diff --git a/gun.js b/gun.js
index 044eb0fc..99005afe 100644
--- a/gun.js
+++ b/gun.js
@@ -1818,7 +1818,9 @@
 			if(typeof field === 'string'){
 				tmp = field.split(opt.split || '.');
 				if(1 === tmp.length){
-					return back.get(field, cb, opt);
+					gun = back.get(field, cb, opt);
+					gun._.opt = opt;
+					return gun;
 				}
 				field = tmp;
 			}
@@ -1835,12 +1837,15 @@
 				} else {
 					gun = back.get(field[0], cb, opt);
 				}
+				gun._.opt = opt;
 				return gun;
 			}
 			if(!field && 0 != field){
 				return back;
 			}
-			return back.get(''+field, cb, opt);
+			gun = back.get(''+field, cb, opt);
+			gun._.opt = opt;
+			return gun;
 		}
 
 		;(function(){
@@ -2031,7 +2036,7 @@
 		var store = root.localStorage || {setItem: noop, removeItem: noop, getItem: noop};
 
 		function put(at){ var err, id, opt, root = at.gun._.root;
-			(opt = at.opt || {}).prefix = opt.prefix || (at.gun.Back('opt')||{}).prefix || 'gun/';
+			(opt = at.opt || {}).prefix = opt.prefix || at.gun.Back('opt.prefix') || 'gun/';
 			Gun.graph.is(at.put, function(node, soul){
 				//try{store.setItem(opt.prefix + soul, Gun.text.ify(node));
 				try{store.setItem(opt.prefix + soul, Gun.text.ify(root._.graph[soul]||node));
@@ -2043,7 +2048,7 @@
 		function get(at){
 			var gun = at.gun, lex = at.get, soul, data, opt, u;
 			//setTimeout(function(){
-			(opt = at.opt || {}).prefix = opt.prefix || (at.gun.Back('opt')||{}).prefix || 'gun/';
+			(opt = at.opt || {}).prefix = opt.prefix || at.gun.Back('opt.prefix') || 'gun/';
 			if(!lex || !(soul = lex[Gun._.soul])){ return }
 			data = Gun.obj.ify(store.getItem(opt.prefix + soul) || null);
 			if(!data){ return } // localStorage isn't trustworthy to say "not found".