diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 002cc86..ce31cfb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 /lib
 /node_modules
-
+/.idea
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fda9aa7..c76f2af 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "kebakaran",
-  "version": "0.1.9",
+  "version": "0.1.10",
   "description": "high level utilities for firebase interaction",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/src/FirebaseList.js b/src/FirebaseList.js
index d2f57f1..3a65891 100644
--- a/src/FirebaseList.js
+++ b/src/FirebaseList.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import EventEmitter from 'eventemitter3';
 
 import FirebaseStruct from './FirebaseStruct';
 
-const noValue = Symbol();
+const NO_VALUE = Symbol();
 
 export default class FirebaseList extends EventEmitter {
 
@@ -10,21 +10,28 @@ export default class FirebaseList extends EventEmitter {
   items = {};
   values = {};
 
-  constructor(ref, getFields, idField = 'id') {
+  constructor(ref, getFields, idField = 'id', instant = false) {
     super();
 
     this.ref = ref;
     this.getFields = getFields;
     this.idField = idField;
+    this.instant = instant;
+    this.hasInitialData = !instant;
 
     this.subscribe();
   }
 
   subscribe() {
-    this.onChildAdded = ::this.onChildAdded;
-    this.onChildRemoved = ::this.onChildRemoved;
-    this.ref.on('child_added', this.onChildAdded);
-    this.ref.on('child_removed', this.onChildRemoved);
+    if (this.instant) {
+      this.onValue = ::this.onValue;
+      this.ref.on('value', this.onValue);
+    } else {
+      this.onChildAdded = ::this.onChildAdded;
+      this.onChildRemoved = ::this.onChildRemoved;
+      this.ref.on('child_added', this.onChildAdded);
+      this.ref.on('child_removed', this.onChildRemoved);
+    }
   }
 
   on(name, listener, context) {
@@ -34,39 +41,68 @@ export default class FirebaseList extends EventEmitter {
     }
   }
 
+  onValue(snapshot) {
+    const newKeys = [];
+    snapshot.forEach(itemSnapshot => {
+      newKeys.push(itemSnapshot.key());
+    });
+    for (const key of newKeys) {
+      if (this.keys.indexOf(key) === -1) {
+        this.addChild(key);
+      }
+    }
+    for (const key of this.keys) {
+      if (newKeys.indexOf(key) === -1) {
+        this.removeChild(key);
+      }
+    }
+    this.keys = newKeys;
+    this.hasInitialData = true;
+    this.flush();
+  }
+
   onChildAdded(c) {
     const key = c.key();
+    this.addChild(key);
+  }
+
+  onChildRemoved(c) {
+    const key = c.key();
+    this.removeChild(key);
+    this.flush();
+  }
+
+  addChild(key) {
     const item = new FirebaseStruct(this.getFields, key);
 
-    this.values[key] = noValue;
+    this.values[key] = NO_VALUE;
     this.keys.push(key);
     this.items[key] = item;
 
     item.on('value', value => {
-      this.onValue(key, value);
+      this.onItemValue(key, value);
     });
   }
 
-  onChildRemoved(c) {
-    const key = c.key();
-
+  removeChild(key) {
     this.items[key].close();
 
     delete this.items[key];
     delete this.values[key];
     this.keys.splice(this.keys.indexOf(key), 1);
-
-    this.flush();
   }
 
-  onValue(key, item) {
+  onItemValue(key, item) {
     this.values[key] = item;
     this.flush();
   }
 
   hasData() {
+    if (!this.hasInitialData) {
+      return false;
+    }
     for (const key of this.keys) {
-      if (this.values[key] === noValue) {
+      if (this.values[key] === NO_VALUE) {
         return false;
       }
     }
@@ -89,8 +125,13 @@ export default class FirebaseList extends EventEmitter {
     }
 
     this.off('value');
-    this.ref.off('child_added', this.onChildAdded);
-    this.ref.off('child_removed', this.onChildRemoved);
+
+    if (this.instant) {
+      this.ref.off('value', this.onValue);
+    } else {
+      this.ref.off('child_added', this.onChildAdded);
+      this.ref.off('child_removed', this.onChildRemoved);
+    }
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/FirebaseStream.js b/src/FirebaseStream.js
index 4941e07..a49887a 100644
--- a/src/FirebaseStream.js
+++ b/src/FirebaseStream.js
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ function snapshotValue(snapshotOrValue) {
   return snapshotOrValue;
 }
 
-export default class FirebaseStream {
+const NO_VALUE = Symbol();
 
