diff --git a/pkg/arvo/app/btc-wallet/index.html b/pkg/arvo/app/btc-wallet/index.html
index 49ffd4843d..cbcf88f553 100644
--- a/pkg/arvo/app/btc-wallet/index.html
+++ b/pkg/arvo/app/btc-wallet/index.html
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@
     <div id="portal-root"></div>
     <script src="/~landscape/js/channel.js"></script>
     <script src="/~landscape/js/session.js"></script>
-    <script src="/~btc/js/bundle/index.3e8bcc150ebd820dd3b2.js"></script>
+    <script src="/~btc/js/bundle/index.02730169f3d73fd22950.js"></script>
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/pkg/arvo/app/glob.hoon b/pkg/arvo/app/glob.hoon
index 789e870c04..05c359f707 100644
--- a/pkg/arvo/app/glob.hoon
+++ b/pkg/arvo/app/glob.hoon
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 /-  glob, *resource
 /+  default-agent, verb, dbug
 |%
-++  landscape-hash  0vrbiqe.v6al2.0b4jc.u9vp7.k1e0i
-++  btc-wallet-hash  0v7.v4dng.o33qi.kc497.5jc02.ke5es
+++  landscape-hash  0v4.56ejl.qq4js.h1i0m.t3e94.bg6qr
+++  btc-wallet-hash  0v2.ifoe4.fbv35.aigir.66su4.fbspu
 +$  state-0  [%0 hash=@uv glob=(unit (each glob:glob tid=@ta))]
 +$  state-1  [%1 =globs:glob]
 +$  all-states
diff --git a/pkg/arvo/app/landscape/index.html b/pkg/arvo/app/landscape/index.html
index 3f6453ba36..1bc480592c 100644
--- a/pkg/arvo/app/landscape/index.html
+++ b/pkg/arvo/app/landscape/index.html
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@
     <div id="portal-root"></div>
     <script src="/~landscape/js/channel.js"></script>
     <script src="/~landscape/js/session.js"></script>
-    <script src="/~landscape/js/bundle/index.8074ae0006fba19803f5.js"></script>
+    <script src="/~landscape/js/bundle/index.306e3d6fb700897c1bc1.js"></script>
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/pkg/arvo/app/lens.hoon b/pkg/arvo/app/lens.hoon
index ed9c93328f..74734f42ee 100644
--- a/pkg/arvo/app/lens.hoon
+++ b/pkg/arvo/app/lens.hoon
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@
     ^-  (list @tas)
     :~  %group-store
         %metadata-store
-        %contact-store
-        %contact-hook
         %invite-store
         %graph-store
     ==
diff --git a/pkg/btc-wallet/README.md b/pkg/btc-wallet/README.md
index bc1e3f3b6f..afbb32799e 100644
--- a/pkg/btc-wallet/README.md
+++ b/pkg/btc-wallet/README.md
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ dojo:
 
 it should return with the following hash:
 
-`0v7.v4dng.o33qi.kc497.5jc02.ke5es`
+`0v2.ifoe4.fbv35.aigir.66su4.fbspu`
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/logic/reducers/group-update.ts b/pkg/interface/src/logic/reducers/group-update.ts
index a008b64c62..798ec3d2d4 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/logic/reducers/group-update.ts
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/logic/reducers/group-update.ts
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ const addMembers = (json: GroupUpdate, state: GroupState): GroupState => {
   if ('addMembers' in json) {
     const { resource, ships } = json.addMembers;
     const resourcePath = resourceAsPath(resource);
+    if(!(resourcePath in state.groups)) {
+      return;
+    }
     for (const member of ships) {
       state.groups[resourcePath].members.add(member);
       if (
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/chat/components/ChatEditor.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/chat/components/ChatEditor.tsx
index 7f3e4a4c1a..1149735ae1 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/chat/components/ChatEditor.tsx
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/chat/components/ChatEditor.tsx
@@ -177,9 +177,6 @@ const ChatEditor = React.forwardRef<CodeMirrorShim, ChatEditorProps>(({ inCodeMo
   }, [inCodeMode, placeholder]);
 
