diff --git a/packages/feeds/README.md b/packages/feeds/README.md
index b7682dc..90a5729 100644
--- a/packages/feeds/README.md
+++ b/packages/feeds/README.md
@@ -14,12 +14,15 @@ const loader = new FeedLoader({
 })
 
 // Define a feed using set operations
-const feed = intersection(
-  union(
-    dvm({kind: 5300, pubkey: '19b78ccfa7c5e31e6bacbb3f2a1703f64b62017702e584440bf29a7e16263e8c'}),
-    list("10003:19ba654f26afd4930fd3d51baf4e26f1413b7aeec7190cd6c0cdf4d2f14cec6b:"),
+const feed = intersectionFeed(
+  unionFeed(
+    dvmFeed({
+      kind: 5300,
+      pubkey: '19b78ccfa7c5e31e6bacbb3f2a1703f64b62017702e584440bf29a7e16263e8c',
+    }),
+    listFeed("10003:19ba654f26afd4930fd3d51baf4e26f1413b7aeec7190cd6c0cdf4d2f14cec6b:"),
   )
-  filter({
+  filterFeed({
     min_wot: 0.1,
     scopes: ["global"],
   }),
diff --git a/packages/feeds/compiler.ts b/packages/feeds/compiler.ts
index 2524bba..afb800f 100644
--- a/packages/feeds/compiler.ts
+++ b/packages/feeds/compiler.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import {inc, uniq, now, isNil} from '@coracle.social/lib'
 import type {Rumor, Filter} from '@coracle.social/util'
 import {Tags, getIdFilters, mergeFilters} from '@coracle.social/util'
-import type {RequestItem, DVMItem, Scope, Feed, DynamicFilter, FeedContext} from './core'
+import type {RequestItem, DVMItem, Scope, Feed, DynamicFilter, FeedOptions} from './core'
 import {FeedType} from './core'
 
 export class FeedCompiler<E extends Rumor> {
-  constructor(readonly context: FeedContext<E>) {}
+  constructor(readonly options: FeedOptions<E>) {}
 
   walk([type, ...feed]: Feed, visit: (feed: Feed) => void) {
     visit([type, ...feed] as Feed)
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export class FeedCompiler<E extends Rumor> {
   async _compileLists(addresses: string[]): Promise<RequestItem> {
     const events: E[] = []
 
-    await this.context.request({
+    await this.options.request({
       relays: [],
       filters: getIdFilters(addresses),
       onEvent: events.push,
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ export class FeedCompiler<E extends Rumor> {
   async _compileLols(addresses: string[]): Promise<RequestItem> {
     const events: E[] = []
 
-    await this.context.request({
+    await this.options.request({
       relays: [],
       filters: getIdFilters(addresses),
       onEvent: events.push,
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ export class FeedCompiler<E extends Rumor> {
 
     await Promise.all(
       requests.map(request =>
-        this.context.requestDvm({
+        this.options.requestDvm({
           tags: [],
           ...request,
           onEvent: events.push,
@@ -135,11 +135,11 @@ export class FeedCompiler<E extends Rumor> {
 
   _compileFilter({scopes, min_wot, max_wot, until_ago, since_ago, ...filter}: DynamicFilter) {
     if (scopes && !filter.authors) {
-      filter.authors = scopes.flatMap((scope: Scope) => this.context.getPubkeysForScope(scope))
+      filter.authors = scopes.flatMap((scope: Scope) => this.options.getPubkeysForScope(scope))
     }
 
     if ((!isNil(min_wot) || !isNil(max_wot))) {
-      const authors = this.context.getPubkeysForWotRange(min_wot || 0, max_wot || 1)
+      const authors = this.options.getPubkeysForWotRange(min_wot || 0, max_wot || 1)
 
       if (filter.authors) {
         const authorsSet = new Set(authors)
diff --git a/packages/feeds/core.ts b/packages/feeds/core.ts
index 087070e..e074d76 100644
--- a/packages/feeds/core.ts
+++ b/packages/feeds/core.ts
@@ -52,15 +52,15 @@ export type Feed =
   LOLFeed |
   DVMFeed
 