-  static noValue = Symbol();
+export default class FirebaseStream {
 
   constructor(ref) {
     this.ref = ref;
-    this.sentValue = this.constructor.noValue;
-    this.currentValue = this.constructor.noValue;
+    this.sentValue = NO_VALUE;
+    this.currentValue = NO_VALUE;
     this.resolve = null;
     this.update = ::this.update;
     this.ref.on('value', this.update);
diff --git a/tests/Firebase-tape.js b/tests/Firebase-tape.js
index 604597b..31d470d 100644
--- a/tests/Firebase-tape.js
+++ b/tests/Firebase-tape.js
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ import Firebase from 'firebase';
 
 import { FirebaseList } from '../src';
 
-test.skip('Firebase', t => {
+test.skip('FirebaseList', t => {
   t.plan(2);
 
   const list = new FirebaseList(new Firebase('https://kebakaran-test.firebaseio.com/list'), key => ({
     name: new Firebase(`https://kebakaran-test.firebaseio.com/names/${key}`),
     count: new Firebase(`https://kebakaran-test.firebaseio.com/counts/${key}`),
-  }));
+  }), 'id');
 
   let step = 1;
 
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ test.skip('Firebase', t => {
       ]);
 
       list.close();
+      Firebase.goOffline();
+
       t.end();
     }
   });
diff --git a/tests/FirebaseList-tape.js b/tests/FirebaseList-tape.js
index ac2fd8f..09ed81d 100644
--- a/tests/FirebaseList-tape.js
+++ b/tests/FirebaseList-tape.js
@@ -56,3 +56,55 @@ test('FirebaseList', t => {
 
   t.end();
 });
+
+test('FirebaseList instant', t => {
+  t.plan(11);
+
+  const listRef = new RefMock();
+  const nameRefs = {};
+  nameRefs.foo = new RefMock();
+  nameRefs.bar = new RefMock();
+
+  const list = new FirebaseList(listRef, key => ({
+    name: nameRefs[key],
+  }), 'id', true);
+
+  let step = 1;
+
+  list.on('value', value => {
+    if (step === 1) {
+      t.deepEqual(value, [{ name: 'foo', id: 'foo' }, { name: 'bar', id: 'bar' }]);
+      step = 2;
+    } else if (step === 2) {
+      t.deepEqual(value, [{ name: 'bar', id: 'bar' }]);
+      step = 3;
+    } else if (step === 3) {
+      t.deepEqual(value, []);
+      step = 4;
+    }
+  });
+
+  t.equal(list.listeners('value').length, 1);
+  t.equal(listRef.listeners('child_added').length, 0);
+  t.equal(listRef.listeners('child_removed').length, 0);
+  t.equal(listRef.listeners('value').length, 1);
+  t.equal(nameRefs.foo.listeners('value').length, 0);
+  t.equal(nameRefs.bar.listeners('value').length, 0);
+
+  listRef.emitValue({
+    foo: true,
+    bar: true,
+  });
+
+  t.equal(nameRefs.foo.listeners('value').length, 1);
+  t.equal(nameRefs.bar.listeners('value').length, 1);
+
+  nameRefs.foo.emitValue('foo');
+  nameRefs.bar.emitValue('bar');
+
+  listRef.emitValue({
+    bar: true,
+  });
+
+  listRef.emitValue({});
+});
diff --git a/tests/RefMock.js b/tests/RefMock.js
index d82f67d..2561087 100644
--- a/tests/RefMock.js
+++ b/tests/RefMock.js
@@ -1,28 +1,38 @@
 import EventEmitter from 'eventemitter3';
 
-export default class RefMock extends EventEmitter {
+class SnapshotMock {
+
+  constructor(val, key) {
+    this._val = val;
+    this._key = key;
+  }
 
-  on(name, listener) {
-    super.on(name, listener);
-    return listener;
+  val() {
+    return this._val;
   }
 
+  key() {
+    return this._key;
+  }
+
+  forEach(...args) {
+    Object.keys(this._val).map(val => new SnapshotMock(undefined, val)).forEach(...args);
+  }
+
+}
+
+export default class RefMock extends EventEmitter {
+
   emitValue(val) {
-    this.emit('value', {
-      val: () => val,
-    });
+    this.emit('value', new SnapshotMock(val));
   }
 
   emitChildAdded(key) {
-    this.emit('child_added', {
-      key: () => key,
-    });
+    this.emit('child_added', new SnapshotMock(undefined, key));
   }
 
   emitChildRemoved(key) {
-    this.emit('child_removed', {
-      key: () => key,
-    });
+    this.emit('child_removed', new SnapshotMock(undefined, key));
   }
 
 }