diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 1466af1..ff935ad 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 
 const VERSION = "v30"
 const CONTEXT_USER = 1
-const SYNC_PAGINATION = 1
+const SYNC_PAGINATION = 200
 
 var (
 	FlagGenerate       bool
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ var (
 	FlagConfig         string
 	FlagCreateUser     string
 	FlagChangePassword string
-	FlagVersion        bool
 	Webengine          HTMLTemplate.Engine
 	config             Config
 	Log                *slog.Logger
@@ -67,7 +66,6 @@ func init() { // {{{
 	flag.BoolVar(&FlagLoremIpsum, "lorem-ipsum", false, "Replace all G- nodes with lorem ipsum paragraphs")
 	flag.StringVar(&FlagCreateUser, "create-user", "", "Username for creating a new user")
 	flag.StringVar(&FlagChangePassword, "change-password", "", "Change the password for the given username")
-	flag.BoolVar(&FlagVersion, "version", false, "Print version and exit")
 	flag.Parse()
 
 	RxpBearerToken = regexp.MustCompile("(?i)^\\s*Bearer\\s+(.*?)\\s*$")
@@ -78,14 +76,7 @@ func initLog() { // {{{
 	Log = slog.New(slog.NewJSONHandler(os.Stdout, &opts))
 } // }}}
 func main() { // {{{
-	if FlagVersion {
-		fmt.Println(VERSION)
-		return
-	}
-
 	initLog()
-	Log.Info("application", "version", VERSION)
-
 	err := readConfig(FlagConfig)
 	if err != nil {
 		Log.Error("config", "error", err)
@@ -287,9 +278,6 @@ func pageSync(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { // {{{
 } // }}}
 
 func actionSyncFromServer(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { // {{{
-	// XXX - DELETE ME!
-	time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 200)
-
 	// The purpose of the Client UUID is to avoid
 	// sending nodes back once again to a client that
 	// just created or modified it.
@@ -455,7 +443,7 @@ func actionSyncFileUpload(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { // {{{
 		Log.Info("file_upload", "status", "done", "user", session.UserID, "uuid", uuid, "total", totalBytes)
 		id := fileUUIDCache[uuid]
 		delete(fileUUIDCache, uuid)
-		_, err = db.Exec(`UPDATE public.file SET upload_complete = true WHERE id = $1`, id)
+		_, err = db.Exec(`UPDATE public.file SET upload_complete = true WHERE id = $1`, id) 
 
 	default:
 		id := fileUUIDCache[uuid]
@@ -514,7 +502,7 @@ func actionUserSetPreferences(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { // {{{
 	})
 } // }}}
 
-func actionFileCount(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { // {{{
+func actionFileCount(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {// {{{
 	session := getUserSession(r)
 	count, err := FileCountForUser(session.UserID)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -524,11 +512,11 @@ func actionFileCount(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { // {{{
 	}
 
 	responseData(w, map[string]any{
-		"OK":    true,
+		"OK": true,
 		"Count": count,
 	})
-} // }}}
-func actionFileServerUUIDs(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { // {{{
+}// }}}
+func actionFileServerUUIDs(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {// {{{
 	session := getUserSession(r)
 	offset, _ := strconv.Atoi(r.PathValue("offset"))
 	uuids, more, err := FileServerUUIDsForUser(session.UserID, offset)
@@ -539,12 +527,12 @@ func actionFileServerUUIDs(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { // {{{
 	}
 
 	responseData(w, map[string]any{
-		"OK":            true,
-		"UUIDs":         uuids,
+		"OK": true,
+		"UUIDs": uuids,
 		"MoreRowsExist": more,
 	})
-} // }}}
-func actionFile(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { // {{{
+}// }}}
+func actionFile(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {// {{{
 	uuid := r.PathValue("uuid")
 	session := getUserSession(r)
 	f, md, err := FileForUser(session.UserID, uuid)
@@ -554,13 +542,9 @@ func actionFile(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { // {{{
 		return
 	}
 
