diff --git a/fs.go b/fs.go
index b5845e4..494c2a3 100644
--- a/fs.go
+++ b/fs.go
@@ -5,17 +5,15 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
-	"strings"
-	"sync/atomic"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/colduction/nocopy"
 	"github.com/fatih/color"
+	"github.com/fiatjaf/nak/nostrfs"
 	"github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2/fs"
 	"github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2/fuse"
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr"
-	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/nip19"
+	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/keyer"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
 )
 
@@ -43,7 +41,7 @@ var fsCmd = &cli.Command{
 			return fmt.Errorf("must be called with a directory path to serve as the mountpoint as an argument")
 		}
 
-		root := &NostrRoot{ctx: ctx, rootPubKey: c.String("pubkey")}
+		root := nostrfs.NewNostrRoot(ctx, sys, keyer.NewReadOnlyUser(c.String("pubkey")))
 
 		// create the server
 		log("- mounting at %s... ", color.HiCyanString(mountpoint))
@@ -83,140 +81,3 @@ var fsCmd = &cli.Command{
 		return <-chErr
 	},
 }
-
-type NostrRoot struct {
-	fs.Inode
-	rootPubKey string
-	ctx        context.Context
-}
-
-var _ = (fs.NodeOnAdder)((*NostrRoot)(nil))
-
-func (r *NostrRoot) OnAdd(context.Context) {
-	if r.rootPubKey == "" {
-		return
-	}
-
-	fl := sys.FetchFollowList(r.ctx, r.rootPubKey)
-
-	for _, f := range fl.Items {
-		h := r.NewPersistentInode(
-			r.ctx,
-			&NpubDir{pointer: nostr.ProfilePointer{PublicKey: f.Pubkey, Relays: []string{f.Relay}}},
-			fs.StableAttr{Mode: syscall.S_IFDIR},
-		)
-		npub, _ := nip19.EncodePublicKey(f.Pubkey)
-		r.AddChild(npub, h, true)
-	}
-}
-
-func (r *NostrRoot) Lookup(ctx context.Context, name string, out *fuse.EntryOut) (*fs.Inode, syscall.Errno) {
-	// check if we already have this npub
-	child := r.GetChild(name)
-	if child != nil {
-		return child, fs.OK
-	}
-
-	// if the name starts with "npub1" or "nprofile1", create a new npub directory
-	if strings.HasPrefix(name, "npub1") || strings.HasPrefix(name, "nprofile1") {
-		npubdir, err := NewNpubDir(name)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, syscall.ENOENT
-		}
-
-		return r.NewPersistentInode(
-			ctx,
-			npubdir,
-			fs.StableAttr{Mode: syscall.S_IFDIR},
-		), 0
-	}
-
-	return nil, syscall.ENOENT
-}
-
-type NpubDir struct {
-	fs.Inode
-	pointer nostr.ProfilePointer
-	ctx     context.Context
-	fetched atomic.Bool
-}
-
-func NewNpubDir(npub string) (*NpubDir, error) {
-	pointer, err := nip19.ToPointer(npub)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	pp, ok := pointer.(nostr.ProfilePointer)
-	if !ok {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("directory must be npub or nprofile")
-	}
-
-	return &NpubDir{pointer: pp}, nil
-}
-
-var _ = (fs.NodeOpendirer)((*NpubDir)(nil))
-
-func (n *NpubDir) Opendir(ctx context.Context) syscall.Errno {
-	if n.fetched.CompareAndSwap(true, true) {
-		return fs.OK
-	}
-
-	for ie := range sys.Pool.FetchMany(ctx, sys.FetchOutboxRelays(ctx, n.pointer.PublicKey, 2), nostr.Filter{
-		Kinds:   []int{1},
-		Authors: []string{n.pointer.PublicKey},
-	}, nostr.WithLabel("nak-fs-feed")) {
-		h := n.NewPersistentInode(
-			ctx,
-			&EventFile{ctx: ctx, evt: *ie.Event},
-			fs.StableAttr{
-				Mode: syscall.S_IFREG,
-				Ino:  hexToUint64(ie.Event.ID),
-			},
-		)
-		n.AddChild(ie.Event.ID, h, true)
-	}
-
-	return fs.OK
-}
-
-type EventFile struct {
-	fs.Inode
-	ctx context.Context
-	evt nostr.Event
-}
-
-var (
-	_ = (fs.NodeOpener)((*EventFile)(nil))
-	_ = (fs.NodeGetattrer)((*EventFile)(nil))
-)
-
-func (c *EventFile) Getattr(ctx context.Context, fh fs.FileHandle, out *fuse.AttrOut) syscall.Errno {
-	out.Mode = 0444
-	out.Size = uint64(len(c.evt.String()))
-	ts := uint64(c.evt.CreatedAt)
-	out.Atime = ts
-	out.Mtime = ts
-	out.Ctime = ts
-
-	return fs.OK
-}
-
-func (c *EventFile) Open(ctx context.Context, flags uint32) (fs.FileHandle, uint32, syscall.Errno) {
-	return nil, fuse.FOPEN_KEEP_CACHE, 0
-}
-
-func (c *EventFile) Read(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	fh fs.FileHandle,
-	dest []byte,
-	off int64,
-) (fuse.ReadResult, syscall.Errno) {
-	buf := c.evt.String()
-
-	end := int(off) + len(dest)
-	if end > len(buf) {
-		end = len(c.evt.Content)
-	}
