diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4e4f7fe..b893980 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ pull(
     //   name: 'QmFoo...',
     //   path: 'QmFoo...',
     //   size: ...
-    //   hash: Buffer
+    //   cid: CID
     //   content: undefined
     //   type: 'dir'
     // }, {
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ pull(
     //   name: 'bar',
     //   path: 'QmFoo.../bar',
     //   size: ...
-    //   hash: Buffer
+    //   cid: CID
     //   content: undefined
     //   type: 'dir'
     // }, {
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ pull(
     //   name: 'baz.txt',
     //   path: 'QmFoo.../bar/baz.txt',
     //   size: ...
-    //   hash: Buffer
+    //   cid: CID
     //   content: <Pull stream>
     //   type: 'file'
     // }]
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ pull(
     //   name: 'QmFoo...',
     //   path: 'QmFoo...',
     //   size: ...
-    //   hash: Buffer
+    //   cid: CID
     //   content: undefined
     //   type: 'dir'
     // }, {
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ pull(
     //   name: 'bar',
     //   path: 'QmFoo.../bar',
     //   size: ...
-    //   hash: Buffer
+    //   cid: CID
     //   content: undefined
     //   type: 'dir'
     // }]
diff --git a/src/dir-flat.js b/src/dir-flat.js
index c9903cb..a035bd3 100644
--- a/src/dir-flat.js
+++ b/src/dir-flat.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ function dirExporter (cid, node, name, path, pathRest, resolve, size, dag, paren
     name: name,
     depth: depth,
     path: path,
-    multihash: cid.buffer,
+    cid,
     size: node.size,
     type: 'dir'
   }
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ function dirExporter (cid, node, name, path, pathRest, resolve, size, dag, paren
         size: link.size,
         name: link.name,
         path: path + '/' + link.name,
-        multihash: link.cid.buffer,
+        cid: link.cid,
         linkName: link.name,
         pathRest: pathRest.slice(1),
         type: 'dir'
diff --git a/src/dir-hamt-sharded.js b/src/dir-hamt-sharded.js
index 86f689f..841c129 100644
--- a/src/dir-hamt-sharded.js
+++ b/src/dir-hamt-sharded.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function shardedDirExporter (cid, node, name, path, pathRest, resolve, size, dag
       name: name,
       depth: depth,
       path: path,
-      multihash: cid.buffer,
+      cid,
       size: node.size,
       type: 'dir'
     }
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ function shardedDirExporter (cid, node, name, path, pathRest, resolve, size, dag
             depth: entryName ? depth + 1 : depth,
             name: entryName,
             path: entryPath,
-            multihash: link.cid.buffer,
+            cid: link.cid,
             pathRest: entryName ? pathRest.slice(1) : pathRest,
             parent: dir || parent
           }
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ function shardedDirExporter (cid, node, name, path, pathRest, resolve, size, dag
               depth: entryName ? depth + 1 : depth,
               name: entryName,
               path: entryPath,
-              multihash: link.cid.buffer,
+              cid: link.cid,
               pathRest: entryName ? pathRest.slice(1) : pathRest,
               parent: dir || parent
             }
diff --git a/src/file.js b/src/file.js
index 9380e7c..02f9022 100644
--- a/src/file.js
+++ b/src/file.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ module.exports = (cid, node, name, path, pathRest, resolve, size, dag, parent, d
       content: once(Buffer.alloc(0)),
       name: name,
       path: path,
-      multihash: cid.buffer,
+      cid,
       size: fileSize,
       type: 'file'
     })
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ module.exports = (cid, node, name, path, pathRest, resolve, size, dag, parent, d
     content: content,
     name: name,
     path: path,
-    multihash: cid.buffer,
+    cid,
     size: fileSize,
     type: 'file'
   }])
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index bbd003f..361b989 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ module.exports = (path, dag, options) => {
 
   return pull(
     values([{
-      multihash: cid.buffer,
+      cid,
       name: dPath.base,
       path: dPath.base,
       pathRest: dPath.rest,
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ module.exports = (path, dag, options) => {
         name: node.name,
         path: options.fullPath ? node.path : finalPathFor(node),
         size: node.size,
-        hash: node.multihash,
+        cid: node.cid,
         content: node.content,
         type: node.type
       }
diff --git a/src/object.js b/src/object.js
index 52cc2c3..3719701 100644
--- a/src/object.js
+++ b/src/object.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ module.exports = (cid, node, name, path, pathRest, resolve, size, dag, parent, d
         name: pathElem,
         path: newName,
         pathRest: pathRest.slice(1),
-        multihash: isCID && newNode,
+        cid: isCID && newNode,
         object: !isCID && newNode,
         parent: parent
       }]),
diff --git a/src/raw.js b/src/raw.js
index b0856fe..bfc8606 100644
--- a/src/raw.js
+++ b/src/raw.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ module.exports = (cid, node, name, path, pathRest, resolve, size, dag, parent, d
     return once({
       depth,
       content: once(Buffer.alloc(0)),
-      hash: cid,
+      cid,
       name,
       path,
       size,
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ module.exports = (cid, node, name, path, pathRest, resolve, size, dag, parent, d
   return once({
     depth,
     content: once(extractDataFromBlock(node, 0, offset, offset + length)),
-    hash: cid,
+    cid,
     name,
     path,
     size,
diff --git a/src/resolve.js b/src/resolve.js
index 4786729..e3a0a70 100644
--- a/src/resolve.js
+++ b/src/resolve.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ const filter = require('pull-stream/throughs/filter')
 const flatten = require('pull-stream/throughs/flatten')
 const map = require('pull-stream/throughs/map')
 const paramap = require('pull-paramap')
-const CID = require('cids')
 const waterfall = require('async/waterfall')
 