-	w.Header().Add("X-File-Name", md.Name)
-	w.Header().Add("X-File-Modified", fmt.Sprintf("%d", md.Modified.UnixMilli()))
-	w.Header().Add("Content-Type", md.Type)
-
 	http.ServeContent(w, r, md.Name, md.Modified, f)
-} // }}}
-func actionFileMetadata(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { // {{{
+}// }}}
+func actionFileMetadata(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {// {{{
 	uuid := r.PathValue("uuid")
 	session := getUserSession(r)
 	md, err := FileMetadata(session.UserID, uuid)
@@ -572,10 +556,10 @@ func actionFileMetadata(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { // {{{
 	}
 
 	responseData(w, map[string]any{
-		"OK":       true,
+		"OK": true,
 		"Metadata": md,
 	})
-} // }}}
+}// }}}
 
 func createNewUser(username string) { // {{{
 	reader := bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin)
diff --git a/node.go b/node.go
index f95081c..15f277b 100644
--- a/node.go
+++ b/node.go
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ func NodesCount(userID int, synced uint64, clientUUID string) (count int, err er
 		FROM
 			public.node
 		WHERE
-			NOT special AND
 			user_id = $1 AND
 			client != $3 AND
 			(
diff --git a/static/css/notes2.css b/static/css/notes2.css
index 4766167..7fdea0b 100644
--- a/static/css/notes2.css
+++ b/static/css/notes2.css
@@ -178,34 +178,6 @@ button {
 	border-right: 1px solid var(--line-color);
 
 	n2-sidebar {
-		display: grid;
-		grid-template-rows: min-content min-content min-content 1fr;
-
-		.el-sync-status {
-			display: grid;
-			grid-template-columns: min-content 1fr;
-			grid-gap: 0px 8px;
-			align-items: center;
-			padding: 8px 16px 8px 16px;
-			border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line-color);
-
-			.el-sync-icon {
-				grid-column: 1;
-				grid-row: 1 / 3;
-			}
-
-			.el-sync-label {
-				grid-column: 2;
-				grid-row: 1;
-			}
-
-			progress {
-				grid-column: 2;
-				grid-row: 2;
-				width: 100%;
-			}
-		}
-
 		.el-treenodes {
 			margin: 24px 32px 32px 32px;
 		}
diff --git a/static/js/node_store.mjs b/static/js/node_store.mjs
index 531626b..bf7c4e8 100644
--- a/static/js/node_store.mjs
+++ b/static/js/node_store.mjs
@@ -566,32 +566,21 @@ export class NodeStore {
 		})
 	}//}}}
 
-	async storeFile(file, reader, progressCallback) {// {{{
+	async storeFile(file) {// {{{
 		const metadata = new FileMetadata(file)
-		let processedBytes = 0
-		let stream
 
 		try {
 			// Do potentially larger blocks.
 			const BLOCKSIZE = 1048576
+			const stream = file.stream()
+			const reader = stream.getReader({ mode: 'byob' })
 			let buffer = new Uint8Array(BLOCKSIZE)
 
-			// Files from server got through fetch() will bring its own
-			// reader without going through a stream.
-			if (!reader) {
-				stream = file.stream()
-				reader = stream.getReader({ mode: 'byob' })
-			}
-
 			let seq = 0
 			while (true) {
 				const { done, value } = await reader.read(buffer)
 				if (done) break
 
-				processedBytes += value.length
-				if (progressCallback)
-					progressCallback(processedBytes)
-
 				// Block is added as a file segment.
 				await this.fileSegments.add({
 					data: {
@@ -906,6 +895,7 @@ class FileNodesLinkStore extends SimpleNodeStore {
 
 class FileMetadata {
 	constructor(data) {// {{{
+		console.log('md', data)
 		this.UUID = data.UUID || uuidv7()
 		this.uploaded = data.uploaded || 'only_on_device'
 
diff --git a/static/js/page_storage.mjs b/static/js/page_storage.mjs
index f6f562f..96f50ac 100644
--- a/static/js/page_storage.mjs
+++ b/static/js/page_storage.mjs
@@ -20,16 +20,9 @@ export class N2PageStorage extends CustomHTMLElement {
 					padding: 4px 8px;
 					border-radius: 4px;
 				}
-
-				h2 {
-					margin-top: 24px;
-					margin-bottom: 8px;
-				}
 			</style>
 
 			<h1>Local storage</h1>
-
-			<h2>Nodes</h2>
 			<div class="table">
 				<div>Local nodes</div>
 				<div data-el="count-nodes"></div>
@@ -41,14 +34,11 @@ export class N2PageStorage extends CustomHTMLElement {
 				<div data-el="count-history-nodes"></div>
 			</div>
 
-			<h2>Files</h2>
+			<h1>Files</h1>
 			<div class="table">
 				<div>Files on server</div>
 				<div data-el="count-files-on-server"></div>
 
