diff --git a/Godeps/Godeps.json b/Godeps/Godeps.json
index d517ba39e..04ea1e110 100644
--- a/Godeps/Godeps.json
+++ b/Godeps/Godeps.json
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@
 			"ImportPath": "github.com/inconshreveable/go-update",
 			"Rev": "68f5725818189545231c1fd8694793d45f2fc529"
 		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "github.com/ipfs/go-log",
+			"Rev": "ee5cb9834b33bcf29689183e0323e328c8b8de29"
+		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "github.com/jackpal/go-nat-pmp",
 			"Rev": "a45aa3d54aef73b504e15eb71bea0e5565b5e6e1"
@@ -129,7 +133,7 @@
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "github.com/jbenet/go-datastore",
-			"Rev": "7d6acaf7c0164c335f2ca4100f8fe30a7e2943dd"
+			"Rev": "c835c30f206c1e97172e428f052e225adab9abde"
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "github.com/jbenet/go-detect-race",
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/.gxlastpubver b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/.gxlastpubver
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8775b73b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/.gxlastpubver
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+QmXJkcEXB6C9h6Ytb6rrUTFU56Ro62zxgrbxTT3dgjQGA8
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/context.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/context.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0468047e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/context.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package log
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+
+	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/golang.org/x/net/context"
+)
+
+type key int
+
+const metadataKey key = 0
+
+// ContextWithLoggable returns a derived context which contains the provided
+// Loggable. Any Events logged with the derived context will include the
+// provided Loggable.
+func ContextWithLoggable(ctx context.Context, l Loggable) context.Context {
+	existing, err := MetadataFromContext(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		// context does not contain meta. just set the new metadata
+		child := context.WithValue(ctx, metadataKey, Metadata(l.Loggable()))
+		return child
+	}
+
+	merged := DeepMerge(existing, l.Loggable())
+	child := context.WithValue(ctx, metadataKey, merged)
+	return child
+}
+
+func MetadataFromContext(ctx context.Context) (Metadata, error) {
+	value := ctx.Value(metadataKey)
+	if value != nil {
+		metadata, ok := value.(Metadata)
+		if ok {
+			return metadata, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return nil, errors.New("context contains no metadata")
+}
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/context_test.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/context_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..699a2edc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/context_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package log
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/golang.org/x/net/context"
+)
+
+func TestContextContainsMetadata(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	m := Metadata{"foo": "bar"}
+	ctx := ContextWithLoggable(context.Background(), m)
+	got, err := MetadataFromContext(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	_, exists := got["foo"]
+	if !exists {
+		t.Fail()
+	}
+}
+
+func TestContextWithPreexistingMetadata(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	ctx := ContextWithLoggable(context.Background(), Metadata{"hello": "world"})
+	ctx = ContextWithLoggable(ctx, Metadata{"goodbye": "earth"})
+
+	got, err := MetadataFromContext(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	_, exists := got["hello"]
+	if !exists {
+		t.Fatal("original key not present")
+	}
+	_, exists = got["goodbye"]
+	if !exists {
+		t.Fatal("new key not present")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/entry.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/entry.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e5086c408
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/entry.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package log
+
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+type entry struct {
+	loggables []Loggable
+	system    string
+	event     string
+}
+
+// Log logs the event unconditionally (regardless of log level)
+// TODO add support for leveled-logs once we decide which levels we want
+// for our structured logs
+func (e *entry) Log() {
+	e.log()
+}
+
+// log is a private method invoked by the public Log, Info, Error methods
+func (e *entry) log() {
+	// accumulate metadata
+	accum := Metadata{}
+	for _, loggable := range e.loggables {
+		accum = DeepMerge(accum, loggable.Loggable())
+	}
+
+	// apply final attributes to reserved keys
+	// TODO accum["level"] = level
+	accum["event"] = e.event
+	accum["system"] = e.system
+	accum["time"] = FormatRFC3339(time.Now())
+
+	// TODO roll our own event logger
+	logrus.WithFields(map[string]interface{}(accum)).Info(e.event)
+}
+
+func FormatRFC3339(t time.Time) string {
+	return t.UTC().Format(time.RFC3339Nano)
+}
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/example_test.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/example_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f28e90b96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/example_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package log
+
+import "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/golang.org/x/net/context"
+
+func ExampleEventLogger() {
+	{
+		log := EventLogger(nil)
+		e := log.EventBegin(context.Background(), "dial")
+		e.Done()
+	}
+	{
+		log := EventLogger(nil)
+		e := log.EventBegin(context.Background(), "dial")
+		_ = e.Close() // implements io.Closer for convenience
+	}
+}
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/log.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/log.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..563f1b7a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/log.go
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+package log
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	context "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/golang.org/x/net/context"
+)
+
+// StandardLogger provides API compatibility with standard printf loggers
+// eg. go-logging
+type StandardLogger interface {
+	Debug(args ...interface{})
+	Debugf(format string, args ...interface{})
+	Error(args ...interface{})
+	Errorf(format string, args ...interface{})
+	Fatal(args ...interface{})
+	Fatalf(format string, args ...interface{})
+	Info(args ...interface{})
+	Infof(format string, args ...interface{})
+	Panic(args ...interface{})
+	Panicf(format string, args ...interface{})
+	Warning(args ...interface{})
+	Warningf(format string, args ...interface{})
+}
+
+// EventLogger extends the StandardLogger interface to allow for log items
+// containing structured metadata
+type EventLogger interface {
+	StandardLogger
+
+	// Event merges structured data from the provided inputs into a single
+	// machine-readable log event.
+	//
+	// If the context contains metadata, a copy of this is used as the base
+	// metadata accumulator.
+	//
+	// If one or more loggable objects are provided, these are deep-merged into base blob.
+	//
+	// Next, the event name is added to the blob under the key "event". If
+	// the key "event" already exists, it will be over-written.
+	//
+	// Finally the timestamp and package name are added to the accumulator and
+	// the metadata is logged.
+	Event(ctx context.Context, event string, m ...Loggable)
+
+	EventBegin(ctx context.Context, event string, m ...Loggable) *EventInProgress
+}
+
+// Logger retrieves an event logger by name
+func Logger(system string) EventLogger {
+
+	// TODO if we would like to adjust log levels at run-time. Store this event
+	// logger in a map (just like the util.Logger impl)
+	if len(system) == 0 {
+		log.Warnf("Missing name parameter")
+		system = "undefined"
+	}
+	if _, ok := loggers[system]; !ok {
+		loggers[system] = log.WithField("module", system)
