIntUtils.max(firstVisibleKey.subtract(bigInt(this.OVERSCAN_SIZE)), bigInt.zero)
-    if (!data.has(firstNeededKey.add(bigInt.one))) {
-      this.loadRows(firstNeededKey, firstVisibleKey.subtract(bigInt.one));
+    const firstVisibleKey = visibleItems.peekSmallest()?.[0] ?? this.estimateIndexFromScrollTop(scrollTop)!;
+    if (data.peekSmallest()![0].eq(firstVisibleKey)) {
+      this.loadRows(false);
     }
     const lastVisibleKey = 
-      visibleItems.peekSmallest()?.[0]
+      visibleItems.peekLargest()?.[0]
       ?? bigInt(this.estimateIndexFromScrollTop(scrollTop + windowHeight)!);
-    const lastNeededKey = bigIntUtils.min(lastVisibleKey.add(bigInt(this.OVERSCAN_SIZE)), bigInt(totalSize));
 
-    if (!data.has(lastNeededKey.subtract(bigInt.one))) {
-      this.loadRows(lastVisibleKey.add(bigInt.one), lastNeededKey);
+    if (data.peekLargest()![0].eq(lastVisibleKey)) {
+      this.loadRows(true);
     }
     onCalculateVisibleItems ? onCalculateVisibleItems(visibleItems) : null;
     this.setState({
@@ -198,25 +188,8 @@ export default class VirtualScroller extends Component<VirtualScrollerProps, Vir
     });
   }
 
-  loadRows(start: BigInteger, end: BigInteger) {
-    if (this.pendingLoad?.timeout) {
-      clearTimeout(this.pendingLoad.timeout);
-      start = bigIntUtils.min(start, this.pendingLoad.start);
-      end = bigIntUtils.max(end, this.pendingLoad.end);
-    }
-    this.pendingLoad = {
-      timeout: setTimeout(() => {
-        if (!this.pendingLoad) return;
-        start = bigIntUtils.max(this.pendingLoad.start, bigInt.zero);
-        end = bigIntUtils.min(bigIntUtils.max(this.pendingLoad.end, bigInt.zero), bigInt(this.props.size));
-        if (start < end) {
-          this.props.loadRows(start, end);
-        }
-        clearTimeout(this.pendingLoad.timeout);
-        this.pendingLoad = undefined;
-      }, 500),
-      start, end
-    };
+  loadRows(newer: boolean) {
+    this.props.loadRows(newer);
   }
 
   scrollKeyMap(): Map<string, number> {