-				<div>Files on device</div>
-				<div data-el="count-files-on-device"></div>
-
 				<div>Files to send</div>
 				<div data-el="count-queued-files"></div>
 			</div>
@@ -78,8 +68,6 @@ export class N2PageStorage extends CustomHTMLElement {
 		this.elCountQueuedNodes.innerText = await globalThis.nodeStore.sendQueue.count()
 		this.elCountHistoryNodes.innerText = await globalThis.nodeStore.nodesHistory.count()
 		this.elCountQueuedFiles.innerText = await globalThis.nodeStore.filesMetadata.countToUpload()
-
-		this.elCountFilesOnDevice.innerText = await globalThis.nodeStore.filesMetadata.count()
 	}
 }
 customElements.define('n2-pagestorage', N2PageStorage)
diff --git a/static/js/sidebar.mjs b/static/js/sidebar.mjs
index fa47110..899e955 100644
--- a/static/js/sidebar.mjs
+++ b/static/js/sidebar.mjs
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export class N2Sidebar extends CustomHTMLElement {
 						justify-content: start;
 						margin-top: 16px;
 						gap: 8px 16px;
-						padding-left: 16px;
+						padding-left: 40px;
 						padding-bottom: 16px;
 						border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line-color);
 
@@ -112,11 +112,6 @@ export class N2Sidebar extends CustomHTMLElement {
 				<img data-el="search"   class='search colorize'   src="/images/${_VERSION}/icon_search.svg" style="height: 22px" />
 				<img data-el="settings" class='settings colorize' src="/images/${_VERSION}/icon_settings.svg" />
 			</div>
-			<div data-el="sync-status">
-				<img data-el="sync-icon" class="colorize">
-				<div data-el="sync-label"></div>
-				<progress data-el="sync-progress" min="0" max="100" value="0"></progress>
-			</div>
 			<div data-el="treenodes"></div>
 		`
 	}// }}}
@@ -131,8 +126,6 @@ export class N2Sidebar extends CustomHTMLElement {
 		this.expandedNodes = {} // keyed on UUID
 		this.selectedNode = null
 		this.rendered = false
-		this.nodesDownloadCount = 0
-		this.nodesUploadCount = 0
 
 		new TreeExpansionHandler()
 
@@ -141,7 +134,7 @@ export class N2Sidebar extends CustomHTMLElement {
 		this.elSync.addEventListener('click', () => _sync.run())
 		this.elStorage.addEventListener('click', () => _mbus.dispatch('SHOW_PAGE', { page: 'storage' }))
 		this.elLogo.addEventListener('click', () => _app.goToNode(ROOT_NODE, false, false))
-		this.elSettings.addEventListener('click', () => _mbus.dispatch('SHOW_PAGE', { page: 'preferences' }))
+		this.elSettings.addEventListener('click', ()=> _mbus.dispatch('SHOW_PAGE', { page: 'preferences' }))
 		this.elHideTree.addEventListener('click', event => {
 			event.stopPropagation()
 			_mbus.dispatch('TREE_EXPANSION', { expand: false })
@@ -158,46 +151,6 @@ export class N2Sidebar extends CustomHTMLElement {
 			treenode.render(true)
 		})
 
-		// SYNC_DOWNLOAD_COUNT and SYNC_UPLOAD_COUNT will be sent first before progress messages comes for either.
-		_mbus.subscribe('SYNC_DOWNLOAD_COUNT', event => this.nodesDownloadCount = event.detail.data.count)
-		_mbus.subscribe('SYNC_UPLOAD_COUNT', event => this.nodesUploadCount = event.detail.data.count)
-		_mbus.subscribe('SYNC_DOWNLOADED', event => {
-			this.elSyncIcon.classList.add('colorize')
-			this.elSyncIcon.setAttribute('src', `/images/${_VERSION}/icon_node_download.svg`)
-			this.elSyncProgress.setAttribute('max', this.nodesDownloadCount)
-			this.elSyncProgress.value = event.detail.data.handled
-		})
-		_mbus.subscribe('SYNC_UPLOADED', event => {
-			this.elSyncIcon.classList.add('colorize')
-			this.elSyncIcon.setAttribute('src', `/images/${_VERSION}/icon_node_upload.svg`)
-			this.elSyncProgress.setAttribute('max', this.nodesUploadCount)
-			this.elSyncProgress.value = event.detail.data.count
-		})
-		_mbus.subscribe('SYNC_DONE', () => {
-			this.elSyncIcon.classList.remove('colorize')
-			this.elSyncIcon.setAttribute('src', `/images/${_VERSION}/icon_sync_done.svg`)
-		})
-
-		_mbus.subscribe('FILE_SYNC', event => {
-			const { direction, name } = event.detail.data
-			this.elSyncIcon.setAttribute('src', `/images/${_VERSION}/icon_file_${direction}.svg`)
-			this.elSyncLabel.innerText = name
-		})
-
-		_mbus.subscribe('FILE_DOWNLOAD_PROGRESS', event => {
-			const { uuid, size, downloaded, percent, done } = event.detail.data
-			console.log(percent)
-
-			if (percent) {
-				this.elSyncProgress.value = percent
-			}
-
-			if (done) {
-				this.elSyncLabel.innerText = ''
-				this.elSyncProgress.value = 0
-			}
-		})
-
 		/* XXX - set color */
 		let color = new Color(0x80, 0x00, 0x33)
 		let solver = new Solver(color)
diff --git a/static/js/sync.mjs b/static/js/sync.mjs
index 354fc54..f68a09f 100644
--- a/static/js/sync.mjs
+++ b/static/js/sync.mjs
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ export class Sync {
 