   function messageChange(editor, data, value) {
-    if(value.endsWith('/')) {
-      editor.showHint(['test', 'foo']);
-    }
     if (message !== '' && value == '') {
       setMessage(value);
     }
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/chat/components/ChatWindow.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/chat/components/ChatWindow.tsx
index 8a5180eb71..5b10257ef7 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/chat/components/ChatWindow.tsx
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/chat/components/ChatWindow.tsx
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ class ChatWindow extends Component<
       }
       if(this.unreadSet &&
         this.dismissedInitialUnread() &&
-        this.virtualList!.startOffset() < 5) {
+        this.virtualList!.startOffset() < 5 &&
+        document.hasFocus()) {
         this.props.dismissUnread();
       }
     }
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/permalinks/app.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/permalinks/app.tsx
index 8e8d22f04a..30763b6545 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/permalinks/app.tsx
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/permalinks/app.tsx
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ function GroupRoutes(props: { group: string; url: string }) {
             return null;
           }
           if(!graphKeys.has(`${ship.slice(1)}/${name}`)) {
-            if(graphKeys.size > 0) {
+            if(graphKeys.size > 1) { // TODO: Better loading logic see https://github.com/urbit/landscape/issues/1063
               return <Redirect
                 to={toQuery(
                   { auto: 'y', redir: location.pathname },
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/permalinks/embed.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/permalinks/embed.tsx
index ae637ae594..9670c045b4 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/permalinks/embed.tsx
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/permalinks/embed.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { BaseAnchor, Box, Center, Col, Icon, Row, Text } from '@tlon/indigo-reac
 import { Association, GraphNode, resourceFromPath, GraphConfig } from '@urbit/api';
 import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import _ from 'lodash';
-import { useHistory, useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { Link, useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
 import {
   getPermalinkForGraph, GraphPermalink as IGraphPermalink, parsePermalink
 } from '~/logic/lib/permalinks';
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ function GraphPermalink(
   }
 ) {
   const { full = false, showOurContact, pending, graph, group, index, transcluded } = props;
-  const history = useHistory();
   const location = useLocation();
   const { ship, name } = resourceFromPath(graph);
   const node = useGraphState(
@@ -114,11 +113,6 @@ function GraphPermalink(
   const showTransclusion = Boolean(association && node && transcluded < 1);
   const permalink = getPermalinkForGraph(group, graph, index);
 
-  const navigate = (e) => {
-    e.stopPropagation();
-    history.push(`/perma${permalink.slice(16)}`);
-  };
-
   const [nodeGroupHost, nodeGroupName] = association?.group.split('/').slice(-2) ?? ['Unknown', 'Unknown'];
   const [nodeChannelHost, nodeChannelName] = association?.resource
     .split('/')
@@ -141,15 +135,16 @@ function GraphPermalink(
 
