diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index e4d4150..8537608 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ const Path = require('node:path')
 const URL = require('node:url')
 const p = require('node:util').promisify
 const awaitable = require('pull-awaitable')
+const iterable = require( 'pull-iterable' )
+const pull = require('pull-stream')
 const { createPeer } = require('pzp-sdk')
 
 // WARNING monkey patch! -------------------------------------------------------
@@ -116,6 +118,8 @@ createPeer({ path }).then(({ peer, account: globalAccountID }) => {
           msgIDToElemID.set(msgID, elemID)
           elementsByID.set(elemID, msg.data)
         }
+      } else {
+        console.log('other msg on init', msg)
       }
     }
     const initialElements = [...elementsByID.values()]
@@ -132,6 +136,9 @@ createPeer({ path }).then(({ peer, account: globalAccountID }) => {
           elementsByID.set(elemID, msg.data)
         }
         mainWindow.webContents.send('readElements', [msg.data])
+      } else if(msg?.domain === 'dict_v1__profile') {
+        // TODO: load on init as well
+        console.log('other msg on stream', msg)
       }
     })
 
@@ -174,8 +181,38 @@ createPeer({ path }).then(({ peer, account: globalAccountID }) => {
     if (hasSubscribedToConnections) return
     hasSubscribedToConnections = true
 
+    //async function* recordAdded( start, end ){
+    //  peer.db.onRecordAdded((record) => {
+    //    yield record
+    //  })
+    //}
+
+
+    const recordsAdded = pull(
+      pull.count(),
+      pull.asyncMap((i, cb) => {
+
+      })
+    )
+    // TODO: combine peers() and onRecordAdded() into one async iterator, so we update the connections list if either there's a new connection *or* if one connected peer has a new name
     for await (const connections of awaitable(peer.net.peers())) {
-      mainWindow.webContents.send('connections', connections)
+      const connInfo = await Promise.all(connections.map(async (conn) => {
+        const [multiaddr] = conn
+        const parts = multiaddr.split('/')
+        // TODO: woops this seems to get your own name
+        const key = parts[parts.length - 1]
+        const accountId = await p(peer.db.account.find)({public: key, subdomain: 'person'})
+        const profile = await p(peer.dict.read)(accountId, 'profile')
+        const name = profile?.name
+        return [
+          conn[0],
+          {
+            ...conn[1],
+            name,
+          },
+        ]
+      }))
+      mainWindow.webContents.send('connections', connInfo)
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d2e478e..cf8b232 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,21 +21,23 @@
     "@testing-library/user-event": "^13.5.0",
     "concurrently": "^8.2.2",
     "debounce": "2.0",
+    "pull-awaitable": "1.0.0",
+    "pull-iterable": "^0.1.0",
+    "pull-stream": "^3.7.0",
     "pzp-caps": "^1.0.0",
+    "pzp-conductor": "^1.0.2",
     "pzp-db": "^1.0.2",
     "pzp-dict": "^1.0.0",
     "pzp-gc": "^1.0.0",
     "pzp-goals": "^1.0.0",
+    "pzp-hub-client": "^1.0.0",
+    "pzp-invite": "^1.0.0",
     "pzp-keypair": "^1.0.0",
+    "pzp-net": "^1.0.1",
+    "pzp-promise": "^1.0.0",
     "pzp-sdk": "^1.0.0",
     "pzp-set": "^1.0.0",
     "pzp-sync": "^1.0.0",
-    "pzp-conductor": "^1.0.2",
-    "pzp-hub-client": "^1.0.0",
-    "pzp-invite": "^1.0.0",
-    "pzp-net": "^1.0.1",
-    "pzp-promise": "^1.0.0",
-    "pull-awaitable": "1.0.0",
     "react": "^18.2.0",
     "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
     "react-outside-click-handler": "1.3.0",
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index f8217a4..fc3ab78 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ dependencies:
   pull-awaitable:
     specifier: 1.0.0
     version: 1.0.0
+  pull-iterable:
+    specifier: ^0.1.0
+    version: 0.1.0
+  pull-stream:
+    specifier: ^3.7.0
+    version: 3.7.0
   pzp-caps:
     specifier: ^1.0.0
     version: 1.0.0
@@ -9496,6 +9502,10 @@ packages:
       pull-stream: 3.7.0
     dev: false
 
+  /pull-iterable@0.1.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-FjhQ/STYNGwQaBhmuiZspL/+PIj+OHB1lE9OteegEWzciQhkJPx6Fwt+jqcpRDJ3kTzpt/ETSo3M5TFRpZ0pgQ==}
+    dev: false
+
   /pull-looper@1.0.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-djlD60A6NGe5goLdP5pgbqzMEiWmk1bInuAzBp0QOH4vDrVwh05YDz6UP8+pOXveKEk8wHVP+rB2jBrK31QMPA==}
     dependencies:
diff --git a/src/Connections.js b/src/Connections.js
index 904eafd..102470f 100644
--- a/src/Connections.js
+++ b/src/Connections.js
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ function Connections() {
       setConnections(arr)
     })
   })
+  console.log('connections', connections)
+  // TODO: put the names into the sidebar instead of the multiaddr (if the name exists)
 
   return (
     <>
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ function Connections() {
             <div className="shrink-0 w-2 h-2 mb-0.5 bg-yellow-500 rounded-full mr-1" />
           )}
           <div className="break-all">
-            {tinyMultiaddr(multiaddr)}
+            {/*tinyMultiaddr(multiaddr)*/multiaddr}
           </div>
         </div>
       ))}