diff --git a/packages/enty/.eslintrc.js b/packages/enty/.eslintrc.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..797555a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/enty/.eslintrc.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module.exports = {
+    rules: {
+        'prettier/prettier': 0
+    }
+};
diff --git a/packages/react-enty/src/EntityApi.ts b/packages/react-enty/src/EntityApi.ts
index 3fa15765..0df9b96d 100644
--- a/packages/react-enty/src/EntityApi.ts
+++ b/packages/react-enty/src/EntityApi.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export type Request<T, V> = {
 type RequestFunction = (variables?: any, meta?: any) => Promise<any> | AsyncIterator<any>;
 
 type MappedTransform<T> = {
-    [K in keyof T]: T[K] extends RequestFunction
+    [K in keyof T]: T[K] extends SideEffect
         ? Request<
               Awaited<ReturnType<T[K]>>,
               Parameters<T[K]>[0] extends undefined ? void : Parameters<T[K]>[0]
diff --git a/packages/react-enty/src/__tests__/EntityApi-test.tsx b/packages/react-enty/src/__tests__/EntityApi-test.tsx
index e4644253..f4724fbf 100644
--- a/packages/react-enty/src/__tests__/EntityApi-test.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-enty/src/__tests__/EntityApi-test.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import {ObjectSchema} from 'enty';
 import {useEffect} from 'react';
 import {asyncUpdate, ExpectsMessage} from './RequestSuite';
 import {mount} from 'enzyme';
-import Hash from '../util/Hash';
 
 describe('exports', () => {
     const api = EntityApi(
diff --git a/packages/react-enty/src/__tests__/EntityReducerFactory-test.ts b/packages/react-enty/src/__tests__/EntityReducerFactory-test.ts
index 84d09d75..babfc056 100644
--- a/packages/react-enty/src/__tests__/EntityReducerFactory-test.ts
+++ b/packages/react-enty/src/__tests__/EntityReducerFactory-test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import resetAction from '../api/resetAction';
 //
 
 const baseState = {
-    baseSchema: new ObjectSchema({}),
     schemas: {},
     response: {},
     error: {},
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ test('EntityReducerFactory normalizes a reuslt', () => {
 
     const exampleReceiveAction = {
         type: 'ENTY_RECEIVE' as const,
-        meta: {responseKey: 'TEST'},
+        meta: {responseKey: 'TEST', name: 'foo'},
         payload: examplePayload
     };
 
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@ describe('EntityReducer requestState', () => {
         const data = EntityReducer(null, {
             type: 'ENTY_FETCH' as const,
             payload: null,
-            meta: {responseKey: 'TEST'}
+            meta: {responseKey: 'TEST', name: 'foo'}
         }).requestState.TEST;
         expect(data.isFetching).toBe(true);
     });
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@ describe('EntityReducer requestState', () => {
                 requestState: {TEST: RequestState.fetching()},
                 response: {TEST: {}}
             },
-            {type: 'ENTY_FETCH' as const, payload: null, meta: {responseKey: 'TEST'}}
+            {type: 'ENTY_FETCH' as const, payload: null, meta: {responseKey: 'TEST', name: 'foo'}}
         ).requestState.TEST;
         expect(data.isRefetching).toBe(true);
     });
@@ -101,12 +100,12 @@ describe('EntityReducer requestState', () => {
         let stateA = EntityReducer(null, {
             type: 'ENTY_FETCH' as const,
             payload: null,
-            meta: {responseKey: 'foo'}
+            meta: {responseKey: 'foo', name: 'foo'}
         });
         let stateB = EntityReducer(stateA, {
             type: 'ENTY_FETCH' as const,
             payload: null,
-            meta: {responseKey: 'foo'}
+            meta: {responseKey: 'foo', name: 'foo'}
         });
         expect(stateB.requestState.foo.isRefetching).toBe(undefined);
         expect(stateB.requestState.foo.isFetching).toBe(true);
@@ -118,7 +117,7 @@ describe('EntityReducer requestState', () => {
                 // @ts-ignore - intentionally bad types
                 type: 'nothing',
                 payload: null,
-                meta: {responseKey: 'nothing'}
+                meta: {responseKey: 'nothing', name: 'foo'}
             }).requestState.nothing
         ).toBeUndefined();
     });
@@ -130,7 +129,7 @@ describe('EntityReducer requestState', () => {
             EntityReducer(null, {
                 type: 'ENTY_ERROR',
                 payload: 'errorPayload',
-                meta: {responseKey: 'TEST'}
+                meta: {responseKey: 'TEST', name: 'foo'}
             }).requestState.TEST.value()
         ).toBe('errorPayload');
     });
@@ -138,11 +137,7 @@ describe('EntityReducer requestState', () => {
 
