diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 7278d9e..3158d83 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Title: Interface to the 'Orcid.org' 'API'
 Description: Client for the 'Orcid.org' 'API' (<https://orcid.org/>).
     Functions included for searching for people, searching by 'DOI',
     and searching by 'Orcid' 'ID'.
-Version: 0.4.0.9442
+Version: 0.4.0.9444
 Authors@R: c(person("Scott", "Chamberlain", role = c("aut", "cre"),
     email = "myrmecocystus@gmail.com", 
     comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-1444-9135")))
diff --git a/R/identifiers.R b/R/identifiers.R
index 9fd9a07..0ac34f5 100644
--- a/R/identifiers.R
+++ b/R/identifiers.R
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ identifiers.list <- function(x, type = "doi", ...) {
 #' @export
 #' @rdname identifiers
 identifiers.orcid_id <- function(x, type = "doi", ...) {
-  # prof <- attr(x, "profile")
   wks <- works(x)
   tmp <- wks$`external-ids.external-id`
   unlist(lapply(tmp, function(z) {
diff --git a/R/orcid_works.R b/R/orcid_works.R
index 0f63f6e..f47f888 100644
--- a/R/orcid_works.R
+++ b/R/orcid_works.R
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@
 #' # get all works
 #' res <- orcid_works(orcid = "0000-0002-9341-7985")
 #' res$`0000-0002-9341-7985`
-#' res$`0000-0002-9341-7985`$group
-#' res$`0000-0002-9341-7985`$group$`work-summary`
-#' res$`0000-0002-9341-7985`$group$`work-summary`[[1]]
-#' str(res$`0000-0002-9341-7985`$group$`work-summary`[[1]])
+#' res$`0000-0002-9341-7985`$type
+#' str(res$`0000-0002-9341-7985`)
 #' 
 #' # get individual works
-#' orcid_works(orcid = "0000-0002-9341-7985", 5011717)
+#' orcid_works(orcid = "0000-0002-9341-7985", put_code = 5011717)
 #' orcid_works(orcid = "0000-0002-9341-7985", put_code = c(5011717, 15536016))
 #' 
 #' # change formats
@@ -37,17 +35,15 @@
 #' # get citations
 #' id <- "0000-0001-7678-8656"
 #' x <- orcid_works(id)
-#' vapply(x[[1]]$group$`work-summary`, function(z) {
-#'   orcid_works(id, put_code = z$`put-code`)[[1]]$citation$`citation-value`
-#'   }, "")
+#' orcid_works(id, put_code = x[[1]]$`put-code`)[[1]]$`work.citation.citation-value`
 #' 
 #' ## or send many put codes at once, will be split into chunks of 50 each
 #' id <- "0000-0001-6758-5101"
 #' x <- orcid_works(id)
-#' pcodes <- unlist(lapply(x[[1]]$group$`work-summary`, "[[", "put-code"))
+#' pcodes <- x[[1]]$`put-code`
 #' length(pcodes)
-#' res <- orcid_works(id, put_code = pcodes)
-#' tibble::as_tibble(data.table::setDF(data.table::rbindlist(res, use.names = TRUE, fill = TRUE)))
+#' res <- orcid_works(orcid = id, put_code = pcodes)
+#' lapply(res$`0000-0001-6758-5101`, head, n = 1)
 #' }
 orcid_works <- function(orcid, put_code = NULL, format = "application/json", 
   ...) {
@@ -57,6 +53,7 @@ orcid_works <- function(orcid, put_code = NULL, format = "application/json",
       stop("if 'put_code' is given, 'orcid' must be length 1")
     }
   }
+
   pth <- if (is.null(put_code)) {
     "works" 
   } else {
@@ -67,13 +64,35 @@ orcid_works <- function(orcid, put_code = NULL, format = "application/json",
       file.path("work", put_code)
     }
   }
+
   if (length(pth) > 1) {
     tmp <- Map(function(z) orcid_prof_helper(orcid, z, ctype = format), pth)
-    unname(lapply(tmp, function(z) z$bulk))
+    tt <- unname(lapply(tmp, function(z) z$bulk))
+    stats::setNames(list(tt), orcid)
   } else {
-    stats::setNames(
-      lapply(orcid, orcid_prof_helper, path = pth, ctype = format, ...), 
-      orcid
-    )
+    tmp <- lapply(orcid, orcid_prof_helper, path = pth, ctype = format, ...)
+    tt <- lapply(tmp, function(z) {
+      if (grepl("works", pth) || (is.list(pth) && grepl("works/", pth[[1]]))) {
+        if (is.null(put_code)) {
+          bb <- z$group$`work-summary`
+          if (is_json(format)) list(as_dt(bb, FALSE)) else list(bb)
+        } else {
+          list(z$bulk)
+        }
+      } else if (grepl("work/", pth)) {
+        if (is_json(format)) {
+          jsonlite::fromJSON(
+            jsonlite::toJSON(list(z, z), auto_unbox=TRUE)
+          )[1,]
+        } else {
+          z
+        }
+      } else {
+        z$bulk
+      }
+    })
+    stats::setNames(tt, orcid)
   }
 }
+
+is_json <- function(format) grepl("json", format)
diff --git a/R/works.R b/R/works.R
index 56196d9..44cc6ca 100644
--- a/R/works.R
+++ b/R/works.R
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@
 works <- function(x) {
   tmp <- as.orcid(x)
   works <- orcid_works(tmp[[1]]$name$path)
-  if (is.null(works) || NROW(works[[1]]$group) == 0) {
+  if (is.null(works) || NROW(works[[1]][[1]]) == 0) {
     dat <- tibble::data_frame()
     structure(dat, class = c(class(dat), "works"), 
       orcid = names(tmp))
   } else {
-    dat <- as_dt(works[[1]]$group$`work-summary`)
+    dat <- tibble::as_tibble(works[[1]][[1]])
     structure(dat, class = c(class(dat), "works"), 
       orcid = names(tmp))
   }
diff --git a/R/zzz.R b/R/zzz.R
index 3b59b23..a7c89fb 100644
--- a/R/zzz.R
+++ b/R/zzz.R
@@ -146,8 +146,10 @@ orcid_putcode_helper <- function(path, orcid, put_code, format, ...) {
   }
 }
 
