diff --git a/lib/boards-api.js b/lib/boards-api.js
index 81ecef7..055a60f 100644
--- a/lib/boards-api.js
+++ b/lib/boards-api.js
@@ -261,7 +261,10 @@ BoardsAPI.prototype.deleteComment = function (hash, parent, done) {
 BoardsAPI.prototype.cat = function (path, done) {
   if (this.limited) {
     // Download via gateway
-    if (path.indexOf('/ipfs/') !== 0) path = '/ipfs/' + path
+    if (path.indexOf('Qm') === 0) {
+      path = '/ipfs/' + path
+    }
+    console.log('Downloading via Gateway: ', path)
     wreck.get(path, (err, res, payload) => {
       console.log('GET:', err, res, payload)
       if (payload.toString) payload = payload.toString()
@@ -291,8 +294,13 @@ BoardsAPI.prototype.backupCache = function () {
 }
 
 // Rewrote this to use event emitters. Should also add periodic rechecking
+// TODO: maybe drop this entirely? We can cat and ls IPNS names now.
 BoardsAPI.prototype.resolveIPNS = function (n, handler) {
   if (handler && handler.apply) this.ee.on(n, handler)
+  if (this.limited) {
+    // In limited mode, don't solve addresses
+    return this.ee.emit(n, '/ipns/' + n)
+  }
   if (!this.resolvingIPNS[n]) {
     this.resolvingIPNS[n] = true
     this.ipfs.name.resolve(n, (err, r) => {
@@ -333,7 +341,7 @@ BoardsAPI.prototype.resolveIPNS = function (n, handler) {
 
 BoardsAPI.prototype.isUserProfile = function (addr, done) {
   if (addr === undefined) return console.log('Asked to check if undefined is a profile')
-  this.ipfs.cat(addr + this.baseurl + 'ipfs-boards-version.txt', (err, r) => {
+  this.cat(addr + this.baseurl + 'ipfs-boards-version.txt', (err, r) => {
     if (err) return done(false, err)
     replyAsObj(r, false, (_, res) => {
       if (!res || !res.trim) {
@@ -392,7 +400,7 @@ BoardsAPI.prototype.getProfile = function (userID, done) {
       done(err, null)
     } else {
       // Download actual profile
-      this.ipfs.cat(url + this.baseurl + 'profile.json', (err2, res) => {
+      this.cat(url + this.baseurl + 'profile.json', (err2, res) => {
         if (err2) {
           this.ee.emit('error', err2)
           done(err2, null)
@@ -410,7 +418,7 @@ BoardsAPI.prototype.getProfile = function (userID, done) {
         }
       })
       // Get other info
-      this.ipfs.ls(url + this.baseurl + 'boards/', (err2, res) => {
+      this.ls(url + this.baseurl + 'boards/', (err2, res) => {
         if (!err2) {
           var l = res.Objects[0].Links.map(i => {
             return { name: i.Name, hash: i.Hash }
@@ -438,7 +446,7 @@ BoardsAPI.prototype.getBoardSettings = function (userID, board, done) {
       this.ee.emit('error', e)
     } else {
       var url = r + this.baseurl + 'boards/' + board + '/settings.json'
-      this.ipfs.cat(url, (err, resp) => {
+      this.cat(url, (err, resp) => {
         var settings
         try {
           settings = JSON.parse(resp.toString())
@@ -457,7 +465,7 @@ BoardsAPI.prototype.getBoardSettings = function (userID, board, done) {
           if (settings.whitelist === true) {
             // Get the whitelist
             var url = r + this.baseurl + 'boards/' + board + '/whitelist'
-            this.ipfs.cat(url, (err, res) => {
+            this.cat(url, (err, res) => {
               if (err) {
                 this.ee.emit('error', err)
                 // Emit an empty whitelist.
@@ -479,7 +487,7 @@ BoardsAPI.prototype.getBoardSettings = function (userID, board, done) {
           if (!settings.whitelist_only && !settings.approval_required && settings.blacklist === true) {
             // Get the blacklist
             var u = r + this.baseurl + 'boards/' + board + '/blacklist'
-            this.ipfs.cat(u, (err, blacklist) => {
+            this.cat(u, (err, blacklist) => {
               if (err) {
                 this.ee.emit('error', err)
               } else {
@@ -510,7 +518,7 @@ BoardsAPI.prototype.downloadPost = function (hash, adminID, board, op, done) {
     done = op
     op = undefined
   }
-  this.ipfs.cat(hash, (err2, r) => {
+  this.cat(hash, (err2, r) => {
     if (err2) {
       this.ee.emit('error', err2)
       console.log('Could not download post', hash, 'of', board + '@' + adminID)
@@ -537,7 +545,7 @@ BoardsAPI.prototype.downloadPost = function (hash, adminID, board, op, done) {
 