   return (
     <Col
+      as={Link}
+      to={`/perma${permalink.slice(16)}`}
       width="100%"
       bg="white"
       maxWidth={full ? null : '500px'}
       border={full ? null : '1'}
       borderColor="lightGray"
       borderRadius={2}
-      cursor="pointer"
       onClick={(e) => {
-        navigate(e);
+        e.stopPropagation();
       }}
     >
       {loading && association && !errored && Placeholder((association.metadata.config as GraphConfig).graph)}
@@ -167,7 +162,6 @@ function GraphPermalink(
           showTransclusion={showTransclusion}
           icon={getModuleIcon((association.metadata.config as GraphConfig).graph as GraphModule)}
           title={association.metadata.title}
-          permalink={permalink}
         />
       )}
       {association && isInSameResource && transcluded === 2 && !loading && (
@@ -176,7 +170,6 @@ function GraphPermalink(
           showTransclusion={showTransclusion}
           icon={getModuleIcon((association.metadata.config as GraphConfig).graph as GraphModule)}
           title={association.metadata.title}
-          permalink={permalink}
         />
       )}
       {isInSameResource && transcluded !== 2 && !loading && <Row height='2' />}
@@ -185,7 +178,6 @@ function GraphPermalink(
           icon="Groups"
           showDetails={false}
           title={graph.slice(5)}
-          permalink={permalink}
         />
       )}
     </Col>
@@ -195,7 +187,6 @@ function GraphPermalink(
 function PermalinkDetails(props: {
   title: string;
   icon: any;
-  permalink: string;
   showTransclusion?: boolean;
   showDetails?: boolean;
   known?: boolean;
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/components/CommentItem.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/components/CommentItem.tsx
index 1b3488a853..6b3fd0042b 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/components/CommentItem.tsx
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/components/CommentItem.tsx
@@ -110,50 +110,52 @@ return false;
           group={group}
           isRelativeTime
         ></Author>
-        <Box opacity={hovering ? '100%' : '0%'}>
-          <Dropdown
-            alignX="right"
-            alignY="top"
-            options={
-              <Col
-                p="2"
-                border="1"
-                borderRadius="1"
-                borderColor="lightGray"
-                backgroundColor="white"
-                gapY="2"
-              >
-                <Action bg="white" onClick={doCopy}>
-                  {copyDisplay}
-                </Action>
-                {(window.ship == post?.author && !disabled) ? (
-                  <ActionLink
-                    color="blue"
-                    to={{
-                      pathname: props.baseUrl,
-                      search: `?edit=${commentIndex}`
-                    }}
-                  >
-                    Update
-                  </ActionLink>
-                ) : null}
-                {(window.ship == post?.author || ourRole == 'admin') &&
-                !disabled ? (
-                  <Action
-                    height="unset"
-                    bg="white"
-                    onClick={onDelete}
-                    destructive
-                  >
-                    Delete
+        {!post.pending &&
+          <Box opacity={hovering ? '100%' : '0%'}>
+            <Dropdown
+              alignX="right"
+              alignY="top"
+              options={
+                <Col
+                  p="2"
+                  border="1"
+                  borderRadius="1"
+                  borderColor="lightGray"
+                  backgroundColor="white"
+                  gapY="2"
+                >
+                  <Action bg="white" onClick={doCopy}>
+                    {copyDisplay}
                   </Action>
-                ) : null}
-              </Col>
-            }
-          >
-            <Icon icon="Ellipsis" />
-          </Dropdown>
-        </Box>
+                  {(window.ship == post?.author && !disabled) ? (
+                    <ActionLink
+                      color="blue"
+                      to={{
+                        pathname: props.baseUrl,
+                        search: `?edit=${commentIndex}`
+                      }}
+                    >
+                      Update
+                    </ActionLink>
+                  ) : null}
+                  {(window.ship == post?.author || ourRole == 'admin') &&
+                  !disabled ? (
+                    <Action
+                      height="unset"
+                      bg="white"
+                      onClick={onDelete}
+                      destructive
+                    >
+                      Delete
+                    </Action>
+                  ) : null}
+                </Col>
+              }
+            >
+              <Icon icon="Ellipsis" />
+            </Dropdown>
+          </Box>
+        }
       </Row>
       <GraphContent
         borderRadius={1}
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/components/GroupLink.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/components/GroupLink.tsx
index 998a525eed..88b96e2729 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/components/GroupLink.tsx
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/components/GroupLink.tsx
@@ -1,56 +1,63 @@
 import { Box, Col, Icon, Row, Text } from '@tlon/indigo-react';
 import React, { ReactElement, useCallback } from 'react';
-import { useHistory } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { useModal } from '~/logic/lib/useModal';
 import useMetadataState, { usePreview } from '~/logic/state/metadata';
 import { PropFunc } from '~/types';
 import { JoinGroup } from '../landscape/components/JoinGroup';
 import { MetadataIcon } from '../landscape/components/MetadataIcon';
 