+	}
+	logger := loggers[system]
+
+	return &eventLogger{system: system, StandardLogger: logger}
+}
+
+// eventLogger implements the EventLogger and wraps a go-logging Logger
+type eventLogger struct {
+	StandardLogger
+
+	system string
+	// TODO add log-level
+}
+
+func (el *eventLogger) EventBegin(ctx context.Context, event string, metadata ...Loggable) *EventInProgress {
+	start := time.Now()
+	el.Event(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("%sBegin", event), metadata...)
+
+	eip := &EventInProgress{}
+	eip.doneFunc = func(additional []Loggable) {
+
+		metadata = append(metadata, additional...)                      // anything added during the operation
+		metadata = append(metadata, LoggableMap(map[string]interface{}{ // finally, duration of event
+			"duration": time.Now().Sub(start),
+		}))
+
+		el.Event(ctx, event, metadata...)
+	}
+	return eip
+}
+
+func (el *eventLogger) Event(ctx context.Context, event string, metadata ...Loggable) {
+
+	// short circuit if theres nothing to write to
+	if !WriterGroup.Active() {
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Collect loggables for later logging
+	var loggables []Loggable
+
+	// get any existing metadata from the context
+	existing, err := MetadataFromContext(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		existing = Metadata{}
+	}
+	loggables = append(loggables, existing)
+
+	for _, datum := range metadata {
+		loggables = append(loggables, datum)
+	}
+
+	e := entry{
+		loggables: loggables,
+		system:    el.system,
+		event:     event,
+	}
+
+	e.Log() // TODO replace this when leveled-logs have been implemented
+}
+
+type EventInProgress struct {
+	loggables []Loggable
+	doneFunc  func([]Loggable)
+}
+
+// Append adds loggables to be included in the call to Done
+func (eip *EventInProgress) Append(l Loggable) {
+	eip.loggables = append(eip.loggables, l)
+}
+
+// SetError includes the provided error
+func (eip *EventInProgress) SetError(err error) {
+	eip.loggables = append(eip.loggables, LoggableMap{
+		"error": err.Error(),
+	})
+}
+
+// Done creates a new Event entry that includes the duration and appended
+// loggables.
+func (eip *EventInProgress) Done() {
+	eip.doneFunc(eip.loggables) // create final event with extra data
+}
+
+// Close is an alias for done
+func (eip *EventInProgress) Close() error {
+	eip.Done()
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/loggable.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/loggable.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d770ebaf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/loggable.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package log
+
+// Loggable describes objects that can be marshalled into Metadata for logging
+type Loggable interface {
+	Loggable() map[string]interface{}
+}
+
+type LoggableMap map[string]interface{}
+
+func (l LoggableMap) Loggable() map[string]interface{} {
+	return l
+}
+
+// LoggableF converts a func into a Loggable
+type LoggableF func() map[string]interface{}
+
+func (l LoggableF) Loggable() map[string]interface{} {
+	return l()
+}
+
+func Deferred(key string, f func() string) Loggable {
+	function := func() map[string]interface{} {
+		return map[string]interface{}{
+			key: f(),
+		}
+	}
+	return LoggableF(function)
+}
+
+func Pair(key string, l Loggable) Loggable {
+	return LoggableMap{
+		key: l,
+	}
+}
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/metadata.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/metadata.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26164f7ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/metadata.go
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+package log
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"reflect"
+
+	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/satori/go.uuid"
+)
+
+// Metadata is a convenience type for generic maps
+type Metadata map[string]interface{}
+
+// Uuid returns a Metadata with the string key and UUID value
+func Uuid(key string) Metadata {
+	return Metadata{
+		key: uuid.NewV4().String(),
+	}
+}
+
+// DeepMerge merges the second Metadata parameter into the first.
+// Nested Metadata are merged recursively. Primitives are over-written.
+func DeepMerge(b, a Metadata) Metadata {
+	out := Metadata{}
+	for k, v := range b {
+		out[k] = v
+	}
+	for k, v := range a {
+
+		maybe, err := Metadatify(v)
+		if err != nil {
+			// if the new value is not meta. just overwrite the dest vaue
+			out[k] = v
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// it is meta. What about dest?
+		outv, exists := out[k]
+		if !exists {
+			// the new value is meta, but there's no dest value. just write it
+			out[k] = v
+			continue
+		}
+
+		outMetadataValue, err := Metadatify(outv)
+		if err != nil {
+			// the new value is meta and there's a dest value, but the dest
+			// value isn't meta. just overwrite
+			out[k] = v
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// both are meta. merge them.
+		out[k] = DeepMerge(outMetadataValue, maybe)
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// Loggable implements the Loggable interface
+func (m Metadata) Loggable() map[string]interface{} {
+	// NB: method defined on value to avoid de-referencing nil Metadata
+	return m
+}
+
+func (m Metadata) JsonString() (string, error) {
+	// NB: method defined on value
+	b, err := json.Marshal(m)
+	return string(b), err
+}
+
+// Metadatify converts maps into Metadata
+func Metadatify(i interface{}) (Metadata, error) {
+	value := reflect.ValueOf(i)
+	if value.Kind() == reflect.Map {
+		m := map[string]interface{}{}
+		for _, k := range value.MapKeys() {
+			m[k.String()] = value.MapIndex(k).Interface()
+		}
+		return Metadata(m), nil
+	}
+	return nil, errors.New("is not a map")
+}
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/metadata_test.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/metadata_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1814511c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/metadata_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package log
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestOverwrite(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	under := Metadata{
+		"a": Metadata{
+			"b": Metadata{
+				"c": Metadata{
+					"d":     "the original value",
+					"other": "SURVIVE",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	over := Metadata{
+		"a": Metadata{
+			"b": Metadata{
+				"c": Metadata{
+					"d": "a new value",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	out := DeepMerge(under, over)
+
+	dval := out["a"].(Metadata)["b"].(Metadata)["c"].(Metadata)["d"].(string)
+	if dval != "a new value" {
+		t.Fatal(dval)
+	}
+	surv := out["a"].(Metadata)["b"].(Metadata)["c"].(Metadata)["other"].(string)
+	if surv != "SURVIVE" {
+		t.Fatal(surv)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMarshalJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	bs, _ := Metadata{"a": "b"}.JsonString()
+	t.Log(bs)
+}
+
+func TestMetadataIsLoggable(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	func(l Loggable) {
+	}(Metadata{})
+}
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/oldlog.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/oldlog.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a8c3eb86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/oldlog.go
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+package log
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	SetupLogging()
+}
+
+var log = logrus.New()
+
+// LogFormats is a map of formats used for our logger, keyed by name.
+// TODO: write custom TextFormatter (don't print module=name explicitly) and
+// fork logrus to add shortfile
+var LogFormats = map[string]*logrus.TextFormatter{
+	"nocolor": {DisableColors: true, FullTimestamp: true, TimestampFormat: "2006-01-02 15:04:05.000000", DisableSorting: true},
+	"color":   {DisableColors: false, FullTimestamp: true, TimestampFormat: "15:04:05:000", DisableSorting: true},
+}
+var defaultLogFormat = "color"
+
+// Logging environment variables
+const (
+	envLogging    = "IPFS_LOGGING"