 BoardsAPI.prototype.retrieveListOfApproved = function (what, addr, adminID, board) {
   var a = addr + this.baseurl + 'boards/' + board + '/approved/' + what + '/'
-  this.ipfs.ls(a, (err, res) => {
+  this.ls(a, (err, res) => {
     if (err) {
       this.ee.emit('error', err)
     } else {
@@ -609,7 +617,7 @@ BoardsAPI.prototype.getUserPostListInBoard = function (user, board, done) {
       this.ee.emit('error', err)
       done(err)
     } else {
-      this.ipfs.ls(url + this.baseurl + 'posts/' + board, (e, r) => {
+      this.ls(url + this.baseurl + 'posts/' + board, (e, r) => {
         if (e) {
           this.ee.emit('error', e)
           done(e)
@@ -634,7 +642,7 @@ BoardsAPI.prototype.downloadComment = function (hash, adminID, board, target, do
     target = undefined
   }
   console.log('target', target)
-  this.ipfs.cat(hash, (err2, r) => {
+  this.cat(hash, (err2, r) => {
     if (err2) {
       this.ee.emit('error', err2)
       console.log('Could not download comment', hash, 'of', board + '@' + adminID)
@@ -660,7 +668,7 @@ BoardsAPI.prototype.getCommentsFor = function (parent, board, adminID, target) {
     return console.log('malformed arguments:', parent, board, adminID)
   }
   // figure out if there's a previous version of the item
-  this.ipfs.cat(parent, (err, res) => {
+  this.cat(parent, (err, res) => {
     if (err) {
       this.ee.emit('error', err)
     } else {
@@ -706,7 +714,7 @@ BoardsAPI.prototype.getUserCommentList = function (parent, user, done) {
       this.ee.emit('error', err)
       done(err)
     } else {
-      this.ipfs.ls(url + this.baseurl + 'comments/' + parent, (e, r) => {
+      this.ls(url + this.baseurl + 'comments/' + parent, (e, r) => {
         if (e) {
           this.ee.emit('error', e)
           done(e)
@@ -728,7 +736,7 @@ BoardsAPI.prototype.getUserCommentList = function (parent, user, done) {
 
 BoardsAPI.prototype.isRunningFromGateway = function () {
   if (!window) return false
-  return window.location.pathname.indexOf('/ipfs/') === 0
+  return window.location.pathname.indexOf('/ipfs/') === 0 || window.location.pathname.indexOf('/ipns/') === 0
 }
 
 BoardsAPI.prototype.isNode = function () {
diff --git a/webapp/components/comment.jsx b/webapp/components/comment.jsx
index 2e4f193..1dddf58 100644
--- a/webapp/components/comment.jsx
+++ b/webapp/components/comment.jsx
@@ -53,29 +53,40 @@ var Comments = React.createClass({
     return { comments: [] }
   },
   componentDidMount () {
-    var boards = this.props.api
-    if (boards) {
-      boards.getEventEmitter().on('comment for ' + this.props.parent, cmnt => {
-        if (this.isMounted()) this.setState({ comments: this.state.comments.concat(cmnt) })
-      })
-      if (boards.isInit && this.isMounted()) {
+    if (this.props.api) this.init(this.props.api)
+  },
+  componentWillReceiveProps (props) {
+    if (props.api) this.init(props.api)
+  },
+  init (boards) {
+    boards.getEventEmitter().on('comment for ' + this.props.parent, cmnt => {
+      if (this.isMounted()) this.setState({ comments: this.state.comments.concat(cmnt) })
+    })
+    boards.getEventEmitter().on('init', (err, limited) => {
+      if (!this.isMounted()) return
+      if (!err) {
         boards.getCommentsFor(this.props.parent, this.props.board, this.props.adminID)
       }
-      boards.getEventEmitter().on('init', err => {
-        if (!err && this.isMounted()) {
-          boards.getCommentsFor(this.props.parent, this.props.board, this.props.adminID)
-        }
-      })
+      if (limited) this.setState({ limited })
+    })
+    if (boards.isInit) {
+      boards.getCommentsFor(this.props.parent, this.props.board, this.props.adminID)
     }
+    if (boards.limited) this.setState({ limited: true })
   },
   getComments () {
     if (this.state.comments.length > 0) {
       return this.state.comments.map(cmnt => (<Comment key={cmnt.hash} comment={cmnt} post={this.props.post} adminID={this.props.adminID} board={this.props.board} api={this.props.api} />))
-    }
-    else return <div></div>
+    } else return <div></div>
   },
   render () {
-    return <div className={this.props.className + ' comments'} >{this.getComments()}</div>
+    if (this.state.limited) {
+      return <div className="text-center">
+        <p>Comments can't be displayed in limited mode</p>
+      </div>
+    } else {
+      return <div className={this.props.className + ' comments'} >{this.getComments()}</div>
+    }
   }
 })
 
