diff --git a/islands/Dashboard.tsx b/islands/Dashboard.tsx
index d00dc12..bc3bd7c 100644
--- a/islands/Dashboard.tsx
+++ b/islands/Dashboard.tsx
@@ -127,22 +127,42 @@ function UserSelectButton(
 }
 
 export default function Dashboard(
-	{ todos, users, unassignedTodos, lastTodoIdUpdated, lastUserIdUpdated }:
-		Props,
+	props: Props,
 ) {
-	console.log('lasttodo:', lastTodoIdUpdated)
-	console.log('lastuser:', lastUserIdUpdated)
 	const todoAssignUserId: Signal<string | null> = useSignal(null)
 	const showAddTodoDialog = useSignal(false)
 
+	const data = useSignal(props)
+
+	const {
+		// todos,
+		users,
+		unassignedTodos,
+		// lastTodoIdUpdated,
+		// lastUserIdUpdated,
+	} = data.value
+
+	const reload = async () => {
+		console.log('reloading...')
+		const newData = await (await fetch(location.href, {
+			headers: { accept: 'application/json' },
+		})).json()
+		data.value = newData
+		console.log('new data:', newData)
+	}
+
 	useEffect(() => {
 		let es = new EventSource('/api/user')
 
-		es.addEventListener('message', (e) => {
-			console.log('user event from server:', e)
+		es.addEventListener('message', async (e) => {
+			console.log('user event stream message:', e)
+			await reload()
+			excitement()
 		})
 
-		es.addEventListener('error', async () => {
+		es.addEventListener('error', async (e) => {
+			// try and reconnect
+			console.log('Streaming user events error:', e)
 			es.close()
 			const backoff = 10000 + Math.random() * 5000
 			await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, backoff))
@@ -150,47 +170,17 @@ export default function Dashboard(
 		})
 	}, [])
 
-	useEffect(excitement)
-
 	useEffect(() => {
 		let es = new EventSource('/api/todo')
 		console.log('Streaming todo events...')
 
 		es.addEventListener('message', (e) => {
 			console.log('todo event from server:', e)
-			const payload = JSON.parse(e.data)
-			const { id: id } = payload
-
-			if (
-				payload.versionstamp === lastTodoIdUpdated.versionstamp &&
-				payload.id === lastTodoIdUpdated.value
-			) {
-				console.log('skipping...')
-				// skip, we hydrated with it
-				return
-			}
-
-			if (!payload.value) {
-				// deleted, so reload
-				location.reload()
-			} else {
-				const { description, doneAt, assigneeUserId, emoji } = payload.value
-				const t = todos[id]
-				if (
-					!t ||
-					id != t.id ||
-					description != t.description ||
-					doneAt != t.doneAt ||
-					assigneeUserId != t.assigneeUserId ||
-					emoji != t.emoji
-				) {
-					console.log('Should reload!')
-					location.reload()
-				}
-			}
+			reload().then(excitement)
 		})
 
 		es.addEventListener('error', async (e) => {
+			// try and reconnect
 			console.log('Streaming todo events error:', e)
 			es.close()
 			const backoff = 10000 + Math.random() * 5000
diff --git a/routes/api/todo.ts b/routes/api/todo.ts
index e532ebb..830a1fb 100644
--- a/routes/api/todo.ts
+++ b/routes/api/todo.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ export const handler: Handlers<Todo | null> = {
 		// TODO: json or query params
 		const accept = req.headers.get('accept')
 		if (accept === 'text/event-stream') {
+			console.log('Request for todo event stream')
+			let skipFirst = true
 			const stream = kv.watch([['last_todo_updated']]).getReader()
 			const body = new ReadableStream({
 				async start(controller) {
@@ -89,12 +91,12 @@ export const handler: Handlers<Todo | null> = {
 					while (true) {
 						try {
 							const entries = await stream.read()
-							console.log('streaming todo entries:', entries)
 							for (const entry of entries.value || []) {
-								console.log('streaming todo entry:', entry)
-
+								if (skipFirst) {
+									skipFirst = false
+									continue
+								}
 								if (typeof entry.value !== 'string') {
-									console.error('Invalid last_todo_updated entry:', entry)
 									continue
 								}
 
@@ -108,6 +110,7 @@ export const handler: Handlers<Todo | null> = {
 										value: todo,
 									})
 								}\n\n`
+								console.log('todo event chunk:', chunk)
 								controller.enqueue(new TextEncoder().encode(chunk))
 							}
 							if (entries.done) {
diff --git a/routes/api/user.ts b/routes/api/user.ts
index 2e8f07f..5f3bab2 100644
--- a/routes/api/user.ts
+++ b/routes/api/user.ts
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ export const handler: Handlers<User | null> = {
 							}
 
 							if (typeof entry.value !== 'string') {
-								console.error('Invalid last_user_updated:', entry.value)
 								continue
 							}
 
diff --git a/routes/index.tsx b/routes/index.tsx
index bccdfb5..277a7ff 100644
--- a/routes/index.tsx
+++ b/routes/index.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,13 @@ interface Data {
 }
 
 export const handler: Handlers = {
-	async GET(_req, ctx) {
+	async GET(req, ctx) {
+		const accept = req.headers.get('accept')
+		if (accept === 'text/event-stream') {
+			console.log('requested index event stream -- not implemented')
+			return new Response(JSON.stringify({ message: 'not implemented' }))
+		}
+
 		const users = Object.fromEntries(
 			(await db.users.findMany({ include: { assignedTodos: true } })).map(
 				(u) => [u.id, u],
@@ -29,13 +35,17 @@ export const handler: Handlers = {
 			'last_user_updated',
 		], ['last_todo_updated']], { consistency: 'eventual' })
 		console.log({ lastTodoIdUpdated, lastUserIdUpdated })
-		return ctx.render({
+		const props = {
 			users,
 			todos,
 			unassignedTodos,
 			lastUserIdUpdated,
 			lastTodoIdUpdated,
-		})
+		}
+		if (accept === 'application/json') {
+			return new Response(JSON.stringify(props))
+		}
+		return ctx.render(props)
 	},
 }