-export const usingRelays = (relays: string[], ...feeds: Feed[]) => [FeedType.Relay, relays, ...feeds] as Feed
-export const difference = (...feeds: Feed[]) => [FeedType.Difference, ...feeds] as Feed
-export const intersection = (...feeds: Feed[]) => [FeedType.Intersection, ...feeds] as Feed
-export const symmetricDifference = (...feeds: Feed[]) => [FeedType.SymmetricDifference, ...feeds] as Feed
-export const union = (...feeds: Feed[]) => [FeedType.Union, ...feeds] as Feed
-export const filter = (...filters: DynamicFilter[]) => [FeedType.Filter, ...filters] as Feed
-export const list = (...addresses: string[]) => [FeedType.List, ...addresses] as Feed
-export const lol = (...addresses: string[]) => [FeedType.LOL, ...addresses] as Feed
-export const dvm = (...requests: DVMItem[]) => [FeedType.DVM, ...requests] as Feed
+export const relayFeed = (relays: string[], ...feeds: Feed[]) => [FeedType.Relay, relays, ...feeds] as Feed
+export const differenceFeed = (...feeds: Feed[]) => [FeedType.Difference, ...feeds] as Feed
+export const intersectionFeed = (...feeds: Feed[]) => [FeedType.Intersection, ...feeds] as Feed
+export const symmetricDifferenceFeed = (...feeds: Feed[]) => [FeedType.SymmetricDifference, ...feeds] as Feed
+export const unionFeed = (...feeds: Feed[]) => [FeedType.Union, ...feeds] as Feed
+export const filterFeed = (...filters: DynamicFilter[]) => [FeedType.Filter, ...filters] as Feed
+export const listFeed = (...addresses: string[]) => [FeedType.List, ...addresses] as Feed
+export const lolFeed = (...addresses: string[]) => [FeedType.LOL, ...addresses] as Feed
+export const dvmFeed = (...requests: DVMItem[]) => [FeedType.DVM, ...requests] as Feed
 
 export type RequestItem = {
   relays: string[]
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export type DVMOpts<E> = DVMItem & {
   onEvent: (event: E) => void
 }
 
-export type FeedContext<E> = {
+export type FeedOptions<E> = {
   request: (opts: RequestOpts<E>) => Promise<void>
   requestDvm: (opts: DVMOpts<E>) => Promise<void>
   getPubkeysForScope: (scope: Scope) => string[]
diff --git a/packages/feeds/loader.ts b/packages/feeds/loader.ts
index a6ac665..981918d 100644
--- a/packages/feeds/loader.ts
+++ b/packages/feeds/loader.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import {inc, max, min, now, isNil} from '@coracle.social/lib'
 import type {Rumor, Filter} from '@coracle.social/util'
 import {Tags, EPOCH, getIdFilters, guessFilterDelta, mergeFilters} from '@coracle.social/util'
-import type {Scope, Feed, DynamicFilter, RequestOpts, RequestItem, FeedContext} from './core'
+import type {Scope, Feed, DynamicFilter, RequestOpts, RequestItem, FeedOptions} from './core'
 import {FeedType} from './core'
 import {FeedCompiler} from './compiler'
 
 export type LoadOpts<E> = {
-  onEvent: (event: E) => void
-  onExhausted: () => void
+  onEvent?: (event: E) => void
+  onExhausted?: () => void
 }
 
 export type Loader = (limit: number) => Promise<void>
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ export type Loader = (limit: number) => Promise<void>
 export class FeedLoader<E extends Rumor> {
   compiler: FeedCompiler<E>
 
-  constructor(readonly context: FeedContext<E>) {
-    this.compiler = new FeedCompiler(context)
+  constructor(readonly options: FeedOptions<E>) {
+    this.compiler = new FeedCompiler(options)
   }
 
   async getLoader([type, ...feed]: Feed, loadOpts: LoadOpts<E>) {
@@ -63,15 +63,17 @@ export class FeedLoader<E extends Rumor> {
 
       let count = 0
 
-      await this.context.request({
-        relays,
-        filters: requestFilters,
-        onEvent: (event: E) => {
-          count += 1
-          since = Math.min(since, event.created_at)
-          onEvent(event)
-        },
-      })
+      if (requestFilters.length > 0) {
+        await this.options.request({
+          relays,
+          filters: requestFilters,
+          onEvent: (event: E) => {
+            count += 1
+            until = Math.min(until, event.created_at)
+            onEvent?.(event)
+          },
+        })
+      }
 