 describe('EntityReducer Config', () => {
     const action = (type: Action['type']) =>
-        ({type, payload: null, meta: {responseKey: type}} as const);
-    test('the supplied schema is not mutated when reducing', () => {
-        // @ts-ignore - intentionally bad types
-        expect(EntityReducer(null, action('nothing')).baseSchema).toBe(schema);
-    });
+        ({type, payload: null, meta: {responseKey: type, name: 'foo'}} as const);
 
     test('response starts with an empty object', () => {
         // @ts-ignore - intentionally bad types
@@ -177,7 +172,7 @@ describe('EntityReducer Normalizing', () => {
     test('it will store normalized results on _result.responseKey', () => {
         const action = {
             type: 'ENTY_RECEIVE',
-            meta: {responseKey: 'TEST'},
+            meta: {responseKey: 'TEST', name: 'foo'},
             payload: {
                 subreddit: {
                     fullnameId: 'MK',
@@ -192,7 +187,7 @@ describe('EntityReducer Normalizing', () => {
     test('it will store normalized data on _entities.type.id', () => {
         const action = {
             type: 'ENTY_RECEIVE',
-            meta: {responseKey: 'TEST'},
+            meta: {responseKey: 'TEST', name: 'foo'},
             payload: {
                 subreddit: {
                     fullnameId: 'MK',
@@ -209,7 +204,7 @@ describe('EntityReducer Normalizing', () => {
     test('it will store deep entities', () => {
         const action = {
             type: 'ENTY_RECEIVE',
-            meta: {responseKey: 'TEST'},
+            meta: {responseKey: 'TEST', name: 'foo'},
             payload: {
                 subreddit: {
                     fullnameId: 'MK',
@@ -227,7 +222,7 @@ describe('EntityReducer Normalizing', () => {
         const action = (payload: any) =>
             ({
                 type: 'ENTY_RECEIVE',
-                meta: {responseKey: 'TEST'},
+                meta: {responseKey: 'TEST', name: 'foo'},
                 payload
             } as const);
 
@@ -286,7 +281,7 @@ describe('no schema reducer', () => {
         const stateA = reducer(null, {
             type: 'ENTY_RECEIVE',
             payload: 'FOO',
-            meta: {responseKey: '123'}
+            meta: {responseKey: '123', name: 'foo'}
         });
 