-export function GroupLink(
-  props: {
-    resource: string;
-    detailed?: boolean;
-  } & PropFunc<typeof Row>
-): ReactElement {
-  const { resource, ...rest } = props;
+type GroupLinkProps = {
+  resource: string;
+  detailed?: boolean;
+} & PropFunc<typeof Row>
+
+export function GroupLink({
+  resource,
+  borderColor,
+  ...rest
+}: GroupLinkProps): ReactElement {
   const name = resource.slice(6);
   const joined = useMetadataState(
     useCallback(s => resource in s.associations.groups, [resource])
   );
-  const history = useHistory();
 
   const { modal, showModal } = useModal({
     modal: <JoinGroup autojoin={name} />
-    });
+  });
 
   const { preview } = usePreview(resource);
 
   return (
-    <Box
-      maxWidth="500px"
-      cursor='pointer'
-      {...rest}
-      onClick={(e) => {
-        e.stopPropagation();
-      }}
-      backgroundColor='white'
-      borderColor={props.borderColor}
-    >
+    <>
       {modal}
       <Row
-        width="100%"
+        {...rest}
+        as={Link}
+        to={joined ? `/~landscape/ship/${name}` : `/perma/group/${name}`}
+        onClick={(e: React.MouseEvent<HTMLAnchorElement>) => {
+          e.stopPropagation();
+
+          if (e.metaKey || e.ctrlKey) {
+            return;
+          }
+
+          e.preventDefault();
+          showModal();
+        }}
         flexShrink={1}
         alignItems="center"
+        width="100%"
+        maxWidth="500px"
         py={2}
         pr={2}
-        onClick={
-          joined ? () => history.push(`/~landscape/ship/${name}`) : showModal
-        }
+        cursor='pointer'
+        backgroundColor='white'
+        borderColor={borderColor}
         opacity={preview ? '1' : '0.6'}
       >
         <MetadataIcon height={6} width={6} metadata={preview ? preview.metadata : { color: '0x0' , picture: '' }} />
-          <Col>
+        <Col>
           <Text ml={2} fontWeight="medium" mono={!preview}>
             {preview ? preview.metadata.title : name}
           </Text>
@@ -70,6 +77,6 @@ export function GroupLink(
           </Box>
         </Col>
       </Row>
-    </Box>
+    </>
   );
 }
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/components/StatusBar.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/components/StatusBar.tsx
index 03bb009a61..ad72ff0c66 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/components/StatusBar.tsx
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/components/StatusBar.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
   Text
 } from '@tlon/indigo-react';
 import React, { useRef } from 'react';
-import { useHistory } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { Link, useHistory } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { Sigil } from '~/logic/lib/sigil';
 import { uxToHex } from '~/logic/lib/util';
 import useContactState from '~/logic/state/contact';
@@ -75,11 +75,12 @@ const StatusBar = (props) => {
     >
       <Row>
         <Button
+          as={Link}
+          to="/"
           width='32px'
           borderColor='lightGray'
           mr={2}
           px={2}
-          onClick={() => history.push('/')}
           {...props}
         >
           <Icon icon='Dashboard' color='black' />
@@ -126,9 +127,10 @@ const StatusBar = (props) => {
           <Icon icon="Bug" color="#000000" />
         </StatusBarItem>
         <StatusBarItem
+          as={Link}
+          to="/~landscape/messages"
           width='32px'
           mr={2}
-          onClick={() => props.history.push('/~landscape/messages')}
         >
           <Icon icon='Messages' />
         </StatusBarItem>
@@ -150,24 +152,26 @@ const StatusBar = (props) => {
               boxShadow='0px 0px 0px 3px'
             >
               <Row
+                as={Link}
+                to={`/~profile/~${ship}`}
                 color='black'
                 cursor='pointer'
                 fontSize={1}
                 fontWeight='500'
                 px={3}
                 py={2}
-                onClick={() => history.push(`/~profile/~${ship}`)}
               >
                 View Profile
               </Row>
               <Row
+                as={Link}
+                to="/~settings"
                 color='black'
                 cursor='pointer'
                 fontSize={1}
                 fontWeight='500'
                 px={3}
                 py={2}
-                onClick={() => history.push('/~settings')}
               >
                 System Preferences
               </Row>
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Home/Post/PostItem/PostContent.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Home/Post/PostItem/PostContent.tsx
index 84a61d8618..30485a44f8 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Home/Post/PostItem/PostContent.tsx
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Home/Post/PostItem/PostContent.tsx
@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
 import { Col, ColProps } from '@tlon/indigo-react';
 import { Post } from '@urbit/api';
-import React, { ReactElement } from 'react';
-import styled from 'styled-components';
+import React, { ReactElement, useCallback, useState } from 'react';
+import styled, { css } from 'styled-components';
 import { GraphContent } from '~/views/landscape/components/Graph/GraphContent';
 