+	envLoggingFmt = "IPFS_LOGGING_FMT"
+)
+
+// ErrNoSuchLogger is returned when the util pkg is asked for a non existant logger
+var ErrNoSuchLogger = errors.New("Error: No such logger")
+
+// loggers is the set of loggers in the system
+var loggers = map[string]*logrus.Entry{}
+
+// SetupLogging will initialize the logger backend and set the flags.
+func SetupLogging() {
+
+	format, ok := LogFormats[os.Getenv(envLoggingFmt)]
+	if !ok {
+		format = LogFormats[defaultLogFormat]
+	}
+
+	log.Out = os.Stderr
+	log.Formatter = format
+
+	lvl := logrus.ErrorLevel
+
+	if logenv := os.Getenv(envLogging); logenv != "" {
+		var err error
+		lvl, err = logrus.ParseLevel(logenv)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Debugf("logrus.ParseLevel() Error: %q", err)
+			lvl = logrus.ErrorLevel // reset to ERROR, could be undefined now(?)
+		}
+	}
+
+	SetAllLoggers(lvl)
+}
+
+// SetDebugLogging calls SetAllLoggers with logrus.DebugLevel
+func SetDebugLogging() {
+	SetAllLoggers(logrus.DebugLevel)
+}
+
+// SetAllLoggers changes the logrus.Level of all loggers to lvl
+func SetAllLoggers(lvl logrus.Level) {
+	log.Level = lvl
+	for _, logger := range loggers {
+		logger.Level = lvl
+	}
+}
+
+// SetLogLevel changes the log level of a specific subsystem
+// name=="*" changes all subsystems
+func SetLogLevel(name, level string) error {
+	lvl, err := logrus.ParseLevel(level)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// wildcard, change all
+	if name == "*" {
+		SetAllLoggers(lvl)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Check if we have a logger by that name
+	if _, ok := loggers[name]; !ok {
+		return ErrNoSuchLogger
+	}
+
+	loggers[name].Level = lvl
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/option.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/option.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17750fd84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/option.go
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package log
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+// init sets up sane defaults
+func init() {
+	Configure(TextFormatter)
+	Configure(Output(os.Stderr))
+	// has the effect of disabling logging since we log event entries at Info
+	// level by convention
+	Configure(LevelError)
+}
+
+// Global writer group for logs to output to
+var WriterGroup = new(MirrorWriter)
+
+type Option func()
+
+// Configure applies the provided options sequentially from left to right
+func Configure(options ...Option) {
+	for _, f := range options {
+		f()
+	}
+}
+
+// LdJSONFormatter Option formats the event log as line-delimited JSON
+var LdJSONFormatter = func() {
+	logrus.SetFormatter(&PoliteJSONFormatter{})
+}
+
+// TextFormatter Option formats the event log as human-readable plain-text
+var TextFormatter = func() {
+	logrus.SetFormatter(&logrus.TextFormatter{})
+}
+
+func Output(w io.Writer) Option {
+	return func() {
+		logrus.SetOutput(w)
+		// TODO return previous Output option
+	}
+}
+
+// LevelDebug Option sets the log level to debug
+var LevelDebug = func() {
+	logrus.SetLevel(logrus.DebugLevel)
+}
+
+// LevelDebug Option sets the log level to error
+var LevelError = func() {
+	logrus.SetLevel(logrus.ErrorLevel)
+}
+
+// LevelDebug Option sets the log level to info
+var LevelInfo = func() {
+	logrus.SetLevel(logrus.InfoLevel)
+}
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/package.json b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8752f8d67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "name": "go-log",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "language": "go"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/polite_json_formatter.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/polite_json_formatter.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be6638cfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/polite_json_formatter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package log
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+// PoliteJSONFormatter marshals entries into JSON encoded slices (without
+// overwriting user-provided keys). How polite of it!
+type PoliteJSONFormatter struct{}
+
+func (f *PoliteJSONFormatter) Format(entry *logrus.Entry) ([]byte, error) {
+	serialized, err := json.Marshal(entry.Data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to marshal fields to JSON, %v", err)
+	}
+	return append(serialized, '\n'), nil
+}
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/writer.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/writer.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cfa48c9b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log/writer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package log
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+type MirrorWriter struct {
+	writers []io.Writer
+	lk      sync.Mutex
+}
+
+func (mw *MirrorWriter) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
+	mw.lk.Lock()
+	// write to all writers, and nil out the broken ones.
+	for i, w := range mw.writers {
+		_, err := w.Write(b)
+		if err != nil {
+			mw.writers[i] = nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	// consolidate the slice
+	for i := 0; i < len(mw.writers); i++ {
+		if mw.writers[i] != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		j := len(mw.writers) - 1
+		for ; j > i; j-- {
+			if mw.writers[j] != nil {
+				mw.writers[i], mw.writers[j] = mw.writers[j], nil // swap
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		mw.writers = mw.writers[:j]
+	}
+	mw.lk.Unlock()
+	return len(b), nil
+}
+
+func (mw *MirrorWriter) AddWriter(w io.Writer) {
+	mw.lk.Lock()
+	mw.writers = append(mw.writers, w)
+	mw.lk.Unlock()
+}
+
+func (mw *MirrorWriter) Active() (active bool) {
+	mw.lk.Lock()
+	active = len(mw.writers) > 0
+	mw.lk.Unlock()
+	return
+}
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/Godeps/Godeps.json b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/Godeps/Godeps.json
index 966434229..f5b260883 100644
--- a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/Godeps/Godeps.json
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/Godeps/Godeps.json
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 {
 	"ImportPath": "github.com/jbenet/go-datastore",
-	"GoVersion": "go1.4.2",
+	"GoVersion": "go1.5",
 	"Packages": [
 		"./..."
 	],
 	"Deps": [
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "github.com/Sirupsen/logrus",
+			"Comment": "v0.8.3-37-g418b41d",
+			"Rev": "418b41d23a1bf978c06faea5313ba194650ac088"
+		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "github.com/codahale/blake2",
 			"Rev": "3fa823583afba430e8fc7cdbcc670dbf90bfacc4"
@@ -21,10 +26,19 @@
 			"ImportPath": "github.com/dustin/randbo",
 			"Rev": "7f1b564ca7242d22bcc6e2128beb90d9fa38b9f0"
 		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "github.com/fzzy/radix/redis",
+			"Comment": "v0.5.1",
+			"Rev": "27a863cdffdb0998d13e1e11992b18489aeeaa25"
+		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru",
 			"Rev": "4dfff096c4973178c8f35cf6dd1a732a0a139370"
 		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "github.com/ipfs/go-log",
+			"Rev": "ee5cb9834b33bcf29689183e0323e328c8b8de29"
+		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "github.com/jbenet/go-os-rename",
 			"Rev": "2d93ae970ba96c41f717036a5bf5494faf1f38c0"
@@ -53,6 +67,10 @@
 			"ImportPath": "github.com/syndtr/gosnappy/snappy",
 			"Rev": "ce8acff4829e0c2458a67ead32390ac0a381c862"
 		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "golang.org/x/net/context",
+			"Rev": "dfcbca9c45aeabb8971affa4f76b2d40f6f72328"
+		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "gopkg.in/check.v1",
 			"Rev": "91ae5f88a67b14891cfd43895b01164f6c120420"
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/basic_ds.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/basic_ds.go
index ce98b752a..034daa1b9 100644
--- a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/basic_ds.go
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/basic_ds.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package datastore
 