diff --git a/webapp/components/navbar.jsx b/webapp/components/navbar.jsx
index 79bfb45..c0b083a 100644
--- a/webapp/components/navbar.jsx
+++ b/webapp/components/navbar.jsx
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ module.exports = function (boardsAPI) {
     componentDidMount () {
       boardsAPI.use(boards => {
         if (boards.isInit) this.setState({ api: true, userid: boards.getMyID() })
-        boards.getEventEmitter().on('init', err => {
+        boards.getEventEmitter().on('init', (err, limited) => {
           if (!this.isMounted()) return
           if (err) {
-            this.setState({ loading: false, api: false })
+            this.setState({ loading: false, api: false, limited })
           } else {
-            this.setState({ api: true, userid: boards.getMyID() })
+            this.setState({ api: true, userid: boards.getMyID(), limited })
           }
         })
       })
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ module.exports = function (boardsAPI) {
           </span>
       } else if (this.state.loading) {
         return <Icon name="refresh" className="fa-2x fa-spin light"/>
+      } else if (this.state.limited) {
+        return <Link className="nounderline" to="/status"><Icon name="exclamation-triangle" className="fa-2x light"/></Link>
       } else {
         return <Link className="nounderline" to="/status"><Icon name="ban" className="fa-2x light"/></Link>
       }
diff --git a/webapp/components/post.jsx b/webapp/components/post.jsx
index 70e0514..c887c4a 100644
--- a/webapp/components/post.jsx
+++ b/webapp/components/post.jsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ var Link = require('react-router').Link
 var Clock = require('clock.jsx')
 var UserID = require('userID.jsx')
 var { Error } = require('status-components.jsx')
+var Comments = require('comment.jsx').Comments
 
 module.exports = React.createClass({
   getInitialState () {
@@ -12,10 +13,10 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
   },
   componentDidMount () {
     if (this.props.api) {
-      this.props.api.getEventEmitter().on('init', err => {
-        if (!err) this.init(this.props)
+      this.props.api.getEventEmitter().on('init', (err, limited) => {
+        if (!err || limited) this.init(this.props)
       })
-      if (this.props.api.isInit) this.init(this.props)
+      if (this.props.api.isInit || this.props.api.limited) this.init(this.props)
     }
   },
   componentWillReceiveProps (props) {
@@ -80,6 +81,9 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
     }
   },
   render () {
-    return <div className="post">{this.getContent()}</div>
+    return <div>
+      <div className="post">{this.getContent()}</div>
+      <Comments parent={this.props.hash} post={this.props.hash} api={this.props.api} adminID={this.props.adminID} board={this.props.board} />
+    </div>
   }
 })
diff --git a/webapp/components/postlist.jsx b/webapp/components/postlist.jsx
index 604f6aa..3f95880 100644
--- a/webapp/components/postlist.jsx
+++ b/webapp/components/postlist.jsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ var Post = require('post.jsx')
 
