diff --git a/my/hypothesis.py b/my/hypothesis.py
index 16b48cd..46e00bc 100644
--- a/my/hypothesis.py
+++ b/my/hypothesis.py
@@ -3,50 +3,41 @@
 """
 from . import init
 
-from .common import PathIsh
-
-import my.config.repos.hypexport as hypexport
-from my.config.repos.hypexport import dal
+from .common import get_files
+from .error import Res, sort_res_by
 
+import my.config.repos.hypexport.dal as hypexport
 from my.config import hypothesis as config
-export_path: PathIsh = config.export_path
 
 ###
 
 from typing import List
 
-from .common import get_files, cproperty, group_by_key
-from .error import Res, sort_res_by
-
-
-
 
 # TODO weird. not sure why e.g. from dal import Highlight doesn't work..
-Highlight = dal.Highlight
-DAL = dal.DAL
-Page = dal.Page
+Highlight = hypexport.Highlight
+Page      = hypexport.Page
 
 
 # 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 _dal() -> hypexport.DAL:
+    sources = get_files(config.export_path, '*.json')
+    return hypexport.DAL(sources)
 
 
-def get_highlights() -> List[Res[Highlight]]:
-    return sort_res_by(dao().highlights(), key=lambda h: h.created)
+def highlights() -> List[Res[Highlight]]:
+    return sort_res_by(_dal().highlights(), key=lambda h: h.created)
 
 
 # TODO eh. always provide iterators? although sort_res_by could be neat too...
-def get_pages() -> List[Res[Page]]:
-    return sort_res_by(dao().pages(), key=lambda h: h.created)
+def pages() -> List[Res[Page]]:
+    return sort_res_by(_dal().pages(), key=lambda h: h.created)
 
 
 # TODO move to side tests?
 def test():
-    get_pages()
-    get_highlights()
+    list(pages())
+    list(highlights())
 
 
 def _main():
@@ -55,3 +46,6 @@ def _main():
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     _main()
+
+get_highlights = highlights # TODO deprecate
+get_pages = pages # TODO deprecate