 import (
+	"io"
 	"log"
 
 	dsq "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/query"
@@ -67,6 +68,10 @@ func (d *MapDatastore) Batch() (Batch, error) {
 	return NewBasicBatch(d), nil
 }
 
+func (d *MapDatastore) Close() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
 // NullDatastore stores nothing, but conforms to the API.
 // Useful to test with.
 type NullDatastore struct {
@@ -106,6 +111,10 @@ func (d *NullDatastore) Batch() (Batch, error) {
 	return NewBasicBatch(d), nil
 }
 
+func (d *NullDatastore) Close() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
 // LogDatastore logs all accesses through the datastore.
 type LogDatastore struct {
 	Name  string
@@ -165,9 +174,16 @@ func (d *LogDatastore) Query(q dsq.Query) (dsq.Results, error) {
 
 func (d *LogDatastore) Batch() (Batch, error) {
 	log.Printf("%s: Batch\n", d.Name)
-	bds, ok := d.child.(BatchingDatastore)
-	if !ok {
-		return nil, ErrBatchUnsupported
+	if bds, ok := d.child.(Batching); ok {
+		return bds.Batch()
 	}
-	return bds.Batch()
+	return nil, ErrBatchUnsupported
+}
+
+func (d *LogDatastore) Close() error {
+	log.Printf("%s: Close\n", d.Name)
+	if cds, ok := d.child.(io.Closer); ok {
+		return cds.Close()
+	}
+	return nil
 }
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/coalesce/coalesce.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/coalesce/coalesce.go
index 90c354683..e85a4b491 100644
--- a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/coalesce/coalesce.go
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/coalesce/coalesce.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package coalesce
 
 import (
+	"io"
 	"sync"
 
 	ds "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore"
@@ -124,3 +125,16 @@ func (d *datastore) Query(q dsq.Query) (dsq.Results, error) {
 	// query not coalesced yet.
 	return d.child.Query(q)
 }
+
+func (d *datastore) Close() error {
+	d.reqmu.Lock()
+	defer d.reqmu.Unlock()
+
+	for _, s := range d.req {
+		<-s.done
+	}
+	if c, ok := d.child.(io.Closer); ok {
+		return c.Close()
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/datastore.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/datastore.go
index 91deebf29..63df85e6c 100644
--- a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/datastore.go
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/datastore.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ type Datastore interface {
 	Query(q query.Query) (query.Results, error)
 }
 
-type BatchingDatastore interface {
+type Batching interface {
 	Datastore
 
 	Batch() (Batch, error)
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/flatfs/flatfs.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/flatfs/flatfs.go
index 0ec33caf3..3dcee639a 100644
--- a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/flatfs/flatfs.go
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/flatfs/flatfs.go
@@ -10,12 +10,16 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
+	logging "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/ipfs/go-log"
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore"
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/query"
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-os-rename"
 )
 
+var log = logging.Logger("flatfs")
+
 const (
 	extension    = ".data"
 	maxPrefixLen = 16
@@ -93,12 +97,32 @@ func (fs *Datastore) makePrefixDirNoSync(dir string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+var putMaxRetries = 3
+
 func (fs *Datastore) Put(key datastore.Key, value interface{}) error {
 	val, ok := value.([]byte)
 	if !ok {
 		return datastore.ErrInvalidType
 	}
 
+	var err error
+	for i := 0; i < putMaxRetries; i++ {
+		err = fs.doPut(key, val)
+		if err == nil {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "too many open files") {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		log.Error("too many open files, retrying in %dms", 100*i)
+		time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 100 * time.Duration(i))
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
+func (fs *Datastore) doPut(key datastore.Key, val []byte) error {
 	dir, path := fs.encode(key)
 	if err := fs.makePrefixDir(dir); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -323,6 +347,10 @@ func (fs *Datastore) enumerateKeys(fi os.FileInfo, res []query.Entry) ([]query.E
 	return res, nil
 }
 
+func (fs *Datastore) Close() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
 type flatfsBatch struct {
 	puts    map[datastore.Key]interface{}
 	deletes map[datastore.Key]struct{}
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/fs/fs.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/fs/fs.go
index f56896936..5271257bb 100644
--- a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/fs/fs.go
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/fs/fs.go
@@ -149,3 +149,11 @@ func isFile(path string) bool {
 
 	return !finfo.IsDir()
 }
+
+func (d *Datastore) Close() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (d *Datastore) Batch() (ds.Batch, error) {
+	return ds.NewBasicBatch(d), nil
+}
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/keytransform/interface.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/keytransform/interface.go
index 7e653a1d4..e1576adaa 100644
--- a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/keytransform/interface.go
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/keytransform/interface.go
@@ -16,14 +16,12 @@ type KeyTransform interface {
 type Datastore interface {
 	ds.Shim
 	KeyTransform
-
-	Batch() (ds.Batch, error)
 }
 
 // Wrap wraps a given datastore with a KeyTransform function.
 // The resulting wrapped datastore will use the transform on all Datastore
 // operations.
-func Wrap(child ds.Datastore, t KeyTransform) Datastore {
+func Wrap(child ds.Datastore, t KeyTransform) *ktds {
 	if t == nil {
 		panic("t (KeyTransform) is nil")
 	}
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/keytransform/keytransform.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/keytransform/keytransform.go
index e238386dd..e7eba924c 100644
--- a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/keytransform/keytransform.go
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/keytransform/keytransform.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package keytransform
 
 import (
+	"io"
+
 	ds "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore"
 	dsq "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/query"
 )
@@ -74,8 +76,15 @@ func (d *ktds) Query(q dsq.Query) (dsq.Results, error) {
 	return dsq.DerivedResults(qr, ch), nil
 }
 
+func (d *ktds) Close() error {
+	if c, ok := d.child.(io.Closer); ok {
+		return c.Close()
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (d *ktds) Batch() (ds.Batch, error) {
-	bds, ok := d.child.(ds.BatchingDatastore)
+	bds, ok := d.child.(ds.Batching)
 	if !ok {
 		return nil, ds.ErrBatchUnsupported
 	}
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/leveldb/datastore.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/leveldb/datastore.go
index 215459dd3..07d0a296d 100644
--- a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/leveldb/datastore.go
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/leveldb/datastore.go
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package leveldb
 
 import (
-	"io"
-
 	ds "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore"
 	dsq "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/query"
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/goprocess"
@@ -11,18 +9,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb/util"
 )
 
-type Datastore interface {
-	ds.ThreadSafeDatastore
-	io.Closer
-}
-
 type datastore struct {
 	DB *leveldb.DB
 }
 
 type Options opt.Options
 
-func NewDatastore(path string, opts *Options) (Datastore, error) {
+func NewDatastore(path string, opts *Options) (*datastore, error) {
 	var nopts opt.Options
 	if opts != nil {
 		nopts = opt.Options(*opts)
@@ -148,6 +141,11 @@ func (d *datastore) runQuery(worker goprocess.Process, qrb *dsq.ResultBuilder) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (d *datastore) Batch() (ds.Batch, error) {
+	// TODO: implement batch on leveldb
+	return nil, ds.ErrBatchUnsupported
+}
+
 // LevelDB needs to be closed.
 func (d *datastore) Close() (err error) {
 	return d.DB.Close()
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/leveldb/ds_test.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/leveldb/ds_test.go
index e7e803e34..131fdeb3e 100644
--- a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/leveldb/ds_test.go
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/leveldb/ds_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ var testcases = map[string]string{
 //
 //  d, close := newDS(t)
 //  defer close()
-func newDS(t *testing.T) (Datastore, func()) {
+func newDS(t *testing.T) (*datastore, func()) {
 	path, err := ioutil.TempDir("/tmp", "testing_leveldb_")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func newDS(t *testing.T) (Datastore, func()) {
 	}
 }
 
