diff --git a/lib/promise.js b/lib/promise.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 6fc2f7c1..00000000
--- a/lib/promise.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-var Gun = Gun || require('../gun');
-
-Gun.chain.promise = function(cb) {
-    var gun = this, cb = cb || function(ctx) { return ctx };
-    return (new Promise(function(res, rej) {
-        gun.val(function(node, key) {
-            res({val: node, key: key, gun: gun});
-        });
-    })).then(cb);
-};
diff --git a/lib/then.js b/lib/then.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..94e7c80e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/then.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+var Gun = Gun || require('../gun');
+
+Gun.chain.promise = function(cb) {
+  var gun = this, cb = cb || function(ctx) { return ctx };
+  return (new Promise(function(res, rej) {
+    gun.val(function(data, key){
+    	res({put: data, get: key, gun: this});
+    });
+  })).then(cb);
+};
+
+Gun.chain.then = function(cb) {
+	return this.promise(function(res){
+		return cb? cb(res.put) : res.put;
+	});
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1346a042..9c22d235 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "gun",
-  "version": "0.8.5",
+  "version": "0.8.6",
   "description": "Graph engine",
   "main": "index.js",
   "browser": "gun.min.js",
diff --git a/promise-test.js b/promise-test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c98e949..00000000
--- a/promise-test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-var Gun = require('./gun');
-require('./lib/promise');
-
-var gun = new Gun();
-
-/* prep */
-var mark = gun.get('mark').put({
-    name: 'mark'
-})
-var cat = gun.get('cat').put({
-    name: 'sylvester'
-});
-mark.get('boss').put(cat);
-cat.get('slave').put(mark);
-
-/* async/await syntax */
-async function getField(field) {
-    var node = await gun.get(field).promise();
-    console.log({1: node.val});
-    return node;
-};
-
-setTimeout(async () => {
-    var mark = await getField('mark');
-    console.log({2: mark.val});
-}, 100);
-
-/* chained thens */
-setTimeout(() => {
-    gun.get('mark')
-    .promise(ctx => {
-        console.log({a: ctx.val});
-        return mark.get('boss').promise();
-    })
-    .then(cat => {
-        console.log({b: cat.val});
-        return cat.gun.get('slave').promise();
-    })
-    .then(mark => {
-        console.log({c: mark.val});
-        process.exit();
-    });
-}, 200);
-