diff --git a/example/src/index.js b/example/src/index.js
index 908d11c..503beed 100644
--- a/example/src/index.js
+++ b/example/src/index.js
@@ -6,17 +6,17 @@ import { OrbitProvider, useOrbitDb } from "../../src";
 
 window.LOG = "*";
 
-const ORBIT_DB_EVENTS =
-  "/orbitdb/zdpuB2cZqW3mNmAM1tZ6mNPpcw6bSdNKNgPw4ppqJpnjS8Teg/react-ortbitdb-eventlog";
+const ORBIT_DB_EVENTS = "react-ortbitdb-eventlog";
+//"/orbitdb/zdpuB2cZqW3mNmAM1tZ6mNPpcw6bSdNKNgPw4ppqJpnjS8Teg/react-ortbitdb-eventlog";
 
-const ORBIT_DB_DOCS =
-  "/orbitdb/zdpuAknUxcYsKArW2d8KtBhwyLfkmADo4wpwmC8ReKy3Q5pDR/react-ortbitdb-docstore";
+const ORBIT_DB_DOCS = "react-ortbitdb-docstore";
+//"/orbitdb/zdpuAknUxcYsKArW2d8KtBhwyLfkmADo4wpwmC8ReKy3Q5pDR/react-ortbitdb-docstore";
 
-const ORBIT_DB_KEYVALUE =
-  "/orbitdb/zdpuAod4qh5m3SmjuSVtLUEspqp1yCQABWm1iEdSPFDQ5mUkU/react-ortbitdb-keyvalue";
+const ORBIT_DB_KEYVALUE = "react-ortbitdb-keyvalue";
+//"/orbitdb/zdpuAod4qh5m3SmjuSVtLUEspqp1yCQABWm1iEdSPFDQ5mUkU/react-ortbitdb-keyvalue";
 
-const ORBIT_DB_COUNTER =
-  "/orbitdb/zdpuAzbF3ZzhMsbtw4vkKoP1BEcH1CbgE1fRMUuykQdcbHe7X/react-ortbitdb-counter";
+const ORBIT_DB_COUNTER = "react-ortbitdb-counter";
+//"/orbitdb/zdpuAzbF3ZzhMsbtw4vkKoP1BEcH1CbgE1fRMUuykQdcbHe7X/react-ortbitdb-counter";
 
 const Intro = () => (
   <div className="jumbotron">
@@ -312,10 +312,10 @@ const CounterDemo = () => {
   return (
     <div>
       <p style={{ fontSize: "0.8em" }}>
-        {(value && `Connected to ${ORBIT_DB_COUNTER}`) ||
+        {(value !== undefined && `Connected to ${ORBIT_DB_COUNTER}`) ||
           `Connecting to ${ORBIT_DB_COUNTER}...`}
       </p>
-      {value && (
+      {value !== undefined && (
         <h1>
           <span
             className="badge badge-primary"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 22f5f67..f054623 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     "clean": "rm -rf ./dist",
     "clean:demo": "rm -rf ./example/dist",
     "start": "parcel watch ./src/index.js --out-dir ./dist",
-    "start:demo": "parcel ./example/src/index.html --out-dir ./example/dist",
+    "start:demo": "parcel serve ./example/src/index.html --out-dir ./example/dist",
     "build": "yarn run build:browser && yarn run build:cjs && yarn run build:esm",
     "build:browser": "parcel build ./src/index.js --global react-orbitdb",
     "build:cjs": "BABEL_ENV=cjs babel src --out-dir cjs",
diff --git a/src/ipfs-config.js b/src/ipfs-config.js
index 261e18b..79b6a4f 100644
--- a/src/ipfs-config.js
+++ b/src/ipfs-config.js
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ const DEFAULT_IPFS_CONFIG = {
   preload: {
     enabled: false,
   },
-  repo: "./some-repo",
+  repo: "./example",
   EXPERIMENTAL: { pubsub: true },
   config: {
     Bootstrap: [
-      // "/dns4/ams-1.bootstrap.libp2p.io/tcp/443/wss/ipfs/QmSoLer265NRgSp2LA3dPaeykiS1J6DifTC88f5uVQKNAd",
+      //"/dns4/ams-1.bootstrap.libp2p.io/tcp/443/wss/ipfs/QmSoLer265NRgSp2LA3dPaeykiS1J6DifTC88f5uVQKNAd",
       // "/dns4/lon-1.bootstrap.libp2p.io/tcp/443/wss/ipfs/QmSoLMeWqB7YGVLJN3pNLQpmmEk35v6wYtsMGLzSr5QBU3",
       // "/dns4/sfo-3.bootstrap.libp2p.io/tcp/443/wss/ipfs/QmSoLPppuBtQSGwKDZT2M73ULpjvfd3aZ6ha4oFGL1KrGM",
       // "/dns4/sgp-1.bootstrap.libp2p.io/tcp/443/wss/ipfs/QmSoLSafTMBsPKadTEgaXctDQVcqN88CNLHXMkTNwMKPnu",
diff --git a/src/useOrbitDb.js b/src/useOrbitDb.js
index 7a9e378..bc17005 100644
--- a/src/useOrbitDb.js
+++ b/src/useOrbitDb.js
@@ -27,19 +27,26 @@ const useOrbitDb = (address, options = {}) => {
     if (!address) return;
 
     const createDb = async () => {
+      logger.debug("orbit.create", address);
+
       const allOptions = {
         indexBy: "id",
-        create: false,
+        create: true, // doesnt really work ?
         type: "keyvalue",
         overwrite: false,
         ...options,
-        // options.public controls write access
+        // // options.public controls write access
         ...(options.create && options.public
           ? publicWrite(orbit)
           : publicRead(orbit)),
       };
-      logger.debug("orbit.open", address, allOptions);
-      const db = await orbit.open(address, allOptions);
+      const dbAddress = await orbit.determineAddress(
+        address,
+        allOptions.type,
+        allOptions
+      );
+      logger.debug("orbit.open", dbAddress, allOptions);
+      const db = await orbit.open(dbAddress, allOptions);
       logger.debug("orbitdb.opened", db.address.toString());
       const refreshDb = async () => {
         await db.load();
@@ -75,6 +82,11 @@ const useOrbitDb = (address, options = {}) => {
         logger.debug("db.events.write", address.toString());
         refreshDb();
       });
+
+      db.events.on("error", (err) => {
+        logger.debug("db.events.error", err);
+        refreshDb();
+      });
       await refreshDb();
     };
     if (orbit) {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 8b461c1..1c79209 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2800,9 +2800,9 @@ caniuse-api@^3.0.0:
     lodash.uniq "^4.5.0"
 
 caniuse-lite@^1.0.0, caniuse-lite@^1.0.30001043:
-  version "1.0.30001078"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/caniuse-lite/-/caniuse-lite-1.0.30001078.tgz#e1b6e2ae327b6a1ec11f65ec7a0dde1e7093074c"
-  integrity sha512-sF12qXe9VMm32IEf/+NDvmTpwJaaU7N1igpiH2FdI4DyABJSsOqG3ZAcFvszLkoLoo1y6VJLMYivukUAxaMASw==
+  version "1.0.30001344"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/caniuse-lite/-/caniuse-lite-1.0.30001344.tgz"
+  integrity sha512-0ZFjnlCaXNOAYcV7i+TtdKBp0L/3XEU2MF/x6Du1lrh+SRX4IfzIVL4HNJg5pB2PmFb8rszIGyOvsZnqqRoc2g==
 
 capture-exit@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"