         expect(stateA.entities).toEqual({});
@@ -297,7 +292,7 @@ describe('no schema reducer', () => {
         const stateB = reducer(stateA, {
             type: 'ENTY_RECEIVE',
             payload: 'BAR',
-            meta: {responseKey: '456'}
+            meta: {responseKey: '456', name: 'foo'}
         });
         expect(stateB.response['123']).toBe('FOO');
         expect(stateB.response['456']).toBe('BAR');
@@ -318,7 +313,7 @@ describe('remove entity', () => {
         const state = reducer(initialState, {
             type: 'ENTY_REMOVE' as const,
             payload: ['foo', 'bar'],
-            meta: {responseKey: ''}
+            meta: {responseKey: '', name: 'foo'}
         });
         expect(state.entities.foo.bar).toBe(REMOVED_ENTITY);
         expect(state.entities.baz.qux).not.toBe(REMOVED_ENTITY);
@@ -332,7 +327,7 @@ describe('ENTY_RESET', () => {
         const stateA = reducer(null, {
             type: 'ENTY_RECEIVE',
             payload: 'FOO',
-            meta: {responseKey: '123'}
+            meta: {responseKey: '123', name: 'foo'}
         });
         expect(stateA.response['123']).toBe('FOO');
         expect(stateA.requestState['123'].isSuccess).toBe(true);
diff --git a/packages/react-enty/src/__tests__/ProviderFactory-test.tsx b/packages/react-enty/src/__tests__/ProviderFactory-test.tsx
index 47ab345c..e4cd3fc4 100644
--- a/packages/react-enty/src/__tests__/ProviderFactory-test.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-enty/src/__tests__/ProviderFactory-test.tsx
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ describe('Component', () => {
             );
         }).toMatchObject([
             {
-                baseSchema: undefined,
                 entities: {foo: 'component'},
                 error: {},
                 requestState: {},
@@ -63,8 +62,6 @@ describe('Component', () => {
             );
         }).toMatchObject([
             {
-                //baseMeta: {foo: 'bar'},
-                baseSchema: undefined,
                 error: {},
                 requestState: {},
                 response: {},
@@ -142,7 +139,6 @@ describe('Hoc', () => {
             );
         }).toMatchObject([
             {
-                baseSchema: undefined,
                 entities: {foo: 'hoc'},
                 error: {},
                 requestState: {},
@@ -158,15 +154,12 @@ describe('Hoc', () => {
 
 describe('Debugging', () => {
     it('will log reducer state if debug prop is provided', () => {
-        const group = jest.spyOn(console, 'groupCollapsed').mockImplementation(() => {});
-        const groupEnd = jest.spyOn(console, 'groupEnd').mockImplementation(() => {});
+        const log = jest.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {});
         const {Provider} = ProviderFactory({});
-        mount(<Provider debug="Foo" />);
+        mount(<Provider debug />);
 
-        expect(group).toHaveBeenCalled();
-        expect(groupEnd).toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(log).toHaveBeenCalled();
 
-        group.mockRestore();
-        groupEnd.mockRestore();
+        log.mockRestore();
     });
 });
diff --git a/packages/react-enty/src/__tests__/RequestHook-test.tsx b/packages/react-enty/src/__tests__/RequestHook-test.tsx
index 7d3c5374..e2b15573 100644
--- a/packages/react-enty/src/__tests__/RequestHook-test.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-enty/src/__tests__/RequestHook-test.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import {
     badEntity,
     bar,
     baz,
-    obs,
     entity
 } from './RequestSuite';
 
@@ -62,19 +61,6 @@ describe('config', () => {
             return null;
         });
     });
-
-    it('request will return undefined for observables', async () => {
-        expect.assertions(1);
-        mountWithProvider(() => () => {
-            const message = obs.useRequest();
-            useEffect(() => {
-                var pending = message.request();
-                expect(pending).toBeUndefined();
-            }, []);
-
-            return null;
-        });
-    });
 });
 
 describe('usage', () => {
diff --git a/packages/react-enty/src/__tests__/RequestSuite.tsx b/packages/react-enty/src/__tests__/RequestSuite.tsx
index ae8113ce..81dab6a7 100644
--- a/packages/react-enty/src/__tests__/RequestSuite.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-enty/src/__tests__/RequestSuite.tsx
@@ -12,23 +12,22 @@ import {mount} from 'enzyme';
 
