diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 74ed33e..86f2532 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ function initDB(peer, config) {
     const keypair = opts.keypair ?? config.keypair
     const { account, domain } = opts
 
-    const mootID = findMoot(account, domain)
+    const mootID = findMoot(account, domain)?.id
     if (mootID) return cb(null, mootID)
 
     const moot = MsgV3.createMoot(account, domain, keypair)
@@ -915,12 +915,13 @@ function initDB(peer, config) {
   /**
    * @param {string} id
    * @param {string} findDomain
+   * @returns {RecPresent | null}
    */
   function findMoot(id, findDomain) {
     const findAccount = MsgV3.stripAccount(id)
     for (const rec of records()) {
       if (rec.msg && MsgV3.isMoot(rec.msg, findAccount, findDomain)) {
-        return rec.id
+        return rec
       }
     }
     return null
@@ -1097,7 +1098,7 @@ function initDB(peer, config) {
     },
     feed: {
       publish: publishToFeed,
-      getID: findMoot,
+      findMoot,
     },
     getRecord,
     get,
diff --git a/test/account-add.test.js b/test/account-add.test.js
index 7869e5d..7f7868c 100644
--- a/test/account-add.test.js
+++ b/test/account-add.test.js
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ test('account.add()', async (t) => {
       keypair: keypair2,
     })
     assert.equal(postRec.msg.data.text, 'hello', 'post text correct')
-    const postsID = peer.db.feed.getID(account, 'post')
-    assert.ok(postsID, 'postsID exists')
+    const mootRec = peer.db.feed.findMoot(account, 'post')
+    assert.ok(mootRec, 'posts moot exists')
 
     const recs = [...peer.db.records()]
     assert.equal(recs.length, 4, '4 records')
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@ test('account.add()', async (t) => {
 
     await p(carol.db.add)(accountMsg0, account)
     await p(carol.db.add)(accountRec1.msg, account)
-    await p(carol.db.add)(postsRoot.msg, postsID)
-    await p(carol.db.add)(postRec.msg, postsID)
+    await p(carol.db.add)(postsRoot.msg, mootRec.id)
+    await p(carol.db.add)(postRec.msg, mootRec.id)
     // t.pass('carol added all msgs successfully')
 
     await p(carol.close)()
diff --git a/test/feed-get-id.test.js b/test/feed-get-id.test.js
index fc25b85..241832f 100644
--- a/test/feed-get-id.test.js
+++ b/test/feed-get-id.test.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const MsgV3 = require('../lib/msg-v3')
 const DIR = path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'ppppp-db-feed-publish')
 rimraf.sync(DIR)
 
-test('feed.getID()', async (t) => {
+test('feed.findMoot()', async (t) => {
   const keypair = Keypair.generate('ed25519', 'alice')
   const peer = SecretStack({ appKey: caps.shse })
     .use(require('../lib'))
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ test('feed.getID()', async (t) => {
 
   await p(peer.db.add)(moot, mootID)
 
-  const feedID = peer.db.feed.getID(id, 'post')
-  assert.equal(feedID, mootID, 'feed.getID() returns moot ID')
+  const mootRec = peer.db.feed.findMoot(id, 'post')
+  assert.equal(mootRec.id, mootID, 'feed.findMoot() returns moot ID')
 
   await p(peer.close)(true)
 })
diff --git a/test/ghosts.tests.js b/test/ghosts.tests.js
index ff1cc4c..a893c37 100644
--- a/test/ghosts.tests.js
+++ b/test/ghosts.tests.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ test('ghosts.add, ghosts.get, ghosts.getMinDepth', async (t) => {
     })
     msgIDs.push(rec.id)
   }
-  const tangleID = peer.db.feed.getID(account, 'post')
+  const tangleID = peer.db.feed.findMoot(account, 'post')?.id
 
   const ghosts0 = peer.db.ghosts.get(tangleID)
   assert.deepEqual(ghosts0, [], 'no ghosts so far')
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ test('ghosts.add queues very-concurrent calls', async (t) => {
     })
     msgIDs.push(rec.id)
   }
-  const tangleID = peer.db.feed.getID(account, 'post')
+  const tangleID = peer.db.feed.findMoot(account, 'post')?.id
 
   const ghosts0 = peer.db.ghosts.get(tangleID)
   assert.deepEqual(ghosts0, [], 'no ghosts so far')