diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2801b0a..59aa7c6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -640,7 +640,6 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "kuska-ssb"
 version = "0.4.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/Kuska-ssb/ssb#fb7062de606e7c9cae8dd4df402a122db46c1b77"
 dependencies = [
  "async-std",
  "async-stream 0.2.1",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 460122c..e78daf6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ futures = "0.3.21"
 hex = "0.4.3"
 kuska-handshake = { version = "0.2.0", features = ["async_std"] }
 kuska-sodiumoxide = "0.2.5-0"
-kuska-ssb = { git = "https://github.com/Kuska-ssb/ssb" }
+kuska-ssb = { path = "../ssb" }
+#kuska-ssb = { git = "https://github.com/Kuska-ssb/ssb" }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
 sha2 = "0.10.2"
diff --git a/examples/friends.rs b/examples/friends.rs
index c0fcf06..87b5709 100644
--- a/examples/friends.rs
+++ b/examples/friends.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,17 @@ async fn run() -> Result<(), GolgiError> {
     // Attempt to initialise a connection to an sbot instance using the
     // secret file at the Patchwork path and the default IP address, port
     // and network key (aka. capabilities key).
-    let mut sbot_client = Sbot::init(Keystore::Patchwork, None, None).await?;
+    let mut sbot_client =
+        Sbot::init(Keystore::GoSbot, Some("127.0.0.1:8021".to_string()), None).await?;
+    // Sbot::init(Keystore::Patchwork, None, None).await?;
+
+    //let ssb_id = String::from("@PEqxT8YRvrkf2fyjAgTl8pmdo8aR4KVsKLyh0b5JyOE=.ed25519");
+    let ssb_id = String::from("@HEqy940T6uB+T+d9Jaa58aNfRzLx9eRWqkZljBmnkmk=.ed25519");
+
+    let name = sbot_client.get_name(&ssb_id).await?;
+
+    println!("name: {}", name);
+    /*
 
     // Call the `whoami` RPC method to retrieve the public key for the sbot
     // identity. This is our 'local' public key.
@@ -114,6 +124,8 @@ async fn run() -> Result<(), GolgiError> {
     // Output should be `false`.
     println!("isfollowingmref(should be false): {}", mref);
 
+    */
+
     Ok(())
 }
 
diff --git a/src/api/about.rs b/src/api/about.rs
index d867857..4675844 100644
--- a/src/api/about.rs
+++ b/src/api/about.rs
@@ -13,12 +13,14 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
 use async_std::stream::{Stream, StreamExt};
+use serde_json::Value;
 
 use crate::{
     api::get_subset::{SubsetQuery, SubsetQueryOptions},
     error::GolgiError,
     messages::{SsbMessageContentType, SsbMessageValue},
     sbot::Sbot,
+    utils,
 };
 
 impl Sbot {
@@ -335,6 +337,7 @@ impl Sbot {
         Ok(profile_info)
     }
 
+    /*
     /// Get the latest `name` value for a peer.
     ///
     /// # Example
@@ -359,6 +362,26 @@ impl Sbot {
     pub async fn get_name(&mut self, ssb_id: &str) -> Result<Option<String>, GolgiError> {
         self.get_latest_about_message(ssb_id, "name").await
     }
+    */
+
+    //pub async fn get_name(&mut self, ssb_id: &str) -> Result<Value, GolgiError> {
+    pub async fn get_name(&mut self, ssb_id: &str) -> Result<String, GolgiError> {
+        let mut sbot_connection = self.get_sbot_connection().await?;
+        let req_id = sbot_connection
+            .client
+            .names_get_signifier_req_send(ssb_id)
+            //.names_get_image_for_req_send(ssb_id)
+            //.names_get_req_send()
+            .await?;
+
+        utils::get_async(
+            &mut sbot_connection.rpc_reader,
+            req_id,
+            utils::string_res_parse,
+            //utils::json_res_parse,
+        )
+        .await
+    }
 
     /// Get the latest `description` value for a peer.
     ///