 function setupTests() {
     const fooEntity = new EntitySchema('foo');
-    //const {Provider, foo, fooError, badEntity, bar, baz, obs, entity} = EntityApi(
     const api = EntityApi(
         {
-            foo: (data: string = 'foo') => Promise.resolve({data}),
-            entity: (foo: {id: string; name: string} = {id: '123', name: 'foo'}) =>
-                Promise.resolve({foo}),
-            badEntity: (foo: {name: string} = {name: 'foo'}) => Promise.resolve({foo}),
-            fooError: () => Promise.reject('ouch!'),
-            bar: (data: string = 'bar') => Promise.resolve({data}),
-            baz: (data: string = 'requested-baz') => Promise.resolve({data}),
-            obs: () => ({subscribe: () => {}})
+            foo: async (data: string = 'foo') => ({data}),
+            entity: async (foo: {id: string; name: string} = {id: '123', name: 'foo'}) => ({foo}),
+            badEntity: async (foo: {name: string} = {name: 'foo'}) => ({foo}),
+            fooError: async () => {
+                throw new Error('ouch!');
+            },
+            bar: async (data: string = 'bar') => ({data}),
+            baz: async (data: string = 'requested-baz') => ({data})
         },
         new ObjectSchema({
             foo: fooEntity
         })
     );
-    const {Provider, foo, fooError, badEntity, bar, baz, obs, entity} = api;
+    const {Provider, foo, fooError, badEntity, bar, baz, entity} = api;
 
     function ExpectsMessage(props: {
         message: Message<any, any>;
@@ -73,15 +72,14 @@ function setupTests() {
         foo,
         bar,
         baz,
-        obs,
         fooError
     };
 }
 
-export const {mountWithProvider, foo, bar, baz, obs, badEntity, entity, fooError, ExpectsMessage} =
+export const {mountWithProvider, foo, bar, baz, badEntity, entity, fooError, ExpectsMessage} =
     setupTests();
 
-export function asyncUpdate(wrapper: any) {
+export async function asyncUpdate(wrapper: any) {
     return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0)).then(() => wrapper.update());
 }
 
@@ -145,7 +143,7 @@ export async function errorOnLoad(testFn: TestFn) {
     let wrapper = mountWithProvider(testFn);
     expect(wrapper).toBeFetching();
     await asyncUpdate(wrapper);
-    expect(wrapper).toBeError('ouch!');
+    expect(wrapper).toBeError(new Error('ouch!'));
 }
 
 export async function fetchBadEntity(testFn: TestFn) {
diff --git a/packages/react-enty/src/api/__tests__/createRequestAction-test.ts b/packages/react-enty/src/api/__tests__/createRequestAction-test.ts
index 63759bcc..7fe44cc8 100644
--- a/packages/react-enty/src/api/__tests__/createRequestAction-test.ts
+++ b/packages/react-enty/src/api/__tests__/createRequestAction-test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import createRequestAction from '../createRequestAction';
 
 const payload = 'PAYLOAD';
-const meta = {responseKey: 'foo'};
+const meta = {responseKey: 'foo', name: 'foo'};
 
 describe('observable support', () => {
     const observable = (fn: any) => ({
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ describe('promise support', () => {
         const dispatch = jest.fn();
         const getState = jest.fn();
         const request = createRequestAction(() => Promise.reject('BORKD'));
-        const meta = {responseKey: '123'};
+        const meta = {responseKey: '123', name: 'foo'};
         try {
             await request(payload, meta)(dispatch, getState);
         } catch (e) {
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ describe('async generators', () => {
 describe('general', () => {
     it('returns a function accepts payload/meta that returns a redux thunk', () => {
         const payloadFunction = createRequestAction(() => Promise.resolve());
-        const thunk = payloadFunction('bar', {responseKey: '123'});
+        const thunk = payloadFunction('bar', {responseKey: '123', name: 'foo'});
 
         expect(typeof payloadFunction).toBe('function');
         expect(typeof thunk).toBe('function');
@@ -212,11 +212,11 @@ describe('general', () => {
         const getState = jest.fn();
 