-func addTestCases(t *testing.T, d Datastore, testcases map[string]string) {
+func addTestCases(t *testing.T, d *datastore, testcases map[string]string) {
 	for k, v := range testcases {
 		dsk := ds.NewKey(k)
 		if err := d.Put(dsk, []byte(v)); err != nil {
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/lru/datastore.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/lru/datastore.go
index 29d4e7d0b..16c521734 100644
--- a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/lru/datastore.go
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/lru/datastore.go
@@ -54,3 +54,11 @@ func (d *Datastore) Delete(key ds.Key) (err error) {
 func (d *Datastore) Query(q dsq.Query) (dsq.Results, error) {
 	return nil, errors.New("KeyList not implemented.")
 }
+
+func (d *Datastore) Close() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (d *Datastore) Batch() (ds.Batch, error) {
+	return nil, ds.ErrBatchUnsupported
+}
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/measure/measure.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/measure/measure.go
index a71bb7c95..7cd568a33 100644
--- a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/measure/measure.go
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/measure/measure.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 package measure
 
 import (
+	"io"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/codahale/metrics"
@@ -18,17 +19,12 @@ const (
 	maxSize    = int64(1 << 32)
 )
 
-type DatastoreCloser interface {
-	datastore.Datastore
-	Close() error
-}
-
 // New wraps the datastore, providing metrics on the operations. The
 // metrics are registered with names starting with prefix and a dot.
 //
 // If prefix is not unique, New will panic. Call Close to release the
 // prefix.
-func New(prefix string, ds datastore.Datastore) DatastoreCloser {
+func New(prefix string, ds datastore.Datastore) *measure {
 	m := &measure{
 		backend: ds,
 
@@ -84,7 +80,6 @@ type measure struct {
 }
 
 var _ datastore.Datastore = (*measure)(nil)
-var _ DatastoreCloser = (*measure)(nil)
 
 func recordLatency(h *metrics.Histogram, start time.Time) {
 	elapsed := time.Now().Sub(start) / time.Microsecond
@@ -159,7 +154,7 @@ type measuredBatch struct {
 }
 
 func (m *measure) Batch() (datastore.Batch, error) {
-	bds, ok := m.backend.(datastore.BatchingDatastore)
+	bds, ok := m.backend.(datastore.Batching)
 	if !ok {
 		return nil, datastore.ErrBatchUnsupported
 	}
@@ -245,5 +240,9 @@ func (m *measure) Close() error {
 	m.queryNum.Remove()
 	m.queryErr.Remove()
 	m.queryLatency.Remove()
+
+	if c, ok := m.backend.(io.Closer); ok {
+		return c.Close()
+	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/mount/mount.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/mount/mount.go
index d8f4528b7..831ab9ccd 100644
--- a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/mount/mount.go
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/mount/mount.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package mount
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"io"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore"
@@ -115,6 +116,18 @@ func (d *Datastore) Query(q query.Query) (query.Results, error) {
 	return r, nil
 }
 
+func (d *Datastore) Close() error {
+	for _, d := range d.mounts {
+		if c, ok := d.Datastore.(io.Closer); ok {
+			err := c.Close()
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 type mountBatch struct {
 	mounts map[string]datastore.Batch
 
@@ -132,7 +145,7 @@ func (mt *mountBatch) lookupBatch(key datastore.Key) (datastore.Batch, datastore
 	child, loc, rest := mt.d.lookup(key)
 	t, ok := mt.mounts[loc.String()]
 	if !ok {
-		bds, ok := child.(datastore.BatchingDatastore)
+		bds, ok := child.(datastore.Batching)
 		if !ok {
 			return nil, datastore.NewKey(""), datastore.ErrBatchUnsupported
 		}
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/namespace/namespace.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/namespace/namespace.go
index 820e815ef..ef8c96e1a 100644
--- a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/namespace/namespace.go
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/namespace/namespace.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func PrefixTransform(prefix ds.Key) ktds.KeyTransform {
 }
 
 // Wrap wraps a given datastore with a key-prefix.
-func Wrap(child ds.Datastore, prefix ds.Key) ktds.Datastore {
+func Wrap(child ds.Datastore, prefix ds.Key) *datastore {
 	if child == nil {
 		panic("child (ds.Datastore) is nil")
 	}
@@ -81,3 +81,11 @@ func (d *datastore) Query(q dsq.Query) (dsq.Results, error) {
 
 	return dsq.DerivedResults(qr, ch), nil
 }
+
+func (d *datastore) Batch() (ds.Batch, error) {
+	if bds, ok := d.Datastore.(ds.Batching); ok {
+		return bds.Batch()
+	}
+
+	return nil, ds.ErrBatchUnsupported
+}
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/panic/panic.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/panic/panic.go
index 3554644ee..1d1aa70c7 100644
--- a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/panic/panic.go
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/panic/panic.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package sync
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"os"
 
 	ds "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore"
@@ -67,6 +68,26 @@ func (d *datastore) Query(q dsq.Query) (dsq.Results, error) {
 	return r, nil
 }
 
+func (d *datastore) Close() error {
+	if c, ok := d.child.(io.Closer); ok {
+		err := c.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "panic datastore: %s", err)
+			panic("panic datastore: Close failed")
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (d *datastore) Batch() (ds.Batch, error) {
+	b, err := d.child.(ds.Batching).Batch()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &panicBatch{b}, nil
+}
+
 type panicBatch struct {
 	t ds.Batch
 }
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/redis/redis.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/redis/redis.go
index 3ca4f0a27..24799635a 100644
--- a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/redis/redis.go
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/redis/redis.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/fzzy/radix/redis"
-
 	datastore "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore"
 	query "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/query"
 )
@@ -17,14 +16,14 @@ var _ datastore.ThreadSafeDatastore = &Datastore{}
 
 var ErrInvalidType = errors.New("redis datastore: invalid type error. this datastore only supports []byte values")
 
-func NewExpiringDatastore(client *redis.Client, ttl time.Duration) (datastore.ThreadSafeDatastore, error) {
+func NewExpiringDatastore(client *redis.Client, ttl time.Duration) (*Datastore, error) {
 	return &Datastore{
 		client: client,
 		ttl:    ttl,
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func NewDatastore(client *redis.Client) (datastore.ThreadSafeDatastore, error) {
+func NewDatastore(client *redis.Client) (*Datastore, error) {
 	return &Datastore{
 		client: client,
 	}, nil
@@ -83,3 +82,11 @@ func (ds *Datastore) Query(q query.Query) (query.Results, error) {
 }
 
 func (ds *Datastore) IsThreadSafe() {}
+
+func (ds *Datastore) Batch() (datastore.Batch, error) {
+	return nil, datastore.ErrBatchUnsupported
+}
+
+func (ds *Datastore) Close() error {
+	return ds.client.Close()
+}
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/redis/redis_test.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/redis/redis_test.go
index 52e5f4a6e..05036b249 100644
--- a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/redis/redis_test.go
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/redis/redis_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/fzzy/radix/redis"
 	datastore "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore"
+
 	dstest "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/test"
 )
 
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/sync/sync.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/sync/sync.go
index 01b9f5aa8..55820bf70 100644
--- a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/sync/sync.go
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/sync/sync.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package sync
 
 import (
+	"io"
 	"sync"
 
 	ds "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore"
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ type MutexDatastore struct {
 
 // MutexWrap constructs a datastore with a coarse lock around
 // the entire datastore, for every single operation
-func MutexWrap(d ds.Datastore) ds.ThreadSafeDatastore {
+func MutexWrap(d ds.Datastore) *MutexDatastore {
 	return &MutexDatastore{child: d}
 }
 