 module.exports = React.createClass({
   getInitialState () {
-    return { posts: [], api: false }
+    return { posts: [] }
   },
   sortFn (a, b) {
     return (b.date || 0) - (a.date || 0)
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
     }
   },
   init (boards, props) {
-    if (this.state.init) return
-    props = props || this.props
-    this.setState({ api: true })
     var onPost = (hash, date, post) => {
       if (!this.isMounted()) return true
       var now = (new Date()).getTime()
@@ -33,18 +30,29 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
       }*/
       this.setState({ posts })
     }
+    props = props || this.props
     boards.getEventEmitter().on('post in ' + props.board + (props.admin ? '@' + props.admin : ''), onPost)
-    boards.getPostsInBoard(props.admin, props.board)
-    this.setState({ init: true })
+    this.setState({ api: boards, limited: boards.limited })
+    if (boards.isInit) {
+      boards.getPostsInBoard(props.admin, props.board)
+    } else {
+      boards.getEventEmitter().on('init', (err, limited) => {
+        if (!err) {
+          boards.getPostsInBoard(props.admin, props.board)
+        } else {
+          this.setState({ limited })
+        }
+      })
+    }
   },
   componentDidMount () {
     var boards = this.props.api
     if (boards) {
-      if (boards.isInit) {
+      if (boards.isInit || boards.limited) {
         this.init(boards)
       } else {
-        boards.getEventEmitter().on('init', err => {
-          if (!err && this.isMounted()) this.init(boards)
+        boards.getEventEmitter().on('init', (err, limited) => {
+          if ((!err || limited) && this.isMounted()) this.init(boards)
         })
       }
     }
@@ -61,10 +69,15 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
     }
   },
   render () {
-    return (
-      <div className="postList">
+    if (this.state.limited) {
+      return <div className="text-center">
+        <h5 className="light"><Icon name="ban" /></h5>
+        <p>Posts in a board can't be shown in limited mode. Sorry!</p>
+      </div>
+    } else {
+      return <div className="postList">
         {this.getPosts()}
       </div>
-    )
+    }
   }
 })
diff --git a/webapp/components/userID.jsx b/webapp/components/userID.jsx
index d16a065..1c678ed 100644
--- a/webapp/components/userID.jsx
+++ b/webapp/components/userID.jsx
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
     props = props || this.props
     var boards = props.api
     if (boards) {
-      boards.getEventEmitter().on('init', err => {
-        if (!err && this.isMounted()) this.getProfile(boards)
+      boards.getEventEmitter().on('init', (err, limited) => {
+        if ((!err || limited) && this.isMounted()) {
+          this.getProfile(boards)
+        }
       })
-      if (boards.isInit) {
+      if (boards.isInit || boards.limited) {
         this.getProfile(boards)
       }
     }
diff --git a/webapp/pages/board.jsx b/webapp/pages/board.jsx
index 6b36f1f..4761ae4 100644
--- a/webapp/pages/board.jsx
+++ b/webapp/pages/board.jsx
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ module.exports = function (boardsAPI) {
       boardsAPI.use(boards => {
         if (!this.isMounted()) return
         var ee = boards.getEventEmitter()
-        ee.on('init', err => {
-          if (!err && this.isMounted()) {
+        ee.on('init', (err, limited) => {
+          if ((!err || limited) && this.isMounted()) {
             this.init(boards)
           }
         })
@@ -46,13 +46,17 @@ module.exports = function (boardsAPI) {
       var props = newProps || this.props
       if (!props.params.userid) return
       boards.getBoardSettings(props.params.userid, props.params.boardname)
-      this.setState({ loading: true, init: true, api: true, userid: boards.getMyID(), boards: boards })
+      this.setState({ loading: true, init: true, api: boards, userid: boards.getMyID(), limited: boards.limited })
     },
     toolbox () {
-      return <div className="iconbar text-center">
-        <Link to={'/edit/board/' + this.props.params.boardname} ><Icon name="edit" className="fa-2x light" /></Link>
-        <Link to={'/edit/board/' + this.props.params.boardname + '/post'} ><Icon name="plus" className="fa-2x light" /></Link>
-      </div>
+      if (this.state.limited) {
+        return <div className="text-center">Toolbox not available in limited mode<hr/></div>
+      } else {
+        return <div className="iconbar text-center">
+          <Link to={'/edit/board/' + this.props.params.boardname} ><Icon name="edit" className="fa-2x light" /></Link>
+          <Link to={'/edit/board/' + this.props.params.boardname + '/post'} ><Icon name="plus" className="fa-2x light" /></Link>
+        </div>
+      }
     },
     render () {
       if (this.state.api) {
@@ -66,16 +70,16 @@ module.exports = function (boardsAPI) {
           return (<div className="board">
             <h2>{this.state.name}</h2>
             <Markdown source={this.state.description} skipHtml={true} />
-            {this.props.params.userid ? <h5><UserID id={this.props.params.userid} api={this.state.boards} /></h5> : <p></p>}
+            {this.props.params.userid ? <h5><UserID id={this.props.params.userid} api={this.state.api} /></h5> : <p></p>}
             <div className="whitelist">
-              {this.state.whitelist.map(i => <UserID id={i} key={i} api={this.state.boards} />)}
+              {this.state.whitelist.map(i => <UserID id={i} key={i} api={this.state.api} />)}
             </div>
             <hr />
             {this.toolbox()}
-            <PostList board={this.props.params.boardname} admin={this.props.params.userid} api={this.state.boards} />
+            <PostList board={this.props.params.boardname} admin={this.props.params.userid} api={this.state.api} />
           </div>)
         }
-      } else return <GetIPFS api={this.state.boards} />
+      } else return <GetIPFS api={this.state.api} />
     }
   })
 }
diff --git a/webapp/pages/postpage.jsx b/webapp/pages/postpage.jsx
index f23c569..182c852 100644
--- a/webapp/pages/postpage.jsx
+++ b/webapp/pages/postpage.jsx
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ var Link = require('react-router').Link
 var UserID = require('userID.jsx')
 var GetIPFS = require('getipfs.jsx')
 var Post = require('post.jsx')
-var Comments = require('comment.jsx').Comments
 
