diff --git a/my/hypothesis.py b/my/hypothesis.py
index 57efbdd..443ad90 100644
--- a/my/hypothesis.py
+++ b/my/hypothesis.py
@@ -1,90 +1,45 @@
-from datetime import datetime
-from pathlib import Path
-from itertools import tee
-from typing import Any, Dict, Iterator, List, NamedTuple, Optional, Sequence, Union, Iterable
+from .common import PathIsh
 
-from .common import PathIsh, cproperty, group_by_key, the
+# TODO add docstring explaining which module is it?
+import mycfg.repos.hypexport as hypexport
+
+from mycfg import paths
+export_path: PathIsh = paths.hypothesis.export_path
+
+###
+
+from typing import List
+
+from .common import get_files, cproperty, group_by_key
 from .error import Res, sort_res_by
 
 
-try:
-    # TODO might be worth having a special mode for type checking with and without mycfg?
-    # TODO could somehow use typing.TYPE_CHECKING for that?
-    import mycfg.repos.hypexport.dal as hypexport
-    Highlight = hypexport.Highlight
-    DAL = hypexport.DAL
-    Page = hypexport.Page
-except:
-    DAL = Any # type: ignore
-    Highlight = Any # type: ignore
-    Page = Any # type: ignore
+from mycfg.repos.hypexport import dal
 
 
-# TODO ok, maybe each module has a specially treated config, that magically recieves values?
-# so configure method should be kinda automatically derived
-# dunno...
+# TODO weird. not sure why e.g. from dal import Highlight doesn't work..
+Highlight = dal.Highlight
+DAL = dal.DAL
+Page = dal.Page
 
-class Config(NamedTuple):
-    export_path_: Optional[PathIsh]=None
-    hypexport_path_: Optional[PathIsh]=None
 
-    @property
-    def export_path(self) -> Path:
-        ep = self.export_path_
-        if ep is not None:
-            return Path(ep)
-        else:
-            from mycfg import paths
-            return Path(paths.hypothesis.export_path)
-
-    @property
-    def hypexport(self):
-        hp = self.hypexport_path_
-        if hp is not None:
-            # TODO hmmm
-            # TODO that doesn't seem to work (PYTHONPATH=src with_my pytest tests/server_test.py::test_query_instapaper)
-            # I guess I need to think about it.. shouluud I just rely on mycfg for setting these paths?
-            from .common import import_file
-            return import_file(Path(hp) / 'dal.py', 'mycfg.repos.hypexport.dal') # TODO meh...
-        else:
-            global DAL
-            global Highlight
-            import mycfg.repos.hypexport.dal as hypexport
-            # TODO a bit hacky.. not sure how to make it both mypy and runtime safe..
-            DAL = hypexport.DAL
-            Highlight = hypexport.Highlight
-            return hypexport
-
-config = Config()
-def configure(*, export_path: Optional[PathIsh]=None, hypexport_path: Optional[PathIsh]=None) -> None:
-    # TODO kwargs?
-    global config
-    config = Config(
-        export_path_=export_path,
-        hypexport_path_=hypexport_path,
-    )
-
-# TODO for the purposes of mypy, try importing mycfg anyway?
-# return type for this method as well
-# TODO check if it works at runtime..
-def get_dal() -> DAL:
-    export_path = config.export_path
-    if export_path.is_file():
-        sources = [export_path]
-    else:
-        sources = list(sorted(export_path.glob('*.json'))) # TODO FIXME common thing
-    model = config.hypexport.DAL(sources)
+# TODO eh. not sure if I should rename everything to dao/DAO or not...
+def dao() -> DAL:
+    sources = get_files(export_path, '*.json')
+    model = DAL(sources)
     return model
 
 
 def get_highlights() -> List[Res[Highlight]]:
-    return sort_res_by(get_dal().highlights(), key=lambda h: h.created)
+    return sort_res_by(dao().highlights(), key=lambda h: h.created)
 
-# TODO eh. always provide iterators?
+
+# TODO eh. always provide iterators? although sort_res_by could be neat too...
 def get_pages() -> List[Res[Page]]:
-    return sort_res_by(get_dal().pages(), key=lambda h: h.created)
+    return sort_res_by(dao().pages(), key=lambda h: h.created)
 
 
+# TODO move to side tests?
 def test():
     get_pages()
     get_highlights()