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ func (d *MutexDatastore) Query(q dsq.Query) (dsq.Results, error) {
 func (d *MutexDatastore) Batch() (ds.Batch, error) {
 	d.RLock()
 	defer d.RUnlock()
-	bds, ok := d.child.(ds.BatchingDatastore)
+	bds, ok := d.child.(ds.Batching)
 	if !ok {
 		return nil, ds.ErrBatchUnsupported
 	}
@@ -81,6 +82,15 @@ func (d *MutexDatastore) Batch() (ds.Batch, error) {
 	}, nil
 }
 
+func (d *MutexDatastore) Close() error {
+	d.RWMutex.Lock()
+	defer d.RWMutex.Unlock()
+	if c, ok := d.child.(io.Closer); ok {
+		return c.Close()
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 type syncBatch struct {
 	lk    sync.Mutex
 	batch ds.Batch
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/syncmount/mount.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/syncmount/mount.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..adc882627
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/syncmount/mount.go
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+// Package mount provides a Datastore that has other Datastores
+// mounted at various key prefixes and is threadsafe
+package syncmount
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"io"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+
+	ds "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore"
+	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/keytransform"
+	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/query"
+)
+
+var (
+	ErrNoMount = errors.New("no datastore mounted for this key")
+)
+
+type Mount struct {
+	Prefix    ds.Key
+	Datastore ds.Datastore
+}
+
+func New(mounts []Mount) *Datastore {
+	// make a copy so we're sure it doesn't mutate
+	m := make([]Mount, len(mounts))
+	for i, v := range mounts {
+		m[i] = v
+	}
+	return &Datastore{mounts: m}
+}
+
+type Datastore struct {
+	mounts []Mount
+	lk     sync.Mutex
+}
+
+var _ ds.Datastore = (*Datastore)(nil)
+
+func (d *Datastore) lookup(key ds.Key) (ds.Datastore, ds.Key, ds.Key) {
+	d.lk.Lock()
+	defer d.lk.Unlock()
+	for _, m := range d.mounts {
+		if m.Prefix.Equal(key) || m.Prefix.IsAncestorOf(key) {
+			s := strings.TrimPrefix(key.String(), m.Prefix.String())
+			k := ds.NewKey(s)
+			return m.Datastore, m.Prefix, k
+		}
+	}
+	return nil, ds.NewKey("/"), key
+}
+
+func (d *Datastore) Put(key ds.Key, value interface{}) error {
+	cds, _, k := d.lookup(key)
+	if cds == nil {
+		return ErrNoMount
+	}
+	return cds.Put(k, value)
+}
+
+func (d *Datastore) Get(key ds.Key) (value interface{}, err error) {
+	cds, _, k := d.lookup(key)
+	if cds == nil {
+		return nil, ds.ErrNotFound
+	}
+	return cds.Get(k)
+}
+
+func (d *Datastore) Has(key ds.Key) (exists bool, err error) {
+	cds, _, k := d.lookup(key)
+	if cds == nil {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+	return cds.Has(k)
+}
+
+func (d *Datastore) Delete(key ds.Key) error {
+	cds, _, k := d.lookup(key)
+	if cds == nil {
+		return ds.ErrNotFound
+	}
+	return cds.Delete(k)
+}
+
+func (d *Datastore) Query(q query.Query) (query.Results, error) {
+	if len(q.Filters) > 0 ||
+		len(q.Orders) > 0 ||
+		q.Limit > 0 ||
+		q.Offset > 0 {
+		// TODO this is overly simplistic, but the only caller is
+		// `ipfs refs local` for now, and this gets us moving.
+		return nil, errors.New("mount only supports listing all prefixed keys in random order")
+	}
+	key := ds.NewKey(q.Prefix)
+	cds, mount, k := d.lookup(key)
+	if cds == nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("mount only supports listing a mount point")
+	}
+	// TODO support listing cross mount points too
+
+	// delegate the query to the mounted datastore, while adjusting
+	// keys in and out
+	q2 := q
+	q2.Prefix = k.String()
+	wrapDS := keytransform.Wrap(cds, &keytransform.Pair{
+		Convert: func(ds.Key) ds.Key {
+			panic("this should never be called")
+		},
+		Invert: func(k ds.Key) ds.Key {
+			return mount.Child(k)
+		},
+	})
+
+	r, err := wrapDS.Query(q2)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	r = query.ResultsReplaceQuery(r, q)
+	return r, nil
+}
+
+func (d *Datastore) IsThreadSafe() {}
+
+func (d *Datastore) Close() error {
+	for _, d := range d.mounts {
+		if c, ok := d.Datastore.(io.Closer); ok {
+			err := c.Close()
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+type mountBatch struct {
+	mounts map[string]ds.Batch
+	lk     sync.Mutex
+
+	d *Datastore
+}
+
+func (d *Datastore) Batch() (ds.Batch, error) {
+	return &mountBatch{
+		mounts: make(map[string]ds.Batch),
+		d:      d,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func (mt *mountBatch) lookupBatch(key ds.Key) (ds.Batch, ds.Key, error) {
+	mt.lk.Lock()
+	defer mt.lk.Unlock()
+
+	child, loc, rest := mt.d.lookup(key)
+	t, ok := mt.mounts[loc.String()]
+	if !ok {
+		bds, ok := child.(ds.Batching)
+		if !ok {
+			return nil, ds.NewKey(""), ds.ErrBatchUnsupported
+		}
+		var err error
+		t, err = bds.Batch()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, ds.NewKey(""), err
+		}
+		mt.mounts[loc.String()] = t
+	}
+	return t, rest, nil
+}
+
+func (mt *mountBatch) Put(key ds.Key, val interface{}) error {
+	t, rest, err := mt.lookupBatch(key)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return t.Put(rest, val)
+}
+
+func (mt *mountBatch) Delete(key ds.Key) error {
+	t, rest, err := mt.lookupBatch(key)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return t.Delete(rest)
+}
+
+func (mt *mountBatch) Commit() error {
+	for _, t := range mt.mounts {
+		err := t.Commit()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/syncmount/mount_test.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/syncmount/mount_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..40feb2d03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/syncmount/mount_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,241 @@
+package syncmount_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore"
+	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/mount"
+	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/query"
+)
+
+func TestPutBadNothing(t *testing.T) {
+	m := mount.New(nil)
+
+	err := m.Put(datastore.NewKey("quux"), []byte("foobar"))
+	if g, e := err, mount.ErrNoMount; g != e {
+		t.Fatalf("Put got wrong error: %v != %v", g, e)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPutBadNoMount(t *testing.T) {
+	mapds := datastore.NewMapDatastore()
+	m := mount.New([]mount.Mount{
+		{Prefix: datastore.NewKey("/redherring"), Datastore: mapds},
+	})
+
+	err := m.Put(datastore.NewKey("/quux/thud"), []byte("foobar"))
+	if g, e := err, mount.ErrNoMount; g != e {
+		t.Fatalf("expected ErrNoMount, got: %v\n", g)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPut(t *testing.T) {
+	mapds := datastore.NewMapDatastore()
+	m := mount.New([]mount.Mount{
+		{Prefix: datastore.NewKey("/quux"), Datastore: mapds},
+	})
+
+	if err := m.Put(datastore.NewKey("/quux/thud"), []byte("foobar")); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Put error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	val, err := mapds.Get(datastore.NewKey("/thud"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Get error: %v", err)
+	}
+	buf, ok := val.([]byte)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("Get value is not []byte: %T %v", val, val)
+	}
+	if g, e := string(buf), "foobar"; g != e {
+		t.Errorf("wrong value: %q != %q", g, e)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetBadNothing(t *testing.T) {
+	m := mount.New([]mount.Mount{})
+
+	_, err := m.Get(datastore.NewKey("/quux/thud"))
+	if g, e := err, datastore.ErrNotFound; g != e {
+		t.Fatalf("expected ErrNotFound, got: %v\n", g)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetBadNoMount(t *testing.T) {
+	mapds := datastore.NewMapDatastore()
+	m := mount.New([]mount.Mount{
+		{Prefix: datastore.NewKey("/redherring"), Datastore: mapds},
+	})
+
+	_, err := m.Get(datastore.NewKey("/quux/thud"))
+	if g, e := err, datastore.ErrNotFound; g != e {
+		t.Fatalf("expected ErrNotFound, got: %v\n", g)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetNotFound(t *testing.T) {
+	mapds := datastore.NewMapDatastore()
+	m := mount.New([]mount.Mount{
+		{Prefix: datastore.NewKey("/quux"), Datastore: mapds},
+	})
+
+	_, err := m.Get(datastore.NewKey("/quux/thud"))
+	if g, e := err, datastore.ErrNotFound; g != e {
+		t.Fatalf("expected ErrNotFound, got: %v\n", g)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGet(t *testing.T) {
+	mapds := datastore.NewMapDatastore()
+	m := mount.New([]mount.Mount{
+		{Prefix: datastore.NewKey("/quux"), Datastore: mapds},
+	})
+
+	if err := mapds.Put(datastore.NewKey("/thud"), []byte("foobar")); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Get error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	val, err := m.Get(datastore.NewKey("/quux/thud"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Put error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	buf, ok := val.([]byte)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("Get value is not []byte: %T %v", val, val)
+	}
+	if g, e := string(buf), "foobar"; g != e {
+		t.Errorf("wrong value: %q != %q", g, e)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHasBadNothing(t *testing.T) {
+	m := mount.New([]mount.Mount{})
+
+	found, err := m.Has(datastore.NewKey("/quux/thud"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Has error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if g, e := found, false; g != e {
+		t.Fatalf("wrong value: %v != %v", g, e)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHasBadNoMount(t *testing.T) {
+	mapds := datastore.NewMapDatastore()
+	m := mount.New([]mount.Mount{
+		{Prefix: datastore.NewKey("/redherring"), Datastore: mapds},
+	})
+
+	found, err := m.Has(datastore.NewKey("/quux/thud"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Has error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if g, e := found, false; g != e {
+		t.Fatalf("wrong value: %v != %v", g, e)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHasNotFound(t *testing.T) {
+	mapds := datastore.NewMapDatastore()
+	m := mount.New([]mount.Mount{
+		{Prefix: datastore.NewKey("/quux"), Datastore: mapds},
+	})
+
+	found, err := m.Has(datastore.NewKey("/quux/thud"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Has error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if g, e := found, false; g != e {
+		t.Fatalf("wrong value: %v != %v", g, e)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHas(t *testing.T) {
+	mapds := datastore.NewMapDatastore()
+	m := mount.New([]mount.Mount{
+		{Prefix: datastore.NewKey("/quux"), Datastore: mapds},
+	})
+
+	if err := mapds.Put(datastore.NewKey("/thud"), []byte("foobar")); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Put error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	found, err := m.Has(datastore.NewKey("/quux/thud"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Has error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if g, e := found, true; g != e {
+		t.Fatalf("wrong value: %v != %v", g, e)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDeleteNotFound(t *testing.T) {
+	mapds := datastore.NewMapDatastore()
+	m := mount.New([]mount.Mount{
+		{Prefix: datastore.NewKey("/quux"), Datastore: mapds},
+	})
+
+	err := m.Delete(datastore.NewKey("/quux/thud"))
+	if g, e := err, datastore.ErrNotFound; g != e {
+		t.Fatalf("expected ErrNotFound, got: %v\n", g)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDelete(t *testing.T) {
+	mapds := datastore.NewMapDatastore()
+	m := mount.New([]mount.Mount{
+		{Prefix: datastore.NewKey("/quux"), Datastore: mapds},
+	})
+
+	if err := mapds.Put(datastore.NewKey("/thud"), []byte("foobar")); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Put error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	err := m.Delete(datastore.NewKey("/quux/thud"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Delete error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// make sure it disappeared
+	found, err := mapds.Has(datastore.NewKey("/thud"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Has error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if g, e := found, false; g != e {
+		t.Fatalf("wrong value: %v != %v", g, e)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestQuerySimple(t *testing.T) {
+	mapds := datastore.NewMapDatastore()
+	m := mount.New([]mount.Mount{
+		{Prefix: datastore.NewKey("/quux"), Datastore: mapds},
+	})
+
+	const myKey = "/quux/thud"
+	if err := m.Put(datastore.NewKey(myKey), []byte("foobar")); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Put error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	res, err := m.Query(query.Query{Prefix: "/quux"})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Query fail: %v\n", err)
+	}
+	entries, err := res.Rest()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Query Results.Rest fail: %v\n", err)
+	}
+	seen := false
+	for _, e := range entries {
+		switch e.Key {
+		case datastore.NewKey(myKey).String():
+			seen = true
+		default:
+			t.Errorf("saw unexpected key: %q", e.Key)
+		}
+	}
+	if !seen {
+		t.Errorf("did not see wanted key %q in %+v", myKey, entries)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/test/test_util.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/test/test_util.go
index 360115acc..bb272c3fb 100644
--- a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/test/test_util.go
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/test/test_util.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	dstore "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore"
 )
 