-	return fuse.ReadResultData(nocopy.StringToByteSlice(c.evt.Content[off:end])), fs.OK
-}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a2f633d..35ac8c8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/bep/debounce v1.2.1
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2 v2.3.4
 	github.com/chzyer/readline v0.0.0-20180603132655-2972be24d48e
-	github.com/colduction/nocopy v0.2.0
 	github.com/decred/dcrd/dcrec/secp256k1/v4 v4.3.0
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.16.0
 	github.com/fiatjaf/eventstore v0.15.0
@@ -37,6 +36,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/chzyer/test v0.0.0-20180213035817-a1ea475d72b1 // indirect
 	github.com/cloudwego/base64x v0.1.5 // indirect
 	github.com/coder/websocket v1.8.12 // indirect
+	github.com/colduction/nocopy v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/decred/dcrd/crypto/blake256 v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/dgraph-io/ristretto v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1 // indirect
@@ -77,3 +77,5 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.31.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.21.0 // indirect
 )
+
+replace github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr => ../go-nostr
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0fe7b5f..5c67fd5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -149,8 +149,6 @@ github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd h1:TRLaZ9cD/w
 github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd/go.mod h1:6dJC0mAP4ikYIbvyc7fijjWJddQyLn8Ig3JB5CqoB9Q=
 github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 h1:xBagoLtFs94CBntxluKeaWgTMpvLxC4ur3nMaC9Gz0M=
 github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2/go.mod h1:yWuevngMOJpCy52FWWMvUC8ws7m/LJsjYzDa0/r8luk=
-github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr v0.50.5 h1:JOLrozw6nzWMD7CKhEGB5Ys7zXrTV82YjItBBnI5nw8=
-github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr v0.50.5/go.mod h1:s7XMBrnFUTX+ylEekIAmdvkGxMjllLZeic93TmAi6hU=
 github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.4/go.mod h1:kenIhsEOeOJmVchQTgglprH7qJGnHDVpk1VPCcaMI8A=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.6.0/go.mod h1:lLunBs/Ym6LB5Z9jYTR76FiuTmxDTDusOGeTQH+WWjE=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.7.0/go.mod h1:lLunBs/Ym6LB5Z9jYTR76FiuTmxDTDusOGeTQH+WWjE=
diff --git a/helpers.go b/helpers.go
index 63f43f6..d0c8476 100644
--- a/helpers.go
+++ b/helpers.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"slices"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -235,11 +234,6 @@ func leftPadKey(k string) string {
 	return strings.Repeat("0", 64-len(k)) + k
 }
 
-func hexToUint64(hexStr string) uint64 {
-	v, _ := strconv.ParseUint(hexStr[0:16], 16, 64)
-	return v
-}
-
 var colors = struct {
 	reset   func(...any) (int, error)
 	italic  func(...any) string
diff --git a/nostrfs/eventdir.go b/nostrfs/eventdir.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3ea83d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nostrfs/eventdir.go
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+package nostrfs
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"syscall"
+
+	"github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2/fs"
+	"github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2/fuse"
+	"github.com/mailru/easyjson"
+	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr"
+	sdk "github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/sdk"
+)
+
+type EventDir struct {
+	fs.Inode
+	ctx context.Context
+	evt *nostr.Event
+}
+
+func FetchAndCreateEventDir(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	parent fs.InodeEmbedder,
+	sys *sdk.System,
+	pointer nostr.EventPointer,
+) (*fs.Inode, error) {
+	event, _, err := sys.FetchSpecificEvent(ctx, pointer, sdk.FetchSpecificEventParameters{
+		WithRelays: false,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return CreateEventDir(ctx, parent, event), nil
+}
+
+func CreateEventDir(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	parent fs.InodeEmbedder,
+	event *nostr.Event,
+) *fs.Inode {
+	h := parent.EmbeddedInode().NewPersistentInode(
+		ctx,
+		&EventDir{ctx: ctx, evt: event},
+		fs.StableAttr{Mode: syscall.S_IFDIR},
+	)
+
+	eventj, _ := easyjson.Marshal(event)
+	h.AddChild("event.json", h.NewPersistentInode(
+		ctx,
