diff --git a/src/blockstore/connection-base.ts b/src/blockstore/connection-base.ts
index c34c1aca..df7f80e8 100644
--- a/src/blockstore/connection-base.ts
+++ b/src/blockstore/connection-base.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Logger, URI } from "@adviser/cement";
 
-import { throwFalsy } from "../types.js";
+import { type SuperThis, throwFalsy } from "../types.js";
 import { TaskManager } from "./task-manager.js";
 import type { BlockstoreRuntime, Connection, Loadable } from "./types.js";
 import { type Loader } from "./loader.js";
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export interface Connectable {
     readonly ebOpts: BlockstoreRuntime;
   };
   readonly name?: string;
+  readonly sthis: SuperThis;
 }
 
 export abstract class ConnectionBase implements Connection {
@@ -55,8 +56,9 @@ export abstract class ConnectionBase implements Connection {
     const metaUrl = this.url.build().defParam("store", "meta").URI();
     const gateway = await getGatewayFromURL(metaUrl, this.loader.sthis);
     if (!gateway) throw this.logger.Error().Url(metaUrl).Msg("connectMeta_X: gateway is required").AsError();
-    const name = metaUrl.toString();
-    const remote = await RemoteMetaStore(loader.sthis, name, metaUrl, {
+    const dbName = metaUrl.getParam("name");
+    if (!dbName) throw this.logger.Error().Url(metaUrl).Msg("connectMeta_X: name is required").AsError();
+    const remote = await RemoteMetaStore(loader.sthis, dbName, metaUrl, {
       gateway: gateway.gateway,
       keybag: () => getKeyBag(loader.sthis, loader.ebOpts.keyBag),
       loader,
@@ -77,7 +79,8 @@ export abstract class ConnectionBase implements Connection {
     const dataUrl = this.url.build().defParam("store", "data").URI();
     const gateway = await getGatewayFromURL(dataUrl, this.loader.sthis);
     if (!gateway) throw this.logger.Error().Url(dataUrl).Msg("connectStorage_X: gateway is required").AsError();
-    const name = dataUrl.toString();
+    const name = dataUrl.getParam("name");
+    if (!name) throw this.logger.Error().Url(dataUrl).Msg("connectStorage_X: name is required").AsError;
     loader.remoteCarStore = await RemoteDataStore(loader.sthis, name, this.url, {
       gateway: gateway.gateway,
       keybag: () => getKeyBag(loader.sthis, this.loader?.ebOpts.keyBag),
diff --git a/src/blockstore/loader.ts b/src/blockstore/loader.ts
index f6d205a8..0ba955b3 100644
--- a/src/blockstore/loader.ts
+++ b/src/blockstore/loader.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export class Loader implements Loadable {
   carLog: CarLog = [];
   // key?: string;
   // keyId?: string;
-  // remoteMetaStore?: RemoteMetaStore;
+  remoteMetaStore?: MetaStore;
   remoteCarStore?: DataStore;
   remoteFileStore?: DataStore;
 
diff --git a/src/blockstore/store-meta.ts b/src/blockstore/store-meta.ts
index 448f5a54..2da6638b 100644
--- a/src/blockstore/store-meta.ts
+++ b/src/blockstore/store-meta.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@ async function decodeGatewayMetaBytesToDbMeta(sthis: SuperThis, byteHeads: Uint8
   );
 }
 
-export async function setCryptoKeyFromGatewayMetaPayload(uri: URI, sthis: SuperThis, data: Uint8Array): Promise<void> {
+export async function setCryptoKeyFromGatewayMetaPayload(
+  uri: URI,
+  sthis: SuperThis,
+  data: Uint8Array,
+): Promise<DbMeta | undefined> {
   const keyInfo = await decodeGatewayMetaBytesToDbMeta(sthis, data);
   if (keyInfo.length) {
     const dbMeta = keyInfo[0].dbMeta;
@@ -36,6 +40,7 @@ export async function setCryptoKeyFromGatewayMetaPayload(uri: URI, sthis: SuperT
         throw res.Err();
       }
     }
+    return dbMeta;
   }
 }
 
@@ -60,7 +65,7 @@ function getStoreKeyName(url: URI): string {
   if (idx) {
     storeKeyName.push(idx);
   }
-  storeKeyName.push("meta");
+  storeKeyName.push("data");
   return `@${storeKeyName.join(":")}@`;
 }
 
@@ -109,7 +114,7 @@ export class MetaStoreImpl extends BaseStoreImpl implements MetaStore {
     );
     if (remote && opts.gateway.subscribe) {
       this.logger.Debug().Str("url", url.toString()).Msg("Subscribing to the gateway");
-      opts.gateway.subscribe(url, (byteHead: Uint8Array) => this.handleByteHeads(byteHead));
+      opts.gateway.subscribe(url, (message: Uint8Array) => decodeGatewayMetaBytesToDbMeta(this.sthis, message));
     }
   }
 
@@ -121,7 +126,7 @@ export class MetaStoreImpl extends BaseStoreImpl implements MetaStore {
     const branch = "main";
     const url = await this.gateway.buildUrl(this.url(), branch);
     if (url.isErr()) {
-      throw this.logger.Error().Result("buidUrl", url).Str("branch", branch).Msg("got error from gateway.buildUrl").AsError();
+      throw this.logger.Error().Result("buildUrl", url).Str("branch", branch).Msg("got error from gateway.buildUrl").AsError();
     }
     const bytes = await this.gateway.get(url.Ok());
     if (bytes.isErr()) {
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 58095209..5d8d4bb9 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ export * from "./indexer.js";
 export * as bs from "./blockstore/index.js";
 export * as blockstore from "./blockstore/index.js";
 
+import { type Connectable } from "./blockstore";
+export { Connectable };
+
 export * as rt from "./runtime/index.js";
 export * as runtime from "./runtime/index.js";