diff --git a/src/client/page-app.tsx b/src/client/page-app.tsx
index 6ffc9f1..ed8248a 100644
--- a/src/client/page-app.tsx
+++ b/src/client/page-app.tsx
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ export const App: preact.FunctionComponent = () => {
     p.error ? <h1>Connection Error! {p.error.message}</h1> : <h1>Connection Loading</h1>
 
   const wshost = window.location.host
-  const wsproto = window.location.protocol === 'https' ? 'wss' : 'ws'
+  const wsproto = window.location.protocol === 'https:' ? 'wss' : 'ws'
   const wsurl = `${wsproto}://${wshost}/stream`
+  console.log('connectiong at:', wsurl)
 
   return (
     <SkypodProvider identityFallback={identityFallback} connectionFallback={connectionFallback} websocketUrl={wsurl}>
diff --git a/src/realm/client/service-connection-peer.ts b/src/realm/client/service-connection-peer.ts
index 780fb25..76f8717 100644
--- a/src/realm/client/service-connection-peer.ts
+++ b/src/realm/client/service-connection-peer.ts
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ export class RealmPeer extends SimplePeer {
   #closed = () => {
     console.debug(`disconnected from ${this.identid}`)
 
-    this.#abort.abort()
+    this.#abort.abort('disconnected')
     this.#dispatch('peerclose', {identid: this.identid})
   }
 
diff --git a/src/realm/client/service-connection-sync.ts b/src/realm/client/service-connection-sync.ts
index 89c3b60..467270f 100644
--- a/src/realm/client/service-connection-sync.ts
+++ b/src/realm/client/service-connection-sync.ts
@@ -51,16 +51,24 @@ export class RealmSyncManager {
   async buildSyncState(): Promise<PeerClocks> {
     const states: PeerClocks = {}
 
-    states[this.#identity.identid] = this.#identity.latest
     await this.#db.clocks.each((row) => (states[row.actor] = row.clock))
+    states[this.#identity.identid] = this.#identity.latest
 
     return states
   }
 
   async buildSyncDelta(clocks: PeerClocks): Promise<StoredAction[]> {
+    console.log('building sync delta:', clocks)
+
+    // in the initial case (they have no peers), just send everything
+    // we have nothing to compare to; they can dedupe if this wrong
+    if (!Object.keys(clocks).length) return await this.#db.actions.toCollection().sortBy('clock')
+
+    // in the initial case (we have no other peers), just send everything
+    // we have nothing to compare to; they can dedupe if this wrong
     const states = await this.buildSyncState()
     const [first, ...known] = Object.keys(states) as IdentID[]
-    if (!first) return []
+    if (!first) return await this.#db.actions.toCollection().sortBy('clock')
 
     const initial = this.#db.actions.where('[actor+clock]').between(
       [first, clocks[first] ?? Dexie.minKey],
diff --git a/src/realm/client/service-connection.ts b/src/realm/client/service-connection.ts
index c5fe85a..323e288 100644
--- a/src/realm/client/service-connection.ts
+++ b/src/realm/client/service-connection.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ const realmRtcMessagesSchema = z.union([
   protocol.realmRtcPeerJoinedEventSchema,
   protocol.realmRtcPeerLeftEventSchema,
   protocol.realmRtcPongResponseSchema,
+  protocol.realmRtcAnnounceResponseSchema
 ])
 
 export interface ConnectionOptions {
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ export class RealmConnection extends EventTarget {
     this.#reconnecting = false
 
     // shutdown the loops
-    this.#abort.abort()
+    this.#abort.abort('shutting down')
 
     // close ports
     this.#closeWebSocket()
@@ -389,6 +390,15 @@ export class RealmConnection extends EventTarget {
 
         return
       }
+
+      case 'realm.rtc.announce': {
+        const actions = await this.#sync.buildSyncDelta(parse.data.dat.peerClocks)
+        if (actions.length) {
+          this.#socket.send(JSON.stringify(actions.map((a) => a.action)))
+        }
+
+        return
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/vite.config.js b/vite.config.js
index 06e92a1..7311a1f 100644
--- a/vite.config.js
+++ b/vite.config.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
   clearScreen: false,
   server: {
     host: '127.0.0.1',
+    allowedHosts: ['lightyear.cetacean-skate.ts.net'],
     port: 4000,
     proxy: {
       '/api': 'http://127.0.0.1:4001',