diff --git a/my/coding/github.py b/my/coding/github.py
index 15bfab6..0126e47 100644
--- a/my/coding/github.py
+++ b/my/coding/github.py
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@ Github events and their metadata: comments/issues/pull requests
 
 from .. import init
 
-from typing import Dict, List, Union, Any, NamedTuple, Tuple, Optional, Iterator, TypeVar, Set
+from typing import Dict, Any, NamedTuple, Tuple, Optional, Iterator, TypeVar, Set
 from datetime import datetime
 import json
-from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytz
 
@@ -95,7 +94,7 @@ def _get_summary(e) -> Tuple[str, Optional[str], Optional[str]]:
 
 
 def inputs():
-   return get_files(config.export_dir, glob='*.json*')
+   return get_files(config.export_dir)
 
 
 def _dal():
@@ -198,7 +197,8 @@ def iter_gdpr_events() -> Iterator[Res[Event]]:
     """
     Parses events from GDPR export (https://github.com/settings/admin)
     """
-    files = list(sorted(config.gdpr_dir.glob('*.json')))
+    # TODO allow using archive here?
+    files = get_files(config.gdpr_dir, glob='*.json')
     handler_map = {
         'schema'       : None,
         'issue_events_': None, # eh, doesn't seem to have any useful bodies
@@ -264,10 +264,3 @@ def get_events():
 # from github.Event import Event as GEvent # type: ignore
 # # see https://github.com/PyGithub/PyGithub/blob/master/github/GithubObject.py::GithubObject.__init__
 # e = GEvent(None, None, raw_event, True)
-
-
-def test():
-    events = get_events()
-    assert len(events) > 100
-    for e in events:
-        print(e)
diff --git a/my/kython/kompress.py b/my/kython/kompress.py
index 35c6e4e..057627a 100644
--- a/my/kython/kompress.py
+++ b/my/kython/kompress.py
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ import io
 PathIsh = Union[Path, str]
 
 
-def _zstd_open(path: Path, *args, **kwargs):
+def _zstd_open(path: Path, *args, **kwargs) -> IO[str]:
     import zstandard as zstd # type: ignore
-    fh = path.open(*args, **kwargs)
+    fh = path.open('rb')
     dctx = zstd.ZstdDecompressor()
     reader = dctx.stream_reader(fh)
-    return reader
+    return io.TextIOWrapper(reader, **kwargs) # meh
 
 
 # TODO returns protocol that we can call 'read' against?
diff --git a/tests/github.py b/tests/github.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d296096
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/github.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+from my.coding.github import get_events
+
+def test():
+    events = get_events()
+    assert len(events) > 100
+    for e in events:
+        print(e)