 type TruncateProps = ColProps & {
-  truncate?: number;
+  truncate: boolean;
 }
 
 const TruncatedBox = styled(Col)<TruncateProps>`
   display: -webkit-box;
-  -webkit-line-clamp: ${p => p.truncate ?? 'unset'};
   -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
+  ${p => p.truncate && css`
+    max-height: 300px;
+    mask-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(0,0,0,1) 0%, rgba(0,0,0,1) 60%, transparent 100%);
+  `}
 `;
 
 interface PostContentProps {
@@ -20,16 +23,24 @@ interface PostContentProps {
   isReply: boolean;
 }
 
-const PostContent = (props: PostContentProps): ReactElement => {
-  const { post, isParent } = props;
+const PostContent = ({ post, isParent }: PostContentProps): ReactElement => {
+  const [height, setHeight] = useState(0);
+  const showFade = !isParent && height >= 300;
+
+  const measuredRef = useCallback((node) => {
+    if (node !== null) {
+      setHeight(node.getBoundingClientRect().height);
+    }
+  }, []);
 
   return (
     <TruncatedBox
+      ref={measuredRef}
+      truncate={showFade}
       display="-webkit-box"
       width="90%"
       px={2}
       pb={2}
-      truncate={isParent ? null : 8}
       textOverflow="ellipsis"
       overflow="hidden"
     >
diff --git a/pkg/npm/api/package-lock.json b/pkg/npm/api/package-lock.json
index 691751171f..127eefec3c 100644
--- a/pkg/npm/api/package-lock.json
+++ b/pkg/npm/api/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@urbit/api",
-	"version": "1.2.0",
+	"version": "1.3.0",
 	"lockfileVersion": 1,
 	"requires": true,
 	"dependencies": {
diff --git a/pkg/npm/api/package.json b/pkg/npm/api/package.json
index 29aa479ae4..38f7f45489 100644
--- a/pkg/npm/api/package.json
+++ b/pkg/npm/api/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@urbit/api",
-  "version": "1.2.0",
+  "version": "1.3.0",
   "description": "",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@babel/runtime": "^7.12.5",
     "@types/lodash": "^4.14.168",
-    "@urbit/eslint-config": "^1.0.1",
+    "@urbit/eslint-config": "^1.0.2",
     "big-integer": "^1.6.48",
     "immer": "^9.0.1",
     "lodash": "^4.17.20",
diff --git a/pkg/npm/eslint-config/package-lock.json b/pkg/npm/eslint-config/package-lock.json
index 33c7b8d89a..98275a7cc7 100644
--- a/pkg/npm/eslint-config/package-lock.json
+++ b/pkg/npm/eslint-config/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@urbit/eslint-config",
-	"version": "1.0.1",
+	"version": "1.0.2",
 	"lockfileVersion": 1,
 	"requires": true,
 	"dependencies": {
diff --git a/pkg/npm/eslint-config/package.json b/pkg/npm/eslint-config/package.json
index ec32307f5d..5c524c3e13 100644
--- a/pkg/npm/eslint-config/package.json
+++ b/pkg/npm/eslint-config/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@urbit/eslint-config",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "version": "1.0.2",
   "description": "",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/pkg/npm/http-api/package-lock.json b/pkg/npm/http-api/package-lock.json
index 32f1a66452..b52cb60d3d 100644
--- a/pkg/npm/http-api/package-lock.json
+++ b/pkg/npm/http-api/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@urbit/http-api",
-	"version": "1.2.3",
+	"version": "1.3.0",
 	"lockfileVersion": 1,
 	"requires": true,
 	"dependencies": {
diff --git a/pkg/npm/http-api/package.json b/pkg/npm/http-api/package.json
index 7cb66b205d..75b1380c02 100644
--- a/pkg/npm/http-api/package.json
+++ b/pkg/npm/http-api/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@urbit/http-api",
-  "version": "1.2.3",
+  "version": "1.3.0",
   "license": "MIT",