         const payload = createRequestAction(async () => 'foo');
-        const payloadA = payload('foo', {responseKey: '', returnResponse: true})(
+        const payloadA = payload('foo', {responseKey: '', name: 'foo', returnResponse: true})(
             dispatch,
             getState
         );
-        const payloadB = payload('foo', {responseKey: '', returnResponse: false})(
+        const payloadB = payload('foo', {responseKey: '', name: 'foo', returnResponse: false})(
             dispatch,
             getState
         );
diff --git a/packages/react-enty/src/util/__tests__/useReducerThunk-test.ts b/packages/react-enty/src/util/__tests__/useReducerThunk-test.ts
index 13c794ee..c7551041 100644
--- a/packages/react-enty/src/util/__tests__/useReducerThunk-test.ts
+++ b/packages/react-enty/src/util/__tests__/useReducerThunk-test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {act, renderHook} from '@testing-library/react-hooks';
 import {ObjectSchema} from 'enty';
 
 const action = <T>(payload: T) => {
-    return {type: 'ENTY_RECEIVE', payload, meta: {responseKey: ''}} as const;
+    return {type: 'ENTY_RECEIVE', payload, meta: {name: 'foo', responseKey: ''}} as const;
 };
 const initialState = {
     baseSchema: new ObjectSchema({}),
diff --git a/packages/react-enty/yarn.lock b/packages/react-enty/yarn.lock
index c98c7532..5cb2b066 100644
--- a/packages/react-enty/yarn.lock
+++ b/packages/react-enty/yarn.lock
@@ -2867,9 +2867,9 @@ caniuse-api@^3.0.0:
     lodash.uniq "^4.5.0"
 
 caniuse-lite@^1.0.0, caniuse-lite@^1.0.30001219:
-  version "1.0.30001402"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/caniuse-lite/-/caniuse-lite-1.0.30001402.tgz"
-  integrity sha512-Mx4MlhXO5NwuvXGgVb+hg65HZ+bhUYsz8QtDGDo2QmaJS2GBX47Xfi2koL86lc8K+l+htXeTEB/Aeqvezoo6Ew==
+  version "1.0.30001546"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/caniuse-lite/-/caniuse-lite-1.0.30001546.tgz"
+  integrity sha512-zvtSJwuQFpewSyRrI3AsftF6rM0X80mZkChIt1spBGEvRglCrjTniXvinc8JKRoqTwXAgvqTImaN9igfSMtUBw==
 
 capture-exit@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
@@ -3825,10 +3825,10 @@ entities@^2.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/entities/-/entities-2.2.0.tgz#098dc90ebb83d8dffa089d55256b351d34c4da55"
   integrity sha512-p92if5Nz619I0w+akJrLZH0MX0Pb5DX39XOwQTtXSdQQOaYH03S1uIQp4mhOZtAXrxq4ViO67YTiLBo2638o9A==
 
-enty@^2.0.0-alpha.13:
-  version "2.0.0-alpha.13"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/enty/-/enty-2.0.0-alpha.13.tgz#64f480e748c0037cb559e32068996d913ac88df4"
-  integrity sha512-pvtmAdOJh/BDZByKuOMpfFQZ4dTXBFin8QfTOvWMDH5DUhbIqrZxBFzXuI8tezoN6ozF7NdKaVdH1H8h/c8KeQ==
+enty@^2.0.0-alpha.16:
+  version "2.0.0-alpha.16"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/enty/-/enty-2.0.0-alpha.16.tgz#4dc2185466d1732a119f7b1463a5bdf6c706c183"
+  integrity sha512-huWNHs30cRrDvg1+j3gGOMHth2QayssZLYHwhnBCfHLr14AOKirlkAvqdBKq6FbBvbb2qROjtW23zukqL8SwhQ==
 
 enzyme-matchers@^7.1.2:
   version "7.1.2"