diff --git a/lib/aws.js b/lib/aws.js
index 2eed68d1a..203a862bf 100644
--- a/lib/aws.js
+++ b/lib/aws.js
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@
 			Bucket: s.config.bucket
 			,Key: key
 		}, id = s3.id(m);
-		s.on(id).once(function(e,d,t,m,r){
+		s.on(id).event(function(e,d,t,m,r){
+			this.off();
 			delete s.batch[id];
 			if(!a.fns.is(cb)){ return }
 			try{ cb(e,d,t,m,r);
diff --git a/lib/s3.js b/lib/s3.js
index b2509d9cb..a944a6036 100644
--- a/lib/s3.js
+++ b/lib/s3.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 		opt.s3 = opt.s3 || {};
 		var s3 = gun.__.opt.s3 = gun.__.opt.s3 || S3(opt && opt.s3);
 		s3.prefix = s3.prefix || opt.s3.prefix || '';
-		s3.prekey = s3.prekey || opt.s3.prekey || '';
 		s3.prenode = s3.prenode || opt.s3.prenode || '_/nodes/';
 		gun.__.opt.batch = opt.batch || gun.__.opt.batch || 10;
 		gun.__.opt.throttle = opt.throttle || gun.__.opt.throttle || 15;
@@ -17,49 +16,23 @@
 			cb = cb || function(){};
 			(opt = opt || {}).ctx = opt.ctx || {};
 			opt.ctx.load = opt.ctx.load || {};
-			if(key[Gun._.soul]){
-				key = s3.prefix + s3.prenode + Gun.is.soul(key);
-			} else {
-				key = s3.prefix + s3.prekey + key;
-			}
+			key = s3.prefix + s3.prenode + Gun.is.rel(key);
 			s3.GET(key, function(err, data, text, meta){
 				Gun.log('via s3', key, err);
 				if(err && err.statusCode == 404){
 					err = null; // we want a difference between 'unfound' (data is null) and 'error' (auth is wrong).
 				}
-				// TODO: optimize KEY command to not write data if there is only one soul (which is common).
-				if(meta && (meta.key || meta[Gun._.soul])){
-					if(err){ return cb(err) }
-					if(meta.key && Gun.obj.is(data) && !Gun.is.node(data)){
-						return Gun.obj.map(data, function(rel, soul){
-							if(!(soul = Gun.is.soul(rel))){ return }
-							opt.ctx.load[soul] = false;
-							s3.get(rel, cb, {next: 's3', ctx: opt.ctx}); // TODO: way faster if you use cache.
-						});
-					}
-					if(meta[Gun._.soul]){
-						return s3.get(meta, cb); // TODO: way faster if you use cache.
-					}
-					return cb({err: Gun.log('Cannot determine S3 key data!')});
-				}
 				if(data){
-					meta.soul = Gun.is.soul.on(data);
+					meta.soul = Gun.is.node.soul(data);
 					if(!meta.soul){
 						err = {err: Gun.log('No soul on node S3 data!')};
 					}
-				} else {
-					return cb(err, null);
 				}
 				if(err){ return cb(err) }
-				opt.ctx.load[meta.soul] = true;
-				var graph = {};
-				graph[meta.soul] = data;
-				cb(null, graph);
-				(graph = {})[meta.soul] = Gun.union.pseudo(meta.soul);
-				cb(null, graph);
-				if(Gun.obj.map(opt.ctx.load, function(loaded, soul){
-					if(!loaded){ return true }
-				})){ return } // return IF we have nodes still loading.
+				var node = data;
+				cb(null, node);
+				var node = Gun.is.node.soul.ify({}, meta.soul);
+				cb(null, node);
 				cb(null, {});
 			});
 		}
@@ -70,16 +43,19 @@
 			var next = s3.next
 			, ack = Gun.text.random(8)
 			, batch = s3.batch[next] = s3.batch[next] || {};
-			s3.on(ack).once(cb);
+			s3.on(ack).event(function(err, reply){
+				this.off();
+				cb(err, reply);
+			});
 			Gun.obj.map(nodes, function(node, soul){
 				cb.count += 1;
 				batch[soul] = (batch[soul] || 0) + 1;
 				//Gun.log("put listener for", next + ':' + soul, batch[soul], cb.count);
-				s3.on(next + ':' + soul).event(function(){
+				s3.on(next + ':' + soul).event(function(err, reply){
 					cb.count -= 1;
 					//Gun.log("transaction", cb.count);
 					if(!cb.count){
-						s3.on(ack).emit();
+						s3.on(ack).emit(err, reply);
 						this.off(); // MEMORY LEAKS EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FIX THIS!!!!!!!!!
 					}
 				});
@@ -107,7 +83,7 @@
 						put(exists, soul); // naive implementation of retry TODO: BUG: need backoff and anti-infinite-loop!
 						return;
 					}
-					s3.on(now + ':' + soul).emit(200);
+					s3.on(now + ':' + soul).emit(err, reply);
 				});
 			});
 		}
@@ -119,33 +95,10 @@
 		s3.persisted = s3.persisted || {};
 		s3.wait = s3.wait || null;
 
-		s3.key = s3.key || function(key, soul, cb){
-			if(!key){
-				return cb({err: "No key!"});
-			}
-			if(!soul){
-				return cb({err: "No soul!"});
-			}
-			var path = s3.prefix + s3.prekey + key, meta = {key: '0.2'}, rel = {};
-			meta[Gun._.soul] = rel[Gun._.soul] = soul = Gun.is.soul(soul) || soul;
-			s3.GET(path, function(err, data, text, _){
-				var souls = data || {};
-				souls[soul] = rel;
-				s3.PUT(path, souls, function(err, reply){
-					Gun.log("s3 key reply", soul, err, reply);
-					if(err || !reply){
-						return s3.key(key, soul, cb); // naive implementation of retry TODO: BUG: need backoff and anti-infinite-loop!
-					}
-					cb();
-				}, {Metadata: meta});
-			});
-		}
-
-		opt.hooks = opt.hooks || {};
-		gun.opt({hooks: {
-			get: opt.hooks.get || s3.get
-			,put: opt.hooks.put || s3.put
-			,key: opt.hooks.key || s3.key
+		opt.wire = opt.wire || {};
+		gun.opt({wire: {
+			get: opt.wire.get || s3.get
+			,put: opt.wire.put || s3.put
 		}}, true);
 	});
-}());
+}());
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dfbfbe586..f3b368fac 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "gun",
-  "version": "0.3.1",
+  "version": "0.3.2",
   "description": "Graph engine",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {