diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/logic/api/contacts.ts b/pkg/interface/src/logic/api/contacts.ts
index 3049442f5a..2874ba0ef0 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/logic/api/contacts.ts
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/logic/api/contacts.ts
@@ -5,74 +5,41 @@ import { Contact, ContactEdit } from '~/types/contact-update';
 import { GroupPolicy, Resource } from '~/types/group-update';
 
 export default class ContactsApi extends BaseApi<StoreState> {
-  create(
-    name: string,
-    policy: Enc<GroupPolicy>,
-    title: string,
-    description: string
-  ) {
-    return this.viewAction({
-      create: {
-        name,
-        policy,
-        title,
-        description,
-      },
-    });
+  add(ship: Patp, contact: any) {
+    return this.storeAction({ add: { ship, contact } });
   }
 
-  share(recipient: Patp, path: Patp, ship: Patp, contact: Contact) {
-    return this.viewAction({
-      share: {
-        recipient,
-        path,
-        ship,
-        contact,
-      },
-    });
+  remove(ship: Patp) {
+    return this.storeAction({ remove: { ship } });
   }
 
-  remove(path: Path, ship: Patp) {
-    return this.viewAction({ remove: { path, ship } });
-  }
-
-  edit(path: Path, ship: Patp, editField: ContactEdit) {
+  edit(ship: Patp, editField: ContactEdit) {
     /* editField can be...
     {nickname: ''}
     {email: ''}
     {phone: ''}
     {website: ''}
-    {notes: ''}
     {color: 'fff'}  // with no 0x prefix
     {avatar: null}
-    {avatar: {url: ''}}
+    {avatar: ''}
     */
-    return this.hookAction({
+    return this.storeAction({
       edit: {
-        path,
         ship,
         'edit-field': editField,
       },
     });
   }
 
-  invite(resource: Resource, ship: Patp, text = '') {
-    return this.viewAction({
-      invite: { resource, ship, text },
-    });
+  private storeAction(action: any): Promise<any> {
+    return this.action('contact-store', 'contact-update', action)
   }
 
-  join(resource: Resource) {
-    return this.viewAction({
-      join: resource,
-    });
+  private viewAction(threadName: string, action: any) {
+    return this.spider('contact-view-action', 'json', threadName, action);
   }
 
-  private hookAction(data) {
-    return this.action('contact-hook', 'contact-action', data);
-  }
-
-  private viewAction(data) {
-    return this.action('contact-view', 'json', data);
+  private hookAction(ship: Patp, action: any): Promise<any> {
+    return this.action('contact-push-hook', 'contact-update', action);
   }
 }
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/logic/reducers/contact-update.ts b/pkg/interface/src/logic/reducers/contact-update.ts
index 88a527ed1e..2ba1da1d0c 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/logic/reducers/contact-update.ts
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/logic/reducers/contact-update.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ export default class ContactReducer<S extends ContactState>  {
     const data = _.get(json, 'contact-update', false);
     if (data) {
       this.initial(data, state);
-      this.create(data, state);
-      this.delete(data, state);
       this.add(data, state);
       this.remove(data, state);
       this.edit(data, state);
@@ -25,27 +23,10 @@ export default class ContactReducer<S extends ContactState>  {
     }
   }
 
-  create(json: ContactUpdate, state: S) {
-    const data = _.get(json, 'create', false);
-    if (data) {
-      state.contacts[data.path] = {};
-    }
-  }
-
-  delete(json: ContactUpdate, state: S) {
-    const data = _.get(json, 'delete', false);
-    if (data) {
-      delete state.contacts[data.path];
-    }
-  }
-
   add(json: ContactUpdate, state: S) {
     const data = _.get(json, 'add', false);
-    if (
-      data &&
-      (data.path in state.contacts)
-    ) {
-      state.contacts[data.path][data.ship] = data.contact;
+    if (data) {
+      state.contacts[data.ship] = data.contact;
     }
   }
 
@@ -53,10 +34,9 @@ export default class ContactReducer<S extends ContactState>  {
     const data = _.get(json, 'remove', false);
     if (
       data &&
-      (data.path in state.contacts) &&
-      (data.ship in state.contacts[data.path])
+      (data.ship in state.contacts)
     ) {
-      delete state.contacts[data.path][data.ship];
+      delete state.contacts[data.ship];
     }
   }
 
@@ -64,15 +44,13 @@ export default class ContactReducer<S extends ContactState>  {
     const data = _.get(json, 'edit', false);
     if (
       data &&
-      (data.path in state.contacts) &&
-      (data.ship in state.contacts[data.path])
+      (data.ship in state.contacts)
     ) {
       const edit = Object.keys(data['edit-field']);
       if (edit.length !== 1) {
         return;
       }
-      state.contacts[data.path][data.ship][edit[0]] =
-        data['edit-field'][edit[0]];
+      state.contacts[data.ship][edit[0]] = data['edit-field'][edit[0]];
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/logic/subscription/global.ts b/pkg/interface/src/logic/subscription/global.ts
index ed4a2c94c8..d6af894282 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/logic/subscription/global.ts
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/logic/subscription/global.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import _ from 'lodash';
 type AppSubscription = [Path, string];
 
 const groupSubscriptions: AppSubscription[] = [
-  ['/synced', 'contact-hook']
 ];
 
 const graphSubscriptions: AppSubscription[] = [
@@ -37,8 +36,7 @@ export default class GlobalSubscription extends BaseSubscription<StoreState> {
     this.subscribe('/groups', 'group-store');
     this.clearQueue();
 
-
-    this.subscribe('/primary', 'contact-view');
+    this.subscribe('/updates', 'contact-store');
     this.subscribe('/all', 's3-store');
     this.subscribe('/keys', 'graph-store');
     this.subscribe('/updates', 'hark-store');