 module.exports = function (boardsAPI) {
   return React.createClass({
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ module.exports = function (boardsAPI) {
             {this.getContext()}
           </div>
           <Post hash={this.props.params.posthash} board={this.props.params.boardname} api={this.state.api} />
-          <Comments parent={this.props.params.posthash} board={this.props.params.boardname} adminID={this.props.params.userid} post={this.props.params.posthash} api={this.state.boards} />
         </div>
       } else {
         return <GetIPFS api={this.state.boards} />
diff --git a/webapp/pages/profile.jsx b/webapp/pages/profile.jsx
index a8e1298..fe14124 100644
--- a/webapp/pages/profile.jsx
+++ b/webapp/pages/profile.jsx
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ module.exports = function (boardsAPI) {
     },
     componentDidMount () {
       boardsAPI.use(boards => {
-        if (boards.isInit) {
+        if (boards.isInit || boards.limited) {
           this.init(boards)
         }
         var ee = boards.getEventEmitter()
-        ee.on('init', err => {
-          if (!err && this.isMounted()) {
+        ee.on('init', (err, limited) => {
+          if ((!err || limited) && this.isMounted()) {
             this.init(boards)
           }
         })
@@ -30,10 +30,8 @@ module.exports = function (boardsAPI) {
     downloadProfile (boards, props) {
       var ee = boards.getEventEmitter()
       var uid = props.params.userid
-      if (uid === 'me') uid = boards.id
       ee.on('boards for ' + uid, l => {
         var u2id = props.params.userid
-        if (u2id === 'me') u2id = boards.id
         if (!this.isMounted() || u2id !== uid) return true
         this.setState({ boards: l })
       })
@@ -48,12 +46,11 @@ module.exports = function (boardsAPI) {
     },
     init (boards) {
       if (this.state.init) return
-      this.setState({ init: true, api: boards, id: boards.id })
+      this.setState({ init: true, api: boards, id: boards.id, limited: boards.limited })
       this.downloadProfile(boards, this.props)
     },
     linkToEditor () {
       var uid = this.props.params.userid
-      if (uid === 'me' && this.state.id) uid = this.state.id
       if (uid === this.state.id) {
         return <div className="your-profile">
           <h6>This is your profile</h6>
@@ -76,7 +73,6 @@ module.exports = function (boardsAPI) {
           return <Loading title="Downloading Profile">{this.getEditButton()}</Loading>
         } else {
           var uid = this.props.params.userid
-          if (uid === 'me') uid = this.state.id
           return (<div className="profile">
             {this.linkToEditor()}
             <h1>{this.state.name}</h1>