-as_dt <- function(x) {
-  tibble::as_tibble(data.table::setDF(
+as_dt <- function(x, tibble = TRUE) {
+  z <- data.table::setDF(
     data.table::rbindlist(x, use.names = TRUE, fill = TRUE)
-  ))
+  )
+  if (tibble) z <- tibble::as_tibble(z)
+  return(z)
 }
diff --git a/man/orcid_works.Rd b/man/orcid_works.Rd
index 73b3e63..ca2b0b9 100644
--- a/man/orcid_works.Rd
+++ b/man/orcid_works.Rd
@@ -37,13 +37,11 @@ there's an element returned for each ORCID you put in.
 # get all works
 res <- orcid_works(orcid = "0000-0002-9341-7985")
 res$`0000-0002-9341-7985`
-res$`0000-0002-9341-7985`$group
-res$`0000-0002-9341-7985`$group$`work-summary`
-res$`0000-0002-9341-7985`$group$`work-summary`[[1]]
-str(res$`0000-0002-9341-7985`$group$`work-summary`[[1]])
+res$`0000-0002-9341-7985`$type
+str(res$`0000-0002-9341-7985`)
 
 # get individual works
-orcid_works(orcid = "0000-0002-9341-7985", 5011717)
+orcid_works(orcid = "0000-0002-9341-7985", put_code = 5011717)
 orcid_works(orcid = "0000-0002-9341-7985", put_code = c(5011717, 15536016))
 
 # change formats
@@ -57,16 +55,14 @@ orcid_works("0000-0002-9341-7985", 5011717,
 # get citations
 id <- "0000-0001-7678-8656"
 x <- orcid_works(id)
-vapply(x[[1]]$group$`work-summary`, function(z) {
-  orcid_works(id, put_code = z$`put-code`)[[1]]$citation$`citation-value`
-  }, "")
+orcid_works(id, put_code = x[[1]]$`put-code`)[[1]]$`work.citation.citation-value`
 
 ## or send many put codes at once, will be split into chunks of 50 each
 id <- "0000-0001-6758-5101"
 x <- orcid_works(id)
-pcodes <- unlist(lapply(x[[1]]$group$`work-summary`, "[[", "put-code"))
+pcodes <- x[[1]]$`put-code`
 length(pcodes)
-res <- orcid_works(id, put_code = pcodes)
-tibble::as_tibble(data.table::setDF(data.table::rbindlist(res, use.names = TRUE, fill = TRUE)))
+res <- orcid_works(orcid = id, put_code = pcodes)
+lapply(res$`0000-0001-6758-5101`, head, n = 1)
 }
 }