   "description": "Library to interact with an Urbit ship over HTTP",
   "repository": {
diff --git a/pkg/npm/http-api/src/Urbit.ts b/pkg/npm/http-api/src/Urbit.ts
index 2017df3cb8..82dec26ea6 100644
--- a/pkg/npm/http-api/src/Urbit.ts
+++ b/pkg/npm/http-api/src/Urbit.ts
@@ -164,14 +164,18 @@ export class Urbit {
   /**
    * Initializes the SSE pipe for the appropriate channel.
    */
-  eventSource(): Promise<void> {
-    if(this.lastEventId === 0) {
-      // Can't receive events until the channel is open
-      this.skipDebounce = true;
-      return this.poke({ app: 'hood', mark: 'helm-hi', json: 'Opening API channel' }).then(() => {});
+  async eventSource(): Promise<void> {
+    if(this.sseClientInitialized) {
+      return Promise.resolve();
     }
+    if(this.lastEventId === 0) {
+      // Can't receive events until the channel is open,
+      // so poke and open then
+      await this.poke({ app: 'hood', mark: 'helm-hi', json: 'Opening API channel' });
+      return;
+    }
+    this.sseClientInitialized = true;
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    if (!this.sseClientInitialized) {
       const sseOptions: SSEOptions = {
         headers: {}
       };
@@ -193,6 +197,7 @@ export class Urbit {
             resolve();
             return; // everything's good
           } else {
+            this.onError && this.onError(new Error('bad response'));
             reject();
           } 
         },
@@ -201,14 +206,13 @@ export class Urbit {
             console.log('Received SSE: ', event);
           }
           if (!event.id) return;
-          this.ack(Number(event.id));
-          if (event.data && JSON.parse(event.data)) {
-            
-            const data: any = JSON.parse(event.data);
+          this.lastEventId = parseInt(event.id, 10);
+          if((this.lastEventId - this.lastAcknowledgedEventId) > 20) {
+            this.ack(this.lastEventId);
+          }
 
-            if (data.response === 'diff') {
-              this.clearQueue();
-            }
+          if (event.data && JSON.parse(event.data)) {
+            const data: any = JSON.parse(event.data);
 
             if (data.response === 'poke' && this.outstandingPokes.has(data.id)) {
               const funcs = this.outstandingPokes.get(data.id);
@@ -221,8 +225,8 @@ export class Urbit {
                 console.error('Invalid poke response', data);
               }
               this.outstandingPokes.delete(data.id);
-            } else if (data.response === 'subscribe' || 
-              (data.response === 'poke' && this.outstandingSubscriptions.has(data.id))) {
+            } else if (data.response === 'subscribe' 
+              && this.outstandingSubscriptions.has(data.id)) {
               const funcs = this.outstandingSubscriptions.get(data.id);
               if (data.hasOwnProperty('err')) {
                 console.error(data.err);
@@ -231,7 +235,11 @@ export class Urbit {
               }
             } else if (data.response === 'diff' && this.outstandingSubscriptions.has(data.id)) {
               const funcs = this.outstandingSubscriptions.get(data.id);
-              funcs.event(data.json);
+              try {
+                funcs.event(data.json);
+              } catch (e) {
+                console.error('Failed to call subscription event callback', e);
+              }
             } else if (data.response === 'quit' && this.outstandingSubscriptions.has(data.id)) {
               const funcs = this.outstandingSubscriptions.get(data.id);
               funcs.quit(data);
@@ -257,10 +265,7 @@ export class Urbit {
 