 const resolvers = {
@@ -42,11 +41,9 @@ function createResolver (dag, options, depth, parent) {
         return cb(null, resolveItem(null, item.object, item, options))
       }
 
-      const cid = new CID(item.multihash)
-
       waterfall([
-        (done) => dag.get(cid, done),
-        (node, done) => done(null, resolveItem(cid, node.value, item, options))
+        (done) => dag.get(item.cid, done),
+        (node, done) => done(null, resolveItem(item.cid, node.value, item, options))
       ], cb)
     }),
     flatten(),
diff --git a/test/exporter-sharded.spec.js b/test/exporter-sharded.spec.js
index b78dd54..57bb18b 100644
--- a/test/exporter-sharded.spec.js
+++ b/test/exporter-sharded.spec.js
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ describe('exporter sharded', function () {
       (exported, cb) => {
         const dir = exported.shift()
 
-        expect(dir.hash).to.deep.equal(directory.buffer)
+        expect(dir.cid.equals(directory)).to.be.true()
         expect(exported.length).to.equal(Object.keys(files).length)
 
         parallel(
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ describe('exporter sharded', function () {
                 }
 
                 // validate the CID
-                expect(files[exported.name].cid.buffer).to.deep.equal(exported.hash)
+                expect(files[exported.name].cid.equals(exported.cid)).to.be.true()
 
                 // validate the exported file content
                 expect(files[exported.name].content).to.deep.equal(bufs[0])
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ describe('exporter sharded', function () {
       (exported, cb) => {
         const dir = exported.shift()
 
-        expect(dir.hash).to.deep.equal(dirCid.buffer)
+        expect(dir.cid.equals(dirCid)).to.be.true()
         expect(exported.length).to.equal(Object.keys(files).length)
 
         cb()
diff --git a/test/exporter-subtree.spec.js b/test/exporter-subtree.spec.js
index 741e181..a4577ef 100644
--- a/test/exporter-subtree.spec.js
+++ b/test/exporter-subtree.spec.js
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ describe('exporter subtree', () => {
         pull.collect((err, files) => cb(err, { cid, files }))
       ),
       ({ cid, files }, cb) => {
-        files.forEach(file => expect(file).to.have.property('hash'))
+        files.forEach(file => expect(file).to.have.property('cid'))
 
         expect(files.length).to.equal(1)
         expect(files[0].path).to.equal('200Bytes.txt')
diff --git a/test/exporter.spec.js b/test/exporter.spec.js
index 08c868a..e7f4fc2 100644
--- a/test/exporter.spec.js
+++ b/test/exporter.spec.js
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ describe('exporter', () => {
         function onFiles (err, files) {
           expect(err).to.equal(null)
           expect(files).to.have.length(1)
-          expect(files[0]).to.have.property('hash')
+          expect(files[0]).to.have.property('cid')
           expect(files[0]).to.have.property('path', result.cid.toBaseEncodedString())
           fileEql(files[0], unmarsh.data, done)
         }
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ describe('exporter', () => {
         pull.collect((err, files) => cb(err, { cid, files }))
       ),
       ({ cid, files }, cb) => {
-        files.forEach(file => expect(file).to.have.property('hash'))
+        files.forEach(file => expect(file).to.have.property('cid'))
 
         expect(
           files.map((file) => file.path)
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ describe('exporter', () => {
         pull.collect((err, files) => cb(err, { cid, files }))
       ),
       ({ cid, files }, cb) => {
-        files.forEach(file => expect(file).to.have.property('hash'))
+        files.forEach(file => expect(file).to.have.property('cid'))
 
         expect(
           files.map((file) => file.path)
@@ -1066,6 +1066,34 @@ describe('exporter', () => {
       )
     }
   })
+
+  it('exports a raw leaf', (done) => {
+    pull(
+      pull.values([{
+        path: '200Bytes.txt',
+        content: pull.values([smallFile])
+      }]),
+      importer(ipld, {
+        rawLeaves: true
+      }),
+      pull.collect(collected)
+    )
+
+    function collected (err, files) {
+      expect(err).to.not.exist()
+      expect(files.length).to.equal(1)
+
+      pull(
+        exporter(files[0].multihash, ipld),
+        pull.collect((err, files) => {
+          expect(err).to.not.exist()
+          expect(files.length).to.equal(1)
+          expect(CID.isCID(files[0].cid)).to.be.true()
+          fileEql(files[0], smallFile, done)
+        })
+      )
+    }
+  })
 })
 
 function fileEql (actual, expected, done) {