diff --git a/lib/axe.js b/lib/axe.js
index dfc1ebfb..81fe8c1d 100644
--- a/lib/axe.js
+++ b/lib/axe.js
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ function start(root){
 		if(!msg || !msg.get){ return ref }
 		if('string' == typeof (soul = msg.get['#'])){ ref = root.$.get(soul) }
 		if('string' == typeof (tmp = msg.get['.'])){ has = tmp } else { has = '' }
+
+		var via = (msg._||'').via, sub = (via.sub || (via.sub = new Object.Map)); (sub.get(soul) || (sub.set(soul, tmp = new Object.Map) && tmp)).set(has, 1); // {soul: {'':1, has: 1}} // TEMPORARILY REVERT AXE TOWER TYING TO SUBSCRIBING TO EVERYTHING. UNDO THIS!
+		via.id && ref._ && (ref._.route || (ref._.route = new Object.Map)).set(via.id, via); // SAME AS ^
+
 		return ref;
 	}
 	function LEX(lex){ return (lex = lex || '')['='] || lex['*'] || lex['>'] || lex }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7426cd13..4443403d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "gun",
-  "version": "0.2020.1238",
+  "version": "0.2020.1239",
   "description": "A realtime, decentralized, offline-first, graph data synchronization engine.",
   "types": "index.d.ts",
   "main": "index.js",
diff --git a/sea.js b/sea.js
index d5090b4a..af227821 100644
--- a/sea.js
+++ b/sea.js
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 ;(function(){
 
-  var window = this || self || window;
-
   /* UNBUILD */
   function USE(arg, req){
     return req? require(arg) : arg.slice? USE[R(arg)] : function(mod, path){
@@ -21,6 +19,7 @@
     // IT IS IMPLEMENTED IN A POLYFILL/SHIM APPROACH.
     // THIS IS AN EARLY ALPHA!
 
+    if(typeof self !== "undefined"){ module.window = self } // should be safe for at least browser/worker/nodejs, need to check other envs like RN etc.
     if(typeof window !== "undefined"){ module.window = window }
 
     var tmp = module.window || module, u;
@@ -179,10 +178,10 @@
     })}
 
     if(SEA.window){
-      api.crypto = window.crypto || window.msCrypto
+      api.crypto = SEA.window.crypto || SEA.window.msCrypto
       api.subtle = (api.crypto||o).subtle || (api.crypto||o).webkitSubtle;
-      api.TextEncoder = window.TextEncoder;
-      api.TextDecoder = window.TextDecoder;
+      api.TextEncoder = SEA.window.TextEncoder;
+      api.TextDecoder = SEA.window.TextDecoder;
       api.random = (len) => api.Buffer.from(api.crypto.getRandomValues(new Uint8Array(api.Buffer.alloc(len))));
     }
     if(!api.TextDecoder)
@@ -846,7 +845,7 @@
   })(USE, './user');
 
   ;USE(function(module){
-    var u, Gun = (''+u != typeof window)? (window.Gun||{chain:{}}) : USE((''+u === typeof MODULE?'.':'')+'./gun', 1);
+    var u, Gun = (''+u != typeof GUN)? (GUN||{chain:{}}) : USE((''+u === typeof MODULE?'.':'')+'./gun', 1);
     Gun.chain.then = function(cb, opt){
       var gun = this, p = (new Promise(function(res, rej){
         gun.once(res, opt);
@@ -951,7 +950,7 @@
       }
       if(SEA.window){
         try{var sS = {};
-        sS = window.sessionStorage;
+        sS = SEA.window.sessionStorage;
         delete sS.recall;
         delete sS.pair;
         }catch(e){};
@@ -1040,7 +1039,7 @@
         if(SEA.window && ((gun.back('user')._).opt||opt).remember){
           // TODO: this needs to be modular.
           try{var sS = {};
-          sS = window.sessionStorage; // TODO: FIX BUG putting on `.is`!
+          sS = SEA.window.sessionStorage; // TODO: FIX BUG putting on `.is`!
           sS.recall = true;
           sS.pair = JSON.stringify(pair); // auth using pair is more reliable than alias/pass
           }catch(e){}
@@ -1131,7 +1130,7 @@
         if(SEA.window){
           try{
             var sS = {};
-            sS = window.sessionStorage; // TODO: FIX BUG putting on `.is`!
+            sS = SEA.window.sessionStorage; // TODO: FIX BUG putting on `.is`!
             if(sS){
               (root._).opt.remember = true;
               ((gun.back('user')._).opt||opt).remember = true;
@@ -1289,7 +1288,7 @@
 
   ;USE(function(module){
     var SEA = USE('./sea'), S = USE('./settings'), noop = function() {}, u;
-    var Gun = (''+u != typeof window)? (window.Gun||{on:noop}) : USE((''+u === typeof MODULE?'.':'')+'./gun', 1);
+    var Gun = (SEA.window||'').GUN || USE((''+u === typeof MODULE?'.':'')+'./gun', 1);
     // After we have a GUN extension to make user registration/login easy, we then need to handle everything else.
 
     // We do this with a GUN adapter, we first listen to when a gun instance is created (and when its options change)
diff --git a/test/panic/4putackdedup.js b/test/panic/4putackdedup.js
index 2ce65823..20f29772 100644
--- a/test/panic/4putackdedup.js
+++ b/test/panic/4putackdedup.js
@@ -104,10 +104,12 @@ describe("Dedup load balancing GETs", function(){
 					return;
 				}
 
-				var gun = Gun({peers: peers, web: server, rad: false, radisk: false, file: false, localStorage: false, axe: false});
+				var gun = Gun({peers: peers, web: server, rad: false, radisk: false, file: false, localStorage: false});
 				server.listen(port, function(){
 					test.done();
 				});
+
+				//gun.get('test').put({tmp: 1}); // temporary workaround for bug.
 			}, {i: i += 1, config: config})); 
 		});
 		return Promise.all(tests);
@@ -168,7 +170,6 @@ describe("Dedup load balancing GETs", function(){
 						return;
 					}
 					if(Math.random() > (ok['@'] / ok['/'])){ return }
-					console.log('ack?', JSON.stringify(msg));
 					//console.log("WAS THE SPECIAL ONE TO ACK!", JSON.stringify(msg));
 					gun.on('out', {'@': msg['#'], ok: {yay: 1}});
 				});