 	async run() {//{{{
 		try {
+			let duration = 0 // in ms
+
 			// The latest sync node value is used to retrieve the changes
 			// from the backend.
 			const state = await nodeStore.getAppState('latest_sync_node')
@@ -22,12 +24,11 @@ export class Sync {
 			_mbus.dispatch('SYNC_DOWNLOAD_COUNT', { count: nodeCountDownload })
 			_mbus.dispatch('SYNC_UPLOAD_COUNT', { count: nodeCountUpload })
 
-			const durationNodes = await this.nodesFromServer(oldMax)
-			console.log(`Total time: ${Math.round(1000 * durationNodes) / 1000}s`)
-
-			// Files are uploaded first since nodes can have references to them
-			// and the server requires linking a reference to the node and the file table.
-			await this.filesToServer()
+			await this.nodesFromServer(oldMax)
+				.then(durationNodes => {
+					duration = durationNodes // in ms
+					console.log(`Total time: ${Math.round(1000 * durationNodes) / 1000}s`)
+				})
 
 			// Uploads of modified nodes to server.
 			await this.nodesToServer()
@@ -79,9 +80,8 @@ export class Sync {
 					await this.handleNode(backendNode, objstore)
 
 					handled++
-					// XXX - should this be back for performance or not?
-					// if (handled % 100 === 0)
-					_mbus.dispatch('SYNC_DOWNLOADED', { handled })
+					if (handled % 100 === 0)
+						_mbus.dispatch('SYNC_DOWNLOADED', { handled })
 				}
 
 			} while (res.Continue)
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ export class Sync {
 			alert(e.message)
 		}
 	}// }}}
+
 	async filesFromServer() {// {{{
 		let offset = 0
 		let more = true
@@ -203,64 +204,13 @@ export class Sync {
 			while (more) {
 				const res = await API.query('GET', `/file/server_uuids/${offset}`)
 				more = res.MoreRowsExist
-				offset++
-
-				for (const uuid of res.UUIDs) {
-					const md = await globalThis.nodeStore.filesMetadata.get(uuid)
-					if (!md) {
-						await this.storeFileFromServer(uuid)
-					}
-				}
+				console.log(res)
 			}
 		} catch (e) {
 			console.error(e)
 			alert(e.message)
 		}
 	}// }}}
-	async storeFileFromServer(uuid) {// {{{
-		const headers = {}
-		const token = localStorage.getItem('token')
-		if (token) {
-			headers.Authorization = `Bearer ${token}`
-		}
-		const res = await fetch(`/file/uuid/${uuid}`, { headers })
-
-		const size = parseInt(res.headers.get('content-length'))
-		const fileData = {
-			UUID: uuid,
-			uploaded: 'on_server',
-			name: res.headers.get('x-file-name'),
-			size: res.headers.get('content-length'),
-			type: res.headers.get('content-type'),
-			modified: res.headers.get('x-file-modified'),
-		}
-
-		_mbus.dispatch('FILE_SYNC', {
-			direction: 'download',
-			name: fileData.name,
-		})
-
-		let prevPercent = 0
-		await globalThis.nodeStore.storeFile(fileData, res.body.getReader({ mode: 'byob' }), (downloaded) => {
-
-			const percent = Math.round((downloaded / size) * 100)
-			if (prevPercent != percent) {
-				_mbus.dispatch('FILE_DOWNLOAD_PROGRESS', {
-					uuid,
-					downloaded,
-					size,
-					percent,
-					done: false,
-				})
-				prevPercent = percent
-			}
-		})
-
-		_mbus.dispatch('FILE_DOWNLOAD_PROGRESS', {
-			uuid,
-			done: true,
-		})
-	}// }}}
 }
 
 export class N2SyncProgress extends CustomHTMLElement {