-func RunBatchTest(t *testing.T, ds dstore.BatchingDatastore) {
+func RunBatchTest(t *testing.T, ds dstore.Batching) {
 	batch, err := ds.Batch()
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func RunBatchTest(t *testing.T, ds dstore.BatchingDatastore) {
 	}
 }
 
-func RunBatchDeleteTest(t *testing.T, ds dstore.BatchingDatastore) {
+func RunBatchDeleteTest(t *testing.T, ds dstore.Batching) {
 	r := rand.New()
 	var keys []dstore.Key
 	for i := 0; i < 20; i++ {
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/tiered/tiered.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/tiered/tiered.go
index 46a4d57be..8a16b5b2d 100644
--- a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/tiered/tiered.go
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/tiered/tiered.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ type tiered []ds.Datastore
 // New returns a tiered datastore. Puts and Deletes will write-through to
 // all datastores, Has and Get will try each datastore sequentially, and
 // Query will always try the last one (most complete) first.
-func New(dses ...ds.Datastore) ds.Datastore {
+func New(dses ...ds.Datastore) tiered {
 	return tiered(dses)
 }
 
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/tiered/tiered_test.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/tiered/tiered_test.go
index 409814fa6..3bff9a5eb 100644
--- a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/tiered/tiered_test.go
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/tiered/tiered_test.go
@@ -49,19 +49,19 @@ func TestTiered(t *testing.T) {
 	td := New(d1, d2, d3, d4)
 	td.Put(ds.NewKey("foo"), "bar")
 	testHas(t, []ds.Datastore{td}, ds.NewKey("foo"), "bar")
-	testHas(t, td.(tiered), ds.NewKey("foo"), "bar") // all children
+	testHas(t, td, ds.NewKey("foo"), "bar") // all children
 