+		&fs.MemRegularFile{
+			Data: eventj,
+			Attr: fuse.Attr{Mode: 0444},
+		},
+		fs.StableAttr{},
+	), true)
+
+	h.AddChild("content.txt", h.NewPersistentInode(
+		ctx,
+		&fs.MemRegularFile{
+			Data: []byte(event.Content),
+			Attr: fuse.Attr{Mode: 0444},
+		},
+		fs.StableAttr{},
+	), true)
+
+	return h
+}
diff --git a/nostrfs/helpers.go b/nostrfs/helpers.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1fd8672
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nostrfs/helpers.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package nostrfs
+
+import "strconv"
+
+func hexToUint64(hexStr string) uint64 {
+	v, _ := strconv.ParseUint(hexStr[0:16], 16, 64)
+	return v
+}
diff --git a/nostrfs/npubdir.go b/nostrfs/npubdir.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8eed441
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nostrfs/npubdir.go
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package nostrfs
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"syscall"
+
+	"github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2/fs"
+	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr"
+	sdk "github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/sdk"
+)
+
+type NpubDir struct {
+	sys *sdk.System
+	fs.Inode
+	pointer nostr.ProfilePointer
+	ctx     context.Context
+	fetched atomic.Bool
+}
+
+func CreateNpubDir(ctx context.Context, parent fs.InodeEmbedder, pointer nostr.ProfilePointer) *fs.Inode {
+	npubdir := &NpubDir{pointer: pointer}
+	return parent.EmbeddedInode().NewPersistentInode(
+		ctx,
+		npubdir,
+		fs.StableAttr{Mode: syscall.S_IFDIR},
+	)
+}
+
+var _ = (fs.NodeOpendirer)((*NpubDir)(nil))
+
+func (n *NpubDir) Opendir(ctx context.Context) syscall.Errno {
+	if n.fetched.CompareAndSwap(true, true) {
+		return fs.OK
+	}
+
+	for ie := range n.sys.Pool.FetchMany(ctx, n.sys.FetchOutboxRelays(ctx, n.pointer.PublicKey, 2), nostr.Filter{
+		Kinds:   []int{1},
+		Authors: []string{n.pointer.PublicKey},
+	}, nostr.WithLabel("nak-fs-feed")) {
+		e := CreateEventDir(ctx, n, ie.Event)
+		n.AddChild(ie.Event.ID, e, true)
+	}
+
+	return fs.OK
+}
diff --git a/nostrfs/root.go b/nostrfs/root.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..201ec70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nostrfs/root.go
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+package nostrfs
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"syscall"
+
+	"github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2/fs"
+	"github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2/fuse"
+	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr"
+	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/nip19"
+	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/sdk"
+)
+
+type NostrRoot struct {
+	sys *sdk.System
+	fs.Inode
+
+	rootPubKey string
+	signer     nostr.Signer
+	ctx        context.Context
+}
+
+var _ = (fs.NodeOnAdder)((*NostrRoot)(nil))
+
+func NewNostrRoot(ctx context.Context, sys *sdk.System, user nostr.User) *NostrRoot {
+	pubkey, _ := user.GetPublicKey(ctx)
+	signer, _ := user.(nostr.Signer)
+
+	return &NostrRoot{
+		sys:        sys,
+		ctx:        ctx,
+		rootPubKey: pubkey,
+		signer:     signer,
+	}
+}
+
+func (r *NostrRoot) OnAdd(context.Context) {
+	if r.rootPubKey == "" {
+		return
+	}
+
+	fl := r.sys.FetchFollowList(r.ctx, r.rootPubKey)
+
+	for _, f := range fl.Items {
+		h := r.NewPersistentInode(
+			r.ctx,
+			&NpubDir{sys: r.sys, pointer: nostr.ProfilePointer{PublicKey: f.Pubkey, Relays: []string{f.Relay}}},
+			fs.StableAttr{Mode: syscall.S_IFDIR},
+		)
+		npub, _ := nip19.EncodePublicKey(f.Pubkey)
+		r.AddChild(npub, h, true)
+	}
+}
+
+func (r *NostrRoot) Lookup(ctx context.Context, name string, out *fuse.EntryOut) (*fs.Inode, syscall.Errno) {
+	// check if we already have this npub
+	child := r.GetChild(name)
+	if child != nil {
+		return child, fs.OK
+	}
+
+	pointer, err := nip19.ToPointer(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, syscall.ENOENT
+	}
+
+	switch p := pointer.(type) {
+	case nostr.ProfilePointer:
+		npubdir := CreateNpubDir(ctx, r, p)
+		return npubdir, fs.OK
+	case nostr.EventPointer:
+		eventdir, err := FetchAndCreateEventDir(ctx, r, r.sys, p)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, syscall.ENOENT
+		}
+		return eventdir, fs.OK
+	default:
+		return nil, syscall.ENOENT
+	}
+}