         },
       });
-      this.sseClientInitialized = true;
-    }
-    resolve();
-  });
+    })
   }
 
   /**
@@ -272,12 +277,6 @@ export class Urbit {
     this.abort.abort();
     this.abort = new AbortController();
     this.uid = `${Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000)}-${hexString(6)}`;
-    if(this.debounceTimer) {
-      clearTimeout(this.debounceTimer);
-      this.debounceTimer = null;
-    }
-    this.calm = true;
-    this.outstandingJSON = [];
     this.lastEventId = 0;
     this.lastAcknowledgedEventId = 0;
     this.outstandingSubscriptions = new Map();
@@ -299,6 +298,7 @@ export class Urbit {
    * @param eventId The event to acknowledge.
    */
   private async ack(eventId: number): Promise<number | void> {
+    this.lastAcknowledgedEventId = eventId;
     const message: Message = {
       action: 'ack',
       'event-id': eventId
@@ -307,90 +307,18 @@ export class Urbit {
     return eventId;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * This is a wrapper method that can be used to send any action with data.
-   *
-   * Every message sent has some common parameters, like method, headers, and data
-   * structure, so this method exists to prevent duplication.
-   *
-   * @param action The action to send
-   * @param data The data to send with the action
-   * 
-   * @returns void | number If successful, returns the number of the message that was sent
-   */
-  // async sendMessage(action: Action, data?: object): Promise<number | void> {
-  //   const id = this.getEventId();
-  //   if (this.verbose) {
-  //     console.log(`Sending message ${id}:`, action, data,);
-  //   }
-  //   const message: Message = { id, action, ...data };
-  //   await this.sendJSONtoChannel(message);
-  //   return id;
-  // }
-
-  private outstandingJSON: Message[] = [];
-
-  private debounceTimer: NodeJS.Timeout = null;
-  private debounceInterval = 10;
-  private skipDebounce = false;
-  private calm = true;
-
-  private sendJSONtoChannel(json: Message): Promise<boolean | void> {
-    this.outstandingJSON.push(json);
-    return this.processQueue();
-  }
-
-  private processQueue(): Promise<boolean | void> {
-    return new Promise(async (resolve, reject) => {
-      const process = async () => {
-        if (this.calm) {
-          if (this.outstandingJSON.length === 0) resolve(true);
-          this.calm = false; // We are now occupied
-          const json = this.outstandingJSON;
-          const body = JSON.stringify(json);
-          this.outstandingJSON = [];
-          if (body === '[]') {
-            this.calm = true;
-            return resolve(false);
-          }
-          try {
-            const response = await fetch(this.channelUrl, {
-              ...this.fetchOptions,
-              method: 'PUT',
-              body
-            });
-            if(!response.ok) {
-              throw new Error('failed to PUT');
-            }
-          } catch (error) {
-            console.log(error);
-            json.forEach(failed => this.outstandingJSON.push(failed));
-            if (this.onError) {
-              this.onError(error);
-            } else {
-              throw error;
-            }
-          }
-          this.calm = true;
-          if (!this.sseClientInitialized) {
-            this.eventSource().then(resolve); // We can open the channel for subscriptions once we've sent data over it
-          }
-          resolve(true);
-        } else {
-          clearTimeout(this.debounceTimer);
-          this.debounceTimer = setTimeout(process, this.debounceInterval);
-          resolve(false);
-        }
-      }
-      if(this.skipDebounce) {
-        process();
-        this.skipDebounce = false;
-      }
-  
-      this.debounceTimer = setTimeout(process, this.debounceInterval);
-
-      
+  private async sendJSONtoChannel(...json: Message[]): Promise<void> {
+    const response = await fetch(this.channelUrl, {
+      ...this.fetchOptions,
+      method: 'PUT',
+      body: JSON.stringify(json)
     });
+    if(!response.ok) {
+      throw new Error('Failed to PUT channel');
+    }
+    if(!this.sseClientInitialized) {
+      await this.eventSource();
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -433,24 +361,6 @@ export class Urbit {
     });
   }
 