       // Relays can't be relied upon to return events in descending order, do exponential
       // windowing to ensure we get the most recent stuff on first load, but eventually find it all
@@ -82,7 +84,7 @@ export class FeedLoader<E extends Rumor> {
       since = Math.max(minSince, since - delta)
 
       if (since === minSince) {
-        onExhausted()
+        onExhausted?.()
       }
     }
   }
@@ -121,13 +123,13 @@ export class FeedLoader<E extends Rumor> {
 
       for (const event of events.splice(0)) {
         if (!skip.has(event.id) && !seen.has(event.id)) {
-          onEvent(event)
+          onEvent?.(event)
           seen.add(event.id)
         }
       }
 
       if (exhausted.size === loaders.length) {
-        onExhausted()
+        onExhausted?.()
       }
     }
   }
@@ -163,13 +165,13 @@ export class FeedLoader<E extends Rumor> {
 
       for (const event of events.splice(0)) {
         if (counts.get(event.id) === loaders.length && !seen.has(event.id)) {
-          onEvent(event)
+          onEvent?.(event)
           seen.add(event.id)
         }
       }
 
       if (exhausted.size === loaders.length) {
-        onExhausted()
+        onExhausted?.()
       }
     }
   }
@@ -205,13 +207,13 @@ export class FeedLoader<E extends Rumor> {
 
       for (const event of events.values()) {
         if (counts.get(event.id) === 1 && !seen.has(event.id)) {
-          onEvent(event)
+          onEvent?.(event)
           seen.add(event.id)
         }
       }
 
       if (exhausted.size === loaders.length) {
-        onExhausted()
+        onExhausted?.()
       }
     }
   }
@@ -226,7 +228,7 @@ export class FeedLoader<E extends Rumor> {
           onExhausted: () => exhausted.add(i),
           onEvent: (event: E) => {
             if (!seen.has(event.id)) {
-              onEvent(event)
+              onEvent?.(event)
               seen.add(event.id)
             }
           },
@@ -246,7 +248,7 @@ export class FeedLoader<E extends Rumor> {
       )
 
       if (exhausted.size === loaders.length) {
-        onExhausted()
+        onExhausted?.()
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/network/Subscribe.ts b/packages/network/Subscribe.ts
index 42836ca..80ca191 100644
--- a/packages/network/Subscribe.ts
+++ b/packages/network/Subscribe.ts
@@ -166,12 +166,6 @@ export const mergeSubscriptions = (subs: Subscription[]) => {
     }
   }
 
-  // console.log(
-  //   `Starting ${mergedSubscriptions.length} subscriptions on ${uniq(mergedSubscriptions.flatMap(s => s.request.relays)).length} relays`,
-  //   uniq(mergedSubscriptions.flatMap(s => s.request.relays)),
-  //   ...mergeFilters(mergedSubscriptions.flatMap(s => s.request.filters)),
-  // )
-
   return mergedSubscriptions
 }
 
@@ -265,12 +259,6 @@ export const subscribe = (request: SubscribeRequest) => {
   }
 
   if (request.immediate) {
-    // console.log(
-    //   `Starting 1 subscriptions on ${request.relays.length} relays`,
-    //   request.relays,
-    //   ...mergeFilters(request.filters)
-    // )
-
     executeSubscription(subscription)
   } else {
     executeSubscriptionBatched(subscription)
diff --git a/packages/util/Events.ts b/packages/util/Events.ts
index f736eee..f7cf618 100644
--- a/packages/util/Events.ts
+++ b/packages/util/Events.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type {Event, EventTemplate, UnsignedEvent} from 'nostr-tools'
+export type {Event, EventTemplate, UnsignedEvent} from 'nostr-tools'
 import {verifyEvent, getEventHash} from 'nostr-tools'
 import {cached, now} from '@coracle.social/lib'
 import {Tags} from './Tags'
diff --git a/packages/util/package.json b/packages/util/package.json
index efac2b4..4ab650f 100644
--- a/packages/util/package.json
+++ b/packages/util/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@coracle.social/util",
-  "version": "0.0.7",
+  "version": "0.0.8",
   "author": "hodlbod",
   "license": "MIT",
   "description": "A collection of utilities.",