 	// remove it from, say, caches.
 	d1.Delete(ds.NewKey("foo"))
 	d2.Delete(ds.NewKey("foo"))
 	testHas(t, []ds.Datastore{td}, ds.NewKey("foo"), "bar")
-	testHas(t, td.(tiered)[2:], ds.NewKey("foo"), "bar")
-	testNotHas(t, td.(tiered)[:2], ds.NewKey("foo"))
+	testHas(t, td[2:], ds.NewKey("foo"), "bar")
+	testNotHas(t, td[:2], ds.NewKey("foo"))
 
 	// write it again.
 	td.Put(ds.NewKey("foo"), "bar2")
 	testHas(t, []ds.Datastore{td}, ds.NewKey("foo"), "bar2")
-	testHas(t, td.(tiered), ds.NewKey("foo"), "bar2")
+	testHas(t, td, ds.NewKey("foo"), "bar2")
 }
 
 func TestQueryCallsLast(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/timecache/timecache.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/timecache/timecache.go
index 8b1e840ac..1da1ef02c 100644
--- a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/timecache/timecache.go
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/timecache/timecache.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package timecache
 
 import (
+	"io"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -24,13 +25,13 @@ type datastore struct {
 	ttls  map[ds.Key]time.Time
 }
 
-func WithTTL(ttl time.Duration) ds.Datastore {
+func WithTTL(ttl time.Duration) *datastore {
 	return WithCache(ds.NewMapDatastore(), ttl)
 }
 
 // WithCache wraps a given datastore as a timecache.
 // Get + Has requests are considered expired after a TTL.
-func WithCache(d ds.Datastore, ttl time.Duration) ds.Datastore {
+func WithCache(d ds.Datastore, ttl time.Duration) *datastore {
 	return &datastore{cache: d, ttl: ttl, ttls: make(map[ds.Key]time.Time)}
 }
 
@@ -94,3 +95,10 @@ func (d *datastore) Delete(key ds.Key) (err error) {
 func (d *datastore) Query(q dsq.Query) (dsq.Results, error) {
 	return d.cache.Query(q)
 }
+
+func (d *datastore) Close() error {
+	if c, ok := d.cache.(io.Closer); ok {
+		return c.Close()
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/blocks/blockstore/blockstore.go b/blocks/blockstore/blockstore.go
index 90a3b9264..5558bf3b2 100644
--- a/blocks/blockstore/blockstore.go
+++ b/blocks/blockstore/blockstore.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func NewBlockstore(d ds.ThreadSafeDatastore) Blockstore {
 }
 
 type blockstore struct {
-	datastore ds.BatchingDatastore
+	datastore ds.Batching
 	// cant be ThreadSafeDatastore cause namespace.Datastore doesnt support it.
 	// we do check it on `NewBlockstore` though.
 }
diff --git a/repo/fsrepo/fsrepo.go b/repo/fsrepo/fsrepo.go
index c9f9170c0..2366e6e21 100644
--- a/repo/fsrepo/fsrepo.go
+++ b/repo/fsrepo/fsrepo.go
@@ -94,10 +94,6 @@ type FSRepo struct {
 	lockfile io.Closer
 	config   *config.Config
 	ds       ds.ThreadSafeDatastore
-	// tracked separately for use in Close; do not use directly.
-	leveldbDS      levelds.Datastore
-	metricsBlocks  measure.DatastoreCloser
-	metricsLevelDB measure.DatastoreCloser
 }
 
 var _ repo.Repo = (*FSRepo)(nil)
@@ -352,7 +348,7 @@ func (r *FSRepo) openDatastore() error {
 	leveldbPath := path.Join(r.path, leveldbDirectory)
 	var err error
 	// save leveldb reference so it can be neatly closed afterward
-	r.leveldbDS, err = levelds.NewDatastore(leveldbPath, &levelds.Options{
+	leveldbDS, err := levelds.NewDatastore(leveldbPath, &levelds.Options{
 		Compression: ldbopts.NoCompression,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
@@ -382,16 +378,16 @@ func (r *FSRepo) openDatastore() error {
 		id = fmt.Sprintf("uninitialized_%p", r)
 	}
 	prefix := "fsrepo." + id + ".datastore."
-	r.metricsBlocks = measure.New(prefix+"blocks", blocksDS)
-	r.metricsLevelDB = measure.New(prefix+"leveldb", r.leveldbDS)
+	metricsBlocks := measure.New(prefix+"blocks", blocksDS)
+	metricsLevelDB := measure.New(prefix+"leveldb", leveldbDS)
 	mountDS := mount.New([]mount.Mount{
 		{
 			Prefix:    ds.NewKey("/blocks"),
-			Datastore: r.metricsBlocks,
+			Datastore: metricsBlocks,
 		},
 		{
 			Prefix:    ds.NewKey("/"),
-			Datastore: r.metricsLevelDB,
+			Datastore: metricsLevelDB,
 		},
 	})
 	// Make sure it's ok to claim the virtual datastore from mount as
@@ -400,7 +396,7 @@ func (r *FSRepo) openDatastore() error {
 	// variants. This is the same dilemma as the `[].byte` attempt at
 	// introducing const types to Go.
 	var _ ds.ThreadSafeDatastore = blocksDS
-	var _ ds.ThreadSafeDatastore = r.leveldbDS
+	var _ ds.ThreadSafeDatastore = leveldbDS
 	r.ds = ds2.ClaimThreadSafe{mountDS}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -420,13 +416,7 @@ func (r *FSRepo) Close() error {
 		return errors.New("repo is closed")
 	}
 
-	if err := r.metricsBlocks.Close(); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := r.metricsLevelDB.Close(); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := r.leveldbDS.Close(); err != nil {
+	if err := r.ds.(io.Closer).Close(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
diff --git a/util/datastore2/datastore_closer.go b/util/datastore2/datastore_closer.go
index f9168d2a3..e1a1dd30a 100644
--- a/util/datastore2/datastore_closer.go
+++ b/util/datastore2/datastore_closer.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func (w *datastoreCloserWrapper) Close() error {
 }
 
 func (w *datastoreCloserWrapper) Batch() (datastore.Batch, error) {
-	bds, ok := w.ThreadSafeDatastore.(datastore.BatchingDatastore)
+	bds, ok := w.ThreadSafeDatastore.(datastore.Batching)
 	if !ok {
 		return nil, datastore.ErrBatchUnsupported
 	}
diff --git a/util/datastore2/threadsafe.go b/util/datastore2/threadsafe.go
index 880d0e80d..82584bdf3 100644
--- a/util/datastore2/threadsafe.go
+++ b/util/datastore2/threadsafe.go
@@ -1,15 +1,22 @@
 package datastore2
 
 import (
+	"io"
+
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore"
 )
 
 // ClaimThreadSafe claims that a Datastore is threadsafe, even when
 // it's type does not guarantee this. Use carefully.
 type ClaimThreadSafe struct {
-	datastore.BatchingDatastore
+	datastore.Batching
 }
 
 var _ datastore.ThreadSafeDatastore = ClaimThreadSafe{}
 
 func (ClaimThreadSafe) IsThreadSafe() {}
+
+// TEMP UNTIL dev0.4.0 merges and solves this ugly interface stuff
+func (c ClaimThreadSafe) Close() error {
+	return c.Batching.(io.Closer).Close()
+}