-  
-
-  // resetDebounceTimer() {
-  //   if (this.debounceTimer) {
-  //     clearTimeout(this.debounceTimer);
-  //     this.debounceTimer = null;
-  //   }
-  //   this.calm = false;
-  //   this.debounceTimer = setTimeout(() => {
-  //     this.calm = true;
-  //   }, this.debounceInterval);
-  // }
-
-  clearQueue() {
-    clearTimeout(this.debounceTimer);
-    this.debounceTimer = null;
-  }
-
   /**
    * Pokes a ship with data.
    *
@@ -458,7 +368,7 @@ export class Urbit {
    * @param mark The mark of the data being sent
    * @param json The data to send
    */
-  poke<T>(params: PokeInterface<T>): Promise<number> {
+  async poke<T>(params: PokeInterface<T>): Promise<number> {
     const {
       app,
       mark,
@@ -472,29 +382,30 @@ export class Urbit {
       ship: this.ship,
       ...params
     };
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      const message: Message = {
-        id: this.getEventId(),
-        action: 'poke',
-        ship,
-        app,
-        mark,
-        json
-      };
-      this.outstandingPokes.set(message.id, {
-        onSuccess: () => {
-          onSuccess();
-          resolve(message.id);
-        },
-        onError: (event) => {
-          onError(event);
-          reject(event.err);
-        }
-      });
-      this.sendJSONtoChannel(message).then(() => {
-        resolve(message.id);
-      });
-    });
+    const message: Message = {
+      id: this.getEventId(),
+      action: 'poke',
+      ship,
+      app,
+      mark,
+      json
+    };
+    const [send, result] = await Promise.all([
+      this.sendJSONtoChannel(message),
+      new Promise<number>((resolve, reject) => {
+        this.outstandingPokes.set(message.id, {
+          onSuccess: () => {
+            onSuccess();
+            resolve(message.id);
+          },
+          onError: (event) => {
+            onError(event);
+            reject(event.err);
+          }
+        });
+      })
+    ]);
+    return result;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/pkg/npm/http-api/test/default.test.ts b/pkg/npm/http-api/test/default.test.ts
index 3d13d1f5f7..5a5e05b9d8 100644
--- a/pkg/npm/http-api/test/default.test.ts
+++ b/pkg/npm/http-api/test/default.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+
 import Urbit from '../src';
 import { Readable } from 'streams';
+import 'jest';
 
 function fakeSSE(messages = [], timeout = 0) {
   const ourMessages = [...messages];
@@ -60,7 +62,6 @@ describe('Initialisation', () => {
   let fetchSpy;
   beforeEach(() => {
     airlock = new Urbit('', '+code');
-    airlock.debounceInterval = 10;
   });
   afterEach(() => {
     fetchSpy.mockReset();
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ describe('Initialisation', () => {
         Promise.resolve({ ok: true, body: fakeSSE() })
       )
       .mockImplementationOnce(() =>
-        Promise.resolve({ ok: true, body: fakeSSE() })
+        Promise.resolve({ ok: true, body: fakeSSE([ack(1)]) })
       );
     await airlock.eventSource();
 
@@ -82,13 +83,16 @@ describe('Initialisation', () => {
   it('should handle failures', async () => {
     fetchSpy = jest.spyOn(window, 'fetch');
     fetchSpy
-      .mockImplementation(() =>
+      .mockImplementationOnce(() =>
+        Promise.resolve({ ok: true, body: fakeSSE() })
+      )
+      .mockImplementationOnce(() =>
         Promise.resolve({ ok: false, body: fakeSSE() })
       )
+
     airlock.onError = jest.fn();
     try {
       await airlock.eventSource();
-      wait(100);
     } catch (e) {
       expect(airlock.onError